What size spotting scope? Angled or straight?

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bigarm

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Not getting many answers on brands of spotting scopes, so let's try another question. I want to use a spotting scope for sighting in rifles between 100 to maybe 300 yards and for hunting both large game, predators and varmints, like prairie dogs. I was looking at 20 x 60 x 80 scopes, but can get a pretty good deal on a Vortex 15 x 45 x 65 angled scope. I also can get the larger in a straight scope, but since I have a bad neck I thought maybe the angled would be better, but I don't know. What do people think?
 
a 20x40x60 will work great for what your intended purpose

if your bench shooting either will work it depends on how your set up is and size of tripod
 
I've got an angled Bushnell Elite with ED glass that's a great scope. I like the angled eyepiece when prone or shooting off a bench but for field use spotting game its kind of a pain.
 
I picked up a Redfield (made by Leupold) 20-60x for $229 at Cabelas and it lets me see .20 cal holes at 300 yards unless they are in a black field...It's a straight model and I'm not sure if it is offered in angled...

While it is a little inconvenient when shooting from a bench, I have a window mount that lets me use it from my vehicle for checking river bottom edges and it's much steadier than the higher powered binos...

It comes with an excellent padded carry case and the tripod is better quality than most others that accompany some of the other scopes...I did a side by side comparison with a similar Vortex that was equally impressive, but almost double the price...

 
Thanks for the suggestions. Camera land had a great deal on a Vortex Viper 20-60x80 so I bought it. They only had it in straight so I went with the straight. Could have gotten the 15-45x65 in angled, but in the end decided to go big. Only going to do this once and it was $250 off. The smaller one was a good deal also at $150 off.
 
Price determines the quality. I have the Leupold cheap model works great for the range on clear days. I had the Swarovski that I rarely used, but the optical quality was un-matched. You get what you pay for in glass.
 


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