[Clifford L. Hughes]

raceroach:

Don't buy an inferior quality scope. Purchase one with good resolution. When I shot on several Maring Corps rifle teams, the Marine Corps issued me a twenty power, forty millimeter objective lens, Bush & Lomb spotting scope.
Wiith it I could lay beside my shooting buddy and call the break of his .30 caliber bullet out to three hundred yards. I could see his bullet holes also. A way to check for resolution is to take the scope outside the gun store and focus it on a telephone pole 200 yards or so away. If you can see the knotts and the cracks sharply the scope has good resolution. I would consider a variable because a high powered scope magnifies the mirage and makes it difficult to see through. With a variable you can drop down to fifteen or twenty power and see through the mirage better.

Gunnery Sergeant
Clifford L. Hughes
USMC Retired