[kraigwy]

Ref: Spotting Scopes, yes they are necessary and critical. I would recommend 20-24 power. Anymore and mirage washes out the target, any less you cant see your bullet holes at 200-300 yards. I mean your bullet holes not the spotters the pit crew put in the target.

Many shooters fire the first two rounds during rapid fire, then, uses the scope to see if there are any last sec, corrections needed, while loading your second mag.

Like I said, 20-24 power. When I was coaching we had a 100 MM team scope. I threw away the 30 X eye piece to keep people from putting it in the scope. I stuck with the 20X.

But yes, the spotting scope is a critical piece of equipment. You deffently need one for reading mirage at 600 & 1000. I dont see how you can get by without one.