New spotting scope- Celestron or Nikon?

[Phantom Mikey]

I'm looking to get my first spotting scope, kind of looking at the Celestron Ultima 80 20 to 60x80 Straight Spotting Scope:


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...X0DER&v=glance


or the Nikon XL II Spotting Scope 16-48x60:

http://www.natchezss.com/product.cfm...&prodID=NK6890

Can anyone affer some advice? Is there another you'd suggest?

Also, any thoughts about a straight vs. angled eyepiece?

Thanks

[ddan24]

I wish my ncstar spotting scope hand an angled eyepiece, but it works great for up to 50 yards at the range and it was cheap. I think it's 15-40x50. I use mine with a camera tripod so you might want to think about getting one of those too.

[HV Marksman]

I would go with the Nikon.

[av8r]

Take a look at Kowa scopes. If you go to an event like Camp Perry, you'll see hundreds of them there. There's a reason for that.

[Temporaryscars]

I'm looking at getting one too, but there's no way I'm paying more than $300 for one.

[OG52]

i too am in the market for a scope and need a little info...... what are the number and what do they represent meaning when there are only to numberes like 60x60 what does that mean. or when it says 18-90x88mm i dont get it...... im at the point where im reading the description and its saying fov at 100 and im like the hell with 100 yards, but when it says 1000 yards im thinkin its a better scope because its mentioning ten times the amount...... im new at this please dont judge, thats why im asking

[concrete-redneck]

Cannot go wrong with Nikon! Got a Nikon scope on my one of my hunting rifles best scope I ever bought (for hunting)! Good luck!

[darkvibe]

Originally Posted by OG52

i too am in the market for a scope and need a little info...... what are the number and what do they represent meaning when there are only to numberes like 60x60 what does that mean. or when it says 18-90x88mm i dont get it...... im at the point where im reading the description and its saying fov at 100 and im like the hell with 100 yards, but when it says 1000 yards im thinkin its a better scope because its mentioning ten times the amount...... im new at this please dont judge, thats why im asking

60x60... the first number means 60x or 60 power magnification, the second number means 60mm objective lens.

18-90x88mm means 18 to 90 power variable magnification and an 88mm objective lens.

FOV at 100 yards means the field of view, or width of the sight picture you see at 100 yards. So a 15 foot FOV at 100 yards means if you looked through it at a 15 foot wide garage door from 100 yards away the door would fill up the image from edge to edge as you look at it.

Just because they give you a FOV at 1000 yards doesn't make it better. A 10 foot FOV at 100 yards is exactly the same as a 100 foot FOV at 1000 yards.

[NewYorker]

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[darkvibe]

lol. I read new posts from oldest to newest so I didn't see your post until I already stole all the glory