First 1000 yard shooting

[yobuck]

Lol. Barska is just a cheap spotting scope. Picked it up for $120 awhile ago.
I will look into some older scopes.

The term cheap need have little to do with price. First off most modern scopes come with zoom eyepieces which are opticly inferior
to good quality fixed power ones. Today, very few companies offer fixed power ones. But like building guns, good optics can be created.

[yobuck]

If you shoot in an area where theres dirt, then I might suggest using clay pigeons @ 1K.... if you miss, you,ll defently see a slash of dirt and adjust accordingly, you wont have to worry about being able to see bug holes at 1K
I don't mind shooting paper for comps but for practice and weekend bragging rights while shooting with fellow long range shooters , we prefer clay pigeons. imo...it,ll make you a better shooter. aim small, hit small.

Exactly, At Williamsport, usually there are clay birds on the berms to make initial zeroing easier and much faster.
Aim small hit small is the plan, but sometimes aim small miss big is the outcome lol.

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[yobuck]

Never thought about building a spotting scope.

You dont actually build the scope, You just start with a good one and improove it.
And you can start with a good one you paid a song for on ebay compared to new junk.
Go to Williamsport on a day a 1000 yd match is taking place. I doubt you will find a single
spotting scope of any variety. But you will find numerous ones that have been paired up in brackets.
You could do it also with a single scope, but try walking around for an hour with one eye closed to get the idea.
Although you would be apt to see a $5000 set of the more expensive scopes, you will also see sets costing
less than $1000. Maybe much less than $1000, and they will all be capable of seeing bullet holes if the conditions are good.
And if they arent good, none will be seeing any bullet holes.

[eddiesindian]

This set up is cheaper than a high end spotting scope. Down side is the set up time.
the pic shows the system set up in my garage as reference.
Hd full 1080 dig camcorder, plugged into a wireless transmitter which has the capability beaming the signal to the receiver which is plugged into a lap top 1k away.
Lap top has the software to record/edit/cut rewind etc. it records at the camcorder and at the lap top.
Believe it or not, this set up isn't that expensive. the most expensive components were the trans/receiver which are good out to 1 mile.
I only use this set up when Im alone sending them to distance out in the desert valley out to about 1200ish.
Just a thought.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x88/eddies880/Wirelesscamsystem001_zps16582769.jpg

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[eddiesindian]

lap top/hd camcorder/tripod/sealed 12v lead batteries you can get anywhere
for the life of me?.......the software and the transmitter and receiver?.....I cant remember.
I spotted a set up on you tube where theres different versions of just this and took it from there. the software I got from e-bay for 12 bucks which came with cables/cd etc..... the transmitter I purchased from an on line video/audio store...really?.....theres nothing to it.
run time is about 1 hr. my lap top battery isn't up to par. the rest of the componets will go for 2-3 hrs easily

[XL105]

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[eddiesindian]

Opps