Good Budget Spotting Scope for the Range

[55fairlane]

Ditch those camera tri pods, get a good spotting scope stand, these are as good as it gets https://www.creedmoorsports.com/product/complete-1-inch-polecat-v2-scope-stand

 

[Cameramonkey]

What does something like that run on the budget side?
For personal use.

Not expensive. The hardest part will be powering them at the target.
Target side (you'll need 110v at the target)
1. Amazon product ASIN B0B9QHFRXH2. https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-wireless/products/locom5

Firing line side. (AC power here as well)
3. https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-wireless/products/locom5
4 Amazon product ASIN B07HY235YY
With that setup, the camera (1) watches the target.
it sends the image to 2, which beams it to the bench where it is received by 3.
Your phone connects to 4 and displays the image via the camera's interface.


clear as mud?

 

[Cameramonkey]

Ditch those camera tri pods, get a good spotting scope stand, these are as good as it gets https://www.creedmoorsports.com/product/complete-1-inch-polecat-v2-scope-stand

Damn. That's salty. How is that better than the tripod with micro adjustments? Genuinely curious since that super expensive stand doesnt convey its value.

 

[Creedmoor]

One of the yaa yaa's I shoot with has one of these. It works well. Each of us can use our own phone or a tablet to see the targets.

Amazon product ASIN B01B7OYN1Y

 

[Creedmoor]

Damn. That's salty. How is that better than the tripod with micro adjustments? Genuinely curious since that super expensive stand doesnt convey its value.

Because like my vintage Freeland stand. I can add height to it and just turn my head when shooting prone, sitting or standing. I can also set it next to a bench and it takes up zero bench sq footage.
Cant do that with a tripod. They are everything a tripod is not.

 

[Cameramonkey]

One of the yaa yaa's I shoot with has one of these. It works well. Each of us can use our own phone or a tablet to see the targets.

Amazon product ASIN B01B7OYN1Y

This is probably a better turn key solution than mine. and not THAT much more expensive.

 

[63PGP]

What does something like that run on the budget side?
For personal use.

Used one of these Caldwell cameras at a class in Utah several years ago. Worked well connected to my wife's iPad. Uses a rechargeable battery or direct power.


Caldwell Ballistic Precision LR Target Camera System

 

[55fairlane]

Because like my vintage Freeland stand. I can add height to it and just turn my head when shooting prone, sitting or standing. I can also set it next to a bench and it takes up zero bench sq footage.
Cant do that with a tripod. They are everything a tripod is not.

Could not have put it better!

 

[nucular]

Not expensive. The hardest part will be powering them at the target.
Target side (you'll need 110v at the target)
1. Amazon product ASIN B0B9QHFRXH2. https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-wireless/products/locom5

Firing line side. (AC power here as well)
3. https://store.ui.com/us/en/pro/category/all-wireless/products/locom5
4 Amazon product ASIN B07HY235YY
With that setup, the camera (1) watches the target.
it sends the image to 2, which beams it to the bench where it is received by 3.
Your phone connects to 4 and displays the image via the camera's interface.


clear as mud?

This is a good idea. And for a temporary setup, you could probably run the target end off of a couple of car batteries in series. Would be a lot to lug to the range each time though.

 

[Remington 90T]

What does something like that run on the budget side?
For personal use.

Looks like a home WI-FI security camera.

 

[nucular]

If your range allowed it and you already own a laptop, you could do it even cheaper with just 300' of Cat5, a camera, and a laptop.

 

[radar8756]

This is a good idea. And for a temporary setup, you could probably run the target end off of a couple of car batteries in series. Would be a lot to lug to the range each time though.

If you use Ryobi power tools -- $40

 

[nucular]

If you use Ryobi power tools -- $40

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I thought about an ac adapter but it just feels wrong to convert DC to AC and then back to DC.

 

[Expat]

I think I need to get one now. At this point I just need one to see 22 caliber at 100 yards. That’s too far to trot back and forth to check hits. i looked at some I thought the price was okay only to discover you had to buy the lenses and tripod separate. Sheesh, what’s up with that.

any pros and cons having it straight vs. angled?

 

[Hookeye]

I could see my .22.hornet holes at 100 w my scope at 9x....but i used Shoot N C bullseyes LOL

 

[KLB]

any pros and cons having it straight vs. angled?

All depends upon how you will use it. Think about where you would expect to have it normally, and the angle you would have to contort into to see each.

 

[Expat]

All depends upon how you will use it. Think about where you would expect to have it normally, and the angle you would have to contort into to see each.

I guess when prone, straight would be better. Sitting or standing then angled...