PRS Talk Binos

[TubbyT223]

I wanted to post this in here versus the Optus forum. What is a good set of binos or spotting scope for PRS more specifically Rimfire PRS right now. I haven’t gotten into CF not sure that I will.

I’m struggling finding something that’s a balance of decent glass with a reticle. Most of the people I shoot with run bushnell match pros or Atholon Midas. Is that as good as it gets until you jump up to really high end? I would like to keep it around $1000. I don’t have a problem spending more but I guess because I only shoot rimfire I’m 400 and in and I’m struggling without a reticle.

 

[Mudflap621]

Why are you struggling w/o a reticle in your binos? If need to get down and mil with your rifle?

Not many choices for binos with a reticle besides the ones you listed than it’s a big jump up to something like the Radical X or Vector X.

 

[Badjujuu]

Not having a reticle in my binos never slowed me down and unless the targets are unk distance and you need to mil them not sure how I would use the reticle in my binos vs using it via my scope....

With rimfire prs, the furthest target will be perhaps 350? Any decent binos will do.

I Went from Vortex Viper HD 12x50 to Sig kilo6k to sig kilo 10k (wanted the LRF function for hunter style matches)

My Vortex vipers that I used for 2 years of matches are up for grabs for decent price if you'reinterested. They served me well.

 

[Rob01]

To me a reticle in a spotter or bino has nothing to do with UKD as we have LRF now and you are very rarely asked to mil targets now. It has to do with getting width/height of target to use as reference for holds. You look at a target and it’s .9 mils wide and your wind call is about .6 mils then you can figure your hold point before even getting on the rifle while on the clock so you save time as well.

And you can’t look through your rifle scope all the time at most matches like you can with a spotter so the rifle scope isn’t really a replacement.

 

[Badjujuu]

That makes sense

 

[TubbyT223]

To me a reticle in a spotter or bino has nothing to do with UKD as we have LRF now and you are very rarely asked to mil targets now. It has to do with getting width/height of target to use as reference for holds. You look at a target and it’s .9 mils wide and your wind call is about .6 mils then you can figure your hold point before even getting on the rifle while on the clock so you save time as well.

And you can’t look through your rifle scope all the time at most matches like you can with a spotter so the rifle scope isn’t really a replacement.

This is the main reason. I dropped 5 points on a big panning stage because I could not get the size of the target. Held my wind and was right off the edge of every target.

Being able to see the size of the mover and calculate the mover speed yourself is also a plus. I can’t really do that behind a rifle before a stage.

Our range isn’t really set up to get behind a rifle either. Depending on how many shooters and the COF,how fast they squads are moving, we can get wadded up.

 

[Emerson0311]

This is the main reason. I dropped 5 points on a big panning stage because I could not get the size of the target. Held my wind and was right off the edge of every target.

Being able to see the size of the mover and calculate the mover speed yourself is also a plus. I can’t really do that behind a rifle before a stage.

Our range isn’t really set up to get behind a rifle either. Depending on how many shooters and the COF,how fast they squads are moving, we can get wadded up.

I tried the Apex reticle binos. At 12X the reticle is pretty tiny. Maybe with more use it would be easier.
An outside the box solution, most of us have a cheapie FFP optic sitting around not getting much use. A lot cheaper that binos, and a lot more magnification available. Use it dismounted to build your wind bracket.

 

[usafa77]

Got the new Zeiss HDX , out of your price range- but really nice.