okay, here is what i would like to see...
Bushnell Excursion 15-45x 60 mm ED Spotting Scope . Bushnell Spotting Scopes.
dam, it's no longer made.
fk me.
i have to spend $1500+ on, at a minimum cost, a luepold first focal scope costing like $1600.
if bushnell still made this scope, i'd save $1200 and could buy another gun. (hell, i spent nearly $3000 on my long range gun's scope)
but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
reason is this:
my buddy, whom i go long range shooting with, is looking for a dust cloud if i miss.
my target is exactly 1 mil high and 1/2 mil wide...
yet, he always says... you're high, or low, or too far left...etc....
and never computes how many targets (mils) high or wide....
so a cheap scope like that bushnell scope would be ideal cuz...
he doesn't need superior optics to measure pinholes or see colorations in individual snowy owl feathers...
he needs just average optics to measure a dustcloud point of impact to center of target... which any cheap scope could do.
and then i would be on target.
we're talking 1+ mile distances here... and so you'll never see pinholes anyways.
and there are times where, i am always at high magnification, i might not able to get back on target cuz of recoil within 4 seconds of impact.
i cringe at putting out another $1600 bucks when i know the job can be done for $400 like the bushnell.
there IS a market for these scopes - they just need to advertise their product.