Spotting scopes.

[scap99]

They better be some big ass holes (no pun intended).
I had a Leupy Sequoia (about $300).
I could see out to 150.
Sold it and got the Pentax 65EDII (about $1k)
I can see paper holes to about 350.
I need something better to see holes out farther and will have to spend about $3k.
Even still I don't know that it is possible out to 1K yds.
I could be wrong.

Agreed, I was uninformed when I started this thread...I have learned a bit since then.

 

[Renegade]

I use a homemade wireless camera.

Old camcorder - $0
T/R receiver - $275
Monitor - $100
AC/DC Power - $50

 

[ROGER4314]

A couple of rules of thumb...........

As the objective lens increases in diameter, light gathering and field of view increase.

As "power" increases, the image gets darker.

As power increases, field of view decreases. An astronomical telescope is a good example. With the high power telescopes, you can't get the target into the field of view. They uses a smaller spotting scope to aim the telescope. It's bolted onto the side of the big scope. The astronomical telescope usually gives an inverted image.

My Kowa 821 20-60 X gives a bright image and a huge field of view. I can't see bullet holes at 600 yards but we use 3" spotters marked by the pit crew and they're easy to see at 600. It was $1K.

I usually use my Harbor Freight $50 spotting scope. It works great!

Mirage...... The target is doing the jitterbug at 600. I can't imagine what trying to find a 30 caliber bullet hole at 1000 yards in a Texas mirage would be like!

Hey, why not get a drone, fly it out to the target, get some pictures and fly it back? That takes care of all of the optic issues and takes mirage out of the picture. (PUN) Having the drone would open up a whole new hobby as well.

Flash

 

[scap99]

Drone sounds fun and expensive...
I plan on doing the remote target cam.

 

[TundraWookiee]

https://www.bullseyecamera.com/shop.html

This one caught my eye...

Also learning about the fpv equipment that rc pilots are using.

In the process of building a new quadcopter with FPV...we can always test it out sometime after I get it together.

 

[Sugar Land]

That dji stuff looked pretty cool