Spotting scopes.

[Kurt]

I been looking for a new scope also this winter. My spotter wants a zoom eyepiece on the Kowa so she can bring in the irons closer to maybe be able to see the hits better when the iron gets splattered up from many hits. Searching the web for a 20-60 eyepiece for the 820-M Kowa are none existent. I did find one in England but they want 1/2 the price for a complete scope for it.
I ordered a pair of Celestron 71020 SkyMaster 25-125x80 Zoom Binoculars from Amazon thinking those would ease eyestrain looking through the bino's. They cane last Tuesday and they looked very good and I set them up and looked at my 130 yard target that had holes in it and had a problem getting the focus down to get it cleared up to see the holes. The same for 200 yards. The focus just wont clear up at close range. Swung over to a barn about 1-1/2 miles away and it looked very sharp and clear in focus from 25 to full magnification clear enough to see the glass balls on the lightning rods and the sharp points on the rods. Sent the Bino's back the next day.
Last Thursday night I was reading a lot of reviews on the Celestron 52306 Regal M2 100ED Spotting Scope from shooters that use that scope, well for a mid priced it has some very good specks so I placed the order at Amazon. It blew my this years gun budget but the 820 Kowa just is not doing the job for me on the 200 yard line seeing holes in the black on a overcast day. No problem seeing hits on iron past the 1K but 200 yards on black paper it's hard to see the .45 holes.
Don't know yet about this 100mm Celestron till I get it. I like Amazon for returns if not satisfied with the product. No Questions asked and they even pay the postage for the returns.

Kurt