Re: Terrestrial/Astronomical scope?

why not put a fricken great spotlight in behind the target?

make the hole a lot easier to see through.

plus - I have done a lot of target work myself, on a range (shot a possible
with 5 vbulls and 3 bulls in 10cm at 900m once, with a broken wrist, that I
set myself, on a drizzly day)
this included operating the target (got paid too) - and I can categorically
say that you would need the equivalent of the Hubble to see a lot of the
holes as they close up...

from your ranges you may want another way of determining score - perhaps the
above idea, or an electronic sonic job, or a dual layer target with fluoro
dye/putty

windage - dude learn to read windage from flags and/or vegetation

do yoga too


"bolt thrower" <tucansam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>: I do a lot of long range shooting, out to, and in excess of, 1000 yards,
> : with big bore centerfires.
>
> : And I do a lot of astronomical observing, too...
>
> : I make no effort to do both with the same scope... You can DO some
>
> Thanks for the reply. The range scope would need to see .30" holes in
> black paper at 500, 700, and 1000 meters, and also could be used by a
> spotter to call out Kentucky windage adjustments plugging milk jugs at the
> same distances. Although if I could attach a night vision optic to it and
> use it for terrestrial viewing at night, that would be a bonus, too. I
> suppose it would be nice to be able to swap eyepieces, too. Basically,
> I'd like something I can use at the range, but play with elsewhere as well
> (for viewing on land). I am fortunate to live at the base of a large
> mountain range, and viewing it and its wildlife is something my toddler
> would probably enjoy.
>
> The astro scope would need to simply be portable and moderately rugged.
> It will almost exclusively be used during the winter, if that matters
> (I've heard optics take time to adjust to temperature changes, etc). If I
> am going to buy an astro-specific scope, I would like to be able to have
> it computer-driven, or at least be able to have the scope help me find
> objects in the sky (forgive my desire for simplicity here, I intend to
> share the scope with others and don't want to spend hours looking for
> objects while everyone else stands around cold and bored).
>
> My wife has a hulking Olympus digital camera, and I know less about
> photography than I do about telescopes, but if I could work picture-taking
> into either of the above two mentioned scopes, that would be great, too.
>
>


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