Good luck with those little holes at 200 on black. They can be tricky at times with a Kowa.

If using a Black Target staple a white garbage bag directly behind the target and it helps to see the bullet holes substantially. Even the best and most expensive spotting scopes out there do not make finding those little holes at 200yds. any easier to locate especially in the mirage. A white garbage bag behind a black target can save one allot of money without having to take out loan to purchase something that does not work any better than a good quality middle of the line priced spotting scope. Also by having a Red lens it too will be a big benefit to seeing those tiny little holes and also very typicaly used by most if not all when mirage is present.

1) The match rules she shoots under do not allow backers.

2) Our range is like Beason, swirly winds, mirage, faces north

Our shooting conditions in San Diego at the South Bay Rod and Gun Club can very from bright sun with no wind to cloudy to foggy to rain to just about anything. Right now, clear, 99 degrees, wind in the afternoons. We have a weather area on our website so shooters can check before coming out as we are at about 1250 feet elevation so not at the coast but also not the mountains either. We don't get much if any mirage as the ground between 50, 100, 200 and 300 is not flat so wind moves at different velocities and directions?

I have and use believe it or not a Bushnell 10X30 Stalker I bought back in the 70's that sold for $200.00 at the time. Having looked through Kowas, Leica and others over the hears its pretty damn comparable as far as being able to see 25cal. bullet holes at 200yds. just as clearly. It's armoured in camo and really designed for hunting use and it is only 10 inches long with a 50MM objective. I keep trying to talk myself into needing something else but I just can't justify it it is really that nice and it and the stand both fit nicely into the zipped side pouch on my Brownels large multi compartment shooting bag and one of those best money ever spent items. 

JLouis

oldracer wrote on Aug 18^th, 2018 at 9:59am:

Sounds like you have idea spotting conditions.  I could see a difference between Duane Jenner's top of the line Kowa and my plain Jane model at Tri County near Portland Oregon the day I shot my first 250.  It was early morning and a 7.5 mile per hour wind switching between 9 and 11. No mirage as I recall. 

bohemianway wrote on Aug 18^th, 2018 at 9:59am:

Those super glossy black targets will be your biggest challenge 

That target should be easy to spot hit or on those critters.  I was expecting a black glossy scoring ring target.   

I broke my 200 yr .22 winning streak last month shooting blind on a black target.    It doesn't take much change in light or conditions to hide those teeny itty bitty holes