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All i've ever used over the years has been a straight bodied spotter and I'm currently looking for a new one but they only offer it in the angled version. For those that use the angled spotters, do you have any issues using them having to look down all the time? I wondering about neck fatigue or cramping.
That's ok, I'll ass shoot a dink.
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I actually have less neck fatigue with angled
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I have used a straight one for years and prefer them. A couple of years ago I bought an angled just because it was so reasonably priced and after using it I still prefer the straight bodied. With the straight one I can see a distant object and point the scope at it and usually find it with little fuss or searching. But with the angled one looking down and trying to find a distant object is a problem for me, it is just not natural to look down to try to find something that is directly in front of me.
To me the strong suit of the angled is for target shooting - it can be set next to the rifle and the eyepiece rotated so that it requires very little head movement to look through it.
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I have used a straight one for years and prefer them. A couple of years ago I bought an angled just because it was so reasonably priced and after using it I still prefer the straight bodied. With the straight one I can see a distant object and point the scope at it and usually find it with little fuss or searching. But with the angled one looking down and trying to find a distant object is a problem for me, it is just not natural to look down to try to find something that is directly in front of me.
To me the strong suit of the angled is for target shooting - it can be set next to the rifle and the eyepiece rotated so that it requires very little head movement to look through it.
drover This was another one of my concerns, glad to see that I'm not the only one.
That's ok, I'll ass shoot a dink.
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Binos and riflescope are straight and easy to aquire targets. Deviating is just something for Murphy to mess with you. I tried a Swaro angled 65 spotter after much urging to change from my local dealer. Managed to get in on a decent ram but while trying to age him at close range could not get it pointed in the right direction for the brief time he gave me on one side. To say I was quite PO'd would be an understatement. I drove 3hrs back to the dealer and immediatly exchanged it for the straight model I wanted in the first place!! Happy ending, as I managed to locate the ram a few days later and determine he was legal and now he stares at me on the wall... Good for me bad for him...
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To me the strong suit of the angled is for target shooting - it can be set next to the rifle and the eyepiece rotated so that it requires very little head movement to look through it.
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Correct. It's really handy for competition.
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The only time I’ve ever found a straight scope preferable to an angled scope is in a vehicle window mount. Otherwise, angled for all the marbles.
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I have used a straight one for years and prefer them. A couple of years ago I bought an angled just because it was so reasonably priced and after using it I still prefer the straight bodied. With the straight one I can see a distant object and point the scope at it and usually find it with little fuss or searching. But with the angled one looking down and trying to find a distant object is a problem for me, it is just not natural to look down to try to find something that is directly in front of me.
To me the strong suit of the angled is for target shooting - it can be set next to the rifle and the eyepiece rotated so that it requires very little head movement to look through it.
drover This was another one of my concerns, glad to see that I'm not the only one. Same here, have used both and much prefer straight.
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I have both and I guess I just got used to them over the years because neither one really bothers me. If I had to pick one style over the other I'd go with the angled. Nice thing about the angled is the previously mentioned ability to rotate the eyepiece for certain situations.
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If you are over 6 ft tall and plan on standing....angled
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I prefer straight for hunting or spotting targets for someone else, angled for prone spotting of my own targets.
Now that I've given up formal target shooting I only own a straight spotting scope.
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If you are over 6 ft tall and plan on standing....angled You’ve got to be kidding.
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If you are over 6 ft tall and plan on standing....angled You’ve got to be kidding. I am 6'4" and amazingly, I agree with Brad for about the first time.
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It seems the trend the last few years has been toward angled spotters, for me I just don't get it. The angled is counterintuitive, if it's so great why not an angled rifle scope ????????
I was on a bighorn sheep hunt a couple years ago where more than one guide service was involved (aka: debacle), one of my coworkers had the new at the time Swarovski BTX. I fell in love with that spotter but just couldn't get past the angled. I could always find them faster with my straight. If Swarovski ever offered the BTX in a straight I would be the first in line
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On average, the guy with the angled spotter will be the one asking "where?" The straight spotter will have the target located long before the angled spotter. With brown bears and moose I often sit with multiple glassers looking at distant hillsides for many hours a day and just about every type and quality of glass gets used. Very few angled spotter users are very effective compared to the straight spotter users and a new critter spotted in a new direction/place usually turns into a major cluster for some.
Idahopro and another long-time hunting buddy have shown it can be done (and well), but they are the exception IME.
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Count me in as a straight guy.
However, the reasoning for it is as follows: My buddy had a straight Bushnell. That's what used initially. When I got my spotting scope, it was straight as well.
When I got the farm, I built a shooting bench that assumed a straight scope. I've been using it and the scope for 20 years.
I'm sure that, had Bob had an angled scope, I'd be shooting with one and never thought twice about it.
When I'm spotting game, I'm using astronomical binos.
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Have both and am 6'4". I like the straight when shooting from the bench. Outside of the range, I prefer the angled for all else.
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I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first
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On average, the guy with the angled spotter will be the one asking "where?" The straight spotter will have the target located long before the angled spotter. With brown bears and moose I often sit with multiple glassers looking at distant hillsides for many hours a day and just about every type and quality of glass gets used. Very few angled spotter users are very effective compared to the straight spotter users and a new critter spotted in a new direction/place usually turns into a major cluster for some.
Idahopro and another long-time hunting buddy have shown it can be done (and well), but they are the exception IME. It only takes a bit of practice to lean to find game fast with an angled. It's not rocket science.
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It only takes a bit of practice to lean to find game fast with an angled. It's not rocket science.
I agree it's not rocket science, but it's just a fact that it is easier and faster to find something you are looking at rather than looking away from...................
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