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Men, I have been using a Unertl 24 x 63 Spotting scope for 30 years now. Our club has started 300-yard BR Matches (9 power max on scope) and I am struggling seeing the 6mm and up bullets holes with the Unertl.
I hear that the resolution on the Unertl's is pretty good but am wondering if there are any upgrades out there currently.
I hear good things about Kowa and am considering a Leupold SX 5 Santium. any actual experience with any of these?

The original Unertl company shut down almost thirty years ago , but everything they made was of very good quality, though 24X is a little light for distance.

I've had a Kowa 884 with a 20X(maybe 25X?) - 60X lens for about ten years. Huge and heavy, and you need a sturdy tripod, but it works well for distances beyond 200 yards, about the point where the cheaper scopes begin to show their shortcomings.

I've got one of the Unertl spotting scopes also. It's a bomb proof scope, as to the 24x being a little lite for distance. Vortec Optics has a reasonably priced 2x Doubler, I've been wanting to try and see if it would work on this old spotter. I think it's about $150, at that price it would be worth a try.

Phil