Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics Leupold 20X60 Straight Spotter Value?

Saw one of these in a local shop, in good shape, not sure if it has case and lens covers? for $169. Decent deal or over priced for a dated but good quality spotter?

Fixed power spotters are old hat to me.

Even the Leu. 15-45 60mm was not quite up to seeing small bullet holes in the black at 200 yds.

My favorite is the Konuspot 80 that goes 20-60X and has outstanding resolution.

Konuspot 80





New: $279.99

I'd jump on that.

Dave

Jumped - I got it for $150. Glass is in very good condition and came with a sun shade, Leupold case, window mount and big Outer's hard case. Not sure when these were made but probably mid 90's. Doubt it has all the current fancy coatings but the view is very nice with excellent contrast in a nice lightweight package that is very simple with only the single focus knob. Hopefully worth a shot at $150.

You won't regret it bud. I had one in the 20x50 configuration, and it served me very, very well both in the field and at the range.

Great deal you lucky dog.

Dave

Centershot: These are great scopes - I have owned a number of these over the years and keep going back to them wishing I hadn't sold the last one for a profit.
The one I have now is the 25x50mm model.
I have used these scopes for Hunting all manner of Big Game and Varmints.
They are quality scopes and I get very little eyestrain with them.
IME you got an exceptional deal on that spotter and the gear that came with it - good for you.
Enjoy.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

What??? Are you really recommending that Konus spotter?

I still have my 25x50 Leupold spotter that I bought in 1989. It is not the same as Swarovski but still gets the job done for me. And is very lite weight and easy to pack.

ADNA;
We've still got a 25x50 that we picked up somewhere in the late '80's as well.

The sole issue I have with it is that when it's below freezing the focus adjustment gets quite stiff.

It is however very light, sits nicely in a pack and can take quite a pounding and not break down.

If ours needed replacement today, I'd be on ebay looking for another one.

Hopefully the OP's spotter gives him the good service ours have given us.

All the best to you this weekend sir.

Regards,
Dwayne

I prefer the Konus 80 at the range. It has greater resolution than the 60mm Leupold and Selsi spotters that I have.

Some mentioned that the subject Leu. scope was light weight. If that's a want then the Konus 80 is heavier.

Best $150.00 you ever spent.


Travis

You're an idiot.


Travis

$150 is a great deal! I have the Celestron version of that scope. They are not Zeiss, but they actually go in a pack and are useful in the field. You'll love it. There is a 20x50 in the Seattle Craigslist for 200 that is a decent deal, too.

The more I look through it the more I am amazed with the quality of the view. The scope is so simple with just a single one piece tube and the only moving part is the focus eyepiece. Makes me wonder why these are no longer made? It would be nice to retrofit an adjustable eyecup to it somehow.

I love my 20X60. Plus, I am never worried about it getting tossed around seeing as I paid about $200.00 for mine a few years ago off of Fleabay.

You got a steal!

I made one for my 25x50 out of a plastic aspirin/tylenol bottle. Cut out the bottom with a pocket knife so a nice, rounded edge was against my face. Comfortable...Sprayed it black to block light.....

centershot;
I'm glad to read you are pleased with your purchase.

One of the things I neglected to mention - and may well apply to your region too I can't say - is that here in the Okanagan we typically have heavy haze in the mountains until freeze up.

Before I bought the 25x50 Leupold the only spotting scope we used was my hunting partners little 15-30 rubber armored Bushnell. Anyway until later on in season - say late October most years - we'd never turn his scope past 25X and truly some days 20X worked better in the blue haze.

Hopefully you continue to be pleased with your scope and that information is useful to someone out there this clear spring morning.

Regards,
Dwayne

huntsman22;
That sir, is just way too simple and much, MUCH too cool!

Thanks for the idea - another one of those "how come I didn't see that before" moments.

Thanks again Don and all the best to you this week.

Dwayne

I've had a few different spotters over the years and around here 20-25x is about all that is useable. Heat waves tend to distort the image so much above that the extra power is not very useful. Add to that image shake over 20X and needing a very steady rest (heavy tripod-that I refuse to carry) and 20X is pretty useful size. Should be a good addition to my kit. I'll have to make an eye cup like that - great idea.

The only real improvement on these would be phase and dielectric coatings on the roof prism. That said, they really do work quite well. I mentioned I have the Celestron version. I actually have two and one had some spots on one of the interior lenses. I took it apart and it is amazingly simple. Easy to see why it is so rugged. Very little to go wrong.