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Re: Spotter
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 11:29 am
by Kurt
When I get the opportunity to shoot over a bean or corn field I send my drone down range and let it hover close to the target or I set it down if the ground is fit to conserve battery life.
I can see the hits on the phone. This is even good over a mile away.
Re: Spotter
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2021 5:32 pm
by krgriggs
I align my body so my gun and body is parallel with the target. My body moved less with the recoil this way.With my 40-65 I can see hits and mirage in my scope. Since I shoot monthly matches with different spotters my scores are either good or poor depending on who spots. I am going to try to to spot myself this next year. This will make me a much better spotter for my partner I am shooting with as I will have more practice.
Re: Spotter
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 2:30 pm
by LazyM
Ok, so you pretty much convinced me of what I really already know (no, Cody, it isn't moving back, but thanks for the thought!
)... a spotter really is needed. I may look into one of those phone adapter thingy's, but in the mean time I am going to play around with paint.
I am going to paint some cardboard with fluorescent paint, let it dry, then paint over it with black paint. See if this helps to identify shots at the longer distances. Should be interesting. Will do a test run next week when I'm on the pistol range.
Thanks for the input everyone!
Re: Spotter
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 7:14 pm
by gunlaker
LazyM wrote: ↑Tue Dec 21, 2021 2:30 pm
Ok, so you pretty much convinced me of what I really already know (no, Cody, it isn't moving back, but thanks for the thought!
)... a spotter really is needed. I may look into one of those phone adapter thingy's, but in the mean time I am going to play around with paint.
I am going to paint some cardboard with fluorescent paint, let it dry, then paint over it with black paint. See if this helps to identify shots at the longer distances. Should be interesting. Will do a test run next week when I'm on the pistol range.
Thanks for the input everyone!
Those phone adapters for your spotting scope can work very well. A friend showed me a movie he'd made of a bullet flying just over the back of a silhouette pig. Pretty impressive that you could watch the bullet flying at 300m in slow motion.
I shoot a fair bit by myself and on paper 300 yards is as far as I regularly shoot without a spotter. Beyond that it gets tricky unless you are using electronic gadgets.
Chris.
Re: Spotter
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:02 pm
by JonnyV
If you position your spotting glass properly, and the quality of the glass is good enough, you can watch the whole flight of the bullet on nearly every shot.
Re: Spotter
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 8:50 am
by gunlaker
JonnyV wrote: ↑Tue Dec 21, 2021 8:02 pm
If you position your spotting glass properly, and the quality of the glass is good enough, you can watch the whole flight of the bullet on nearly every shot.
True, but being able to see it in slow motion was quite interesting,
Chris
)... a spotter really is needed. I may look into one of those phone adapter thingy's, but in the mean time I am going to play around with paint. 