Originally Posted by hunt12ga

My dad is going to be buying a spotting scope and is going to be spending up to $100. I have explained to him and he understands that a $100 spotting scope is probably not going to be great quality. But that's what he can afford. He just wants it to watch the bald eagles that nested across the lake behind the house and knows that a junk scope will be at least a little better than none at all. He found a 20-60X60 Tasco online, and I talked him out of it. I started looking around and found a Barska 20-50X50 for about $80 that had better online reviews and seemed to be put together much better. Anybody have any input or suggestions? $100!

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