>>2798354>Anyone know if this will work?Yes, I know, and no, it'll not. Spotting scopes are normally such high magnification that you need a tripod to see anything through them. Rule of thumb is that (unless you have heart problems, parkinsons or anything else that keeps you shaking) you can use 8-10x without a tripod, but at that point, you already need a stable position. Generally pressing the monocular against your skull, which is uncomfy af without a rubber cup, and requires a much shorter eye relief than rifle scopes have, since you're supposed to stay away from them bcs of recoil, putting your second hand on the wrist of the hand holding the monocular, and bringing your elbows to your chest works. In my experience, if I'm completely at rest, I can go up to 15x (at least, never tried anything higher kek), but when my pulse is even slightly elevated (such as walking uphill for a few minutes) I have trouble even keeping an 8x stable.
>What type of magnification should I look for?Depends on the distane you want to look at. 6-8x is standard for monoculars, 4x for combat rifles. Anything higher are actual spotting scopes (which generally come with tripods) and hunting scopes (which are intended for when you stabilize the rifle with a bipod or against a tree).
Personally, I use a Vortex 8x36RT, but that's mostly because it has Mildots for estimating distances. I've used that scope to identify people in camo (regular flecktarn print, no ghillies or anything like that) up to 800m and people in normal clothes up to 1100 so far. Though with the camo, I kinda got lucky - one guy was wearing all black and when I had him in sight, I saw one of the two other guys (wearing flecktarn milsurp) move. Didn't see them with my bare eyes, and wouldn't have checked the place they were in if I hadn't seen the first guy already.
