At the range today, it happened again.  That one little thing that just makes me see red.

The wind.

Now, don't get me wrong... I generally don't mind weather.  My guns don't melt in the rain.  I don't mind that my target frame dances in the wind, or that my empty brass gets blown off the table, or that my rounds get blown off target, or that things on my bench get moved around.

No, what gets me is that I can't fucking see through my spotting scope.

It doesn't take much wind to shake a 60x magnification to the point where I just can't fucking tell where my holes are.  And THAT just PISSES me off!  I don't really care if I hit or missed, I just want to know! 

I've got plans for a cinder-block and I-beam enclosure for my spotting scope.  It should weigh around 30 pounds.  And I am THAT close to moving forward on it!

How about you... what silly little thing ruins your range days?

60x is a lot of power for 100 yards. At that power eye relief and FOV is probably small. I've been using a 25x LER on my Kowa 60mm with excellent results at 100 yards. I've since got a cheaper Konus 80mm and haven't gone past 40x to really see up close. I've also learned to spot with my non shooting eye with the spotting scope off to my left side (non shooting side). As I mentioned before, a lot of shooters I observed will set up their shooting position around a spotting scope. I did it too when I first started.
It's easier to setup your position, even on the bench, then set everything else around your shooting position. Ideally, your head doesn't move much between the gun's stock and spotting the shot.

here's an example:


Lefty:

Hope this eases frustrarion with your spotting scope. I find that the scope when positioned like this is less twitchy when the wind is blowing.
To aid in spotting holes I notuced the small bore shooters use white coroplast in the back of the targets.