Thread: Identifying and unknown spotting scope

Originally Posted by Makros

I still use a Kowa TS-3 x20 spotting scope for long range shooting. It is clearer than almost every single other modern spotting scope I have looked through. It is also tiny and fits in my range bag very easily.
If anyone has another floating around I'd be happy to buy it for a reasonable price as I know several people that would appreciate one.

I agree with this I shoot long-range with @Makros a few times a year and his old 1980's Kowa is one of the best scopes on the line certainly better than my modern Leupold
to be honest it is probably only outdone by the very pricey European brands Swarovski etc
its only downside is its fixed 20x which 95% of the time is fine but on the odd occasion it's nice to have more power

all that being said the vintage-classic Kowa's come up on Trade Me from time to time and when they do, they are $200-$400 so whether that makes yours un economical to repair or not looks fairly rough I have no idea what it would cost to repair but could be more than it's worth?