You might be right about solving the problem for cheap with a camera. There's a 45x zoom camera local to me on Faceache marketplace for $80 that looks half decent. I'm not really sure what image quality is like at 100 yards but regardless it would be a relatively cheap experiment. Then I'd have more money left over for a better scope... could be good.
Agree re 9x being borderline. I can see the holes, it's just that sometimes it's difficult, especially if you hit in the dark part of the target. I don't have any experience using expensive or high quality scopes so can't comment on the difference.
I bought the 7mm-08 off a mate who replaced the scope when he sold it to me as the old one had broken. I think it was about $250 - $300. I've been more than happy with it, it even has an illuminated dot in the reticle which sounds gimmicky but so far has actually been very handy to quickly get on target in low light bush settings.
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