CHEAPEST spotting scope that will work

I'd like a very, very basic and inexpensive spotting scope for use at the range.  What I need it to do is see bullet holes at 100 yards in good lighting conditions when sighting in my hunting rifles that don't have high power optics on it.  That's it.  My target rifles all have high enough power scopes it isn't needed but when playing with the 1-6x class of hunting optics, tiny holes at long ranges are kind of hard to see, especially in rimfires or when they are in all black on the target against the grey metal trap a dozen yards behind it.  I don't really care if its a variable power or not, but want at least 20x zoom because I can typically see what I need to with my 6.5-20xAO scopes.  I would prefer a 30-40x zoom but again, it doesn't matter all that much as all I'm doing is sighting in hunting guns.  I couldn't care less about the weight or bulk of the thing.  I couldn't care less about image quality so long as I can find a hole in paper, be it fuzzy or otherwise.  I honestly doubt that it will be used more than 2-3 days a year.  I really don't need anything grand.

I have no desire to spend more money than needed and no desire for this to be a high quality or even frequently used item.  Good enough is good enough.  I'll keep the leftover funds to buy more quality hunting equipment, Swaro binos, or other stuff that matters more.

What are the recommendations?

Thanks in advanced


Edited by gdpolk - January/11/2018 at 19:51

Check out celestron. They are on the less expensive end and get great reviews

I used a Swift for your same purpose and it worked fine
https://swfa.com/swift-12-26x60-reliant-spotting-scope.html

Edited by tahqua - January/12/2018 at 14:49

Thanks for all the help guys.  I'll look into these options.

I used to have a cheap ( inexpensive ) Russian spotting scope that I got at a mail order Army Surplus place...It was real basic....I paid about $69 for it....I only wanted to look at bullet holes. It was a 20X50....it was serviceable...at 50 power it was as if I was squatting in front of the target from 10 inches away....I mounted it on my camera tripod...

you may even look into a primary arms 3x or 6x magnifier flip up or flip out of the way and at 100 dollars that's pretty cheap and if you want to hit steel out to 600 or more you could still do it