Target cameras

[Fester]

Hey guys

Just wondering with tech advances, can you now buy a cheapish security camera that will see your target holes at 300m from the shooting bench on a flat target range.

I imagine the hardest part would be needing something to ensure you can get good connectivity from the camera to the screen device back at the bench.

I shoot the 500m plates and see the groups with a 6.5 but this is just cheap shooting on paper with the .223
Seeing the groups is pretty much a rarity with my scopes.

No way would I pay a grand for some shooting speciality item but surely something can be just bought from J-Car by now to get to 300m, then just make a steel idiot protector.

The range is quite flat and should get a line of sight vision from the bench to the camera, just low mounds behind the closer target lines.

[Larry]

Probably a cheap $30 drone from Aliexpress would be the simplest solution.

[bladeracer]

Whenever I ask nowadays the consensus seems to be a DJI Mavic drone, which does sound great except for the very short battery life.

Hey guys

Just wondering with tech advances, can you now buy a cheapish security camera that will see your target holes at 300m from the shooting bench on a flat target range.

I imagine the hardest part would be needing something to ensure you can get good connectivity from the camera to the screen device back at the bench.

I shoot the 500m plates and see the groups with a 6.5 but this is just cheap shooting on paper with the .223
Seeing the groups is pretty much a rarity with my scopes.

No way would I pay a grand for some shooting speciality item but surely something can be just bought from J-Car by now to get to 300m, then just make a steel idiot protector.

The range is quite flat and should get a line of sight vision from the bench to the camera, just low mounds behind the closer target lines.

[Larry]

BR if you were recommending a drone to fly I would agree with you. But for just using as a camera and transmitter back to your device you dont need to spend the price of a DJI.

[bladeracer]

BR if you were recommending a drone to fly I would agree with you. But for just using as a camera and transmitter back to your device you don't need to spend the price of a DJI.

No, I agree there, it's just a really simple plug and play solution, great for somebody with my lack of electronics abilities

[on_one_wheel]

Claimed range is 1200m

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However, for the same price you could buy a cheap 60x spotting scope.

[Fester]

Cheers Wheely

Will look into that camera

I have more chance of seeing .22 cal holes at 300 with my biggest rifle scope than any cheap spotting scope.
On the odd day with the clearest weather conditions, my Bushnell Tac Elite 6-24x50 will see the group enough to make a windage adjustment but not on 90% of days.

I had a cheap crap spotter but binned it and bought a Vanguard on a great run-out sale.
For around $400 that spotting scope punches above its weight but not for seeing small bullet holes.
Birds, animals, and antlers yeah.

I have zoomed in on boats, ships, and the coastal rescue chopper doing training drops, it's great off my tripod.
Works to about 200 off a bit of angle steel on the shooting bench.
Tri-pods just get in the way near a bench and become a huge PITA.

[straightshooter]

No matter which way you go you will still need fancy optics to get the resolution you want at 300 meters and 22 cal holes.
It can help if you increase the contrast and visibility of the holes by stapling a black backer such as a garbage bag to your target frame and having the aiming marks on the target in red.

[Fester]

Right, when reading about that signal transmitting unit posted above, it may be not suited the high-resolution.

At first, I thought I would just need to source a decent enough camera.

I also thought that a camera placed up near the target would eliminate needing real good stuff to see the 22 cal holes or at least where the group is centered on the target.

Last time, I hitched a ride out after shooting the first group and made a wind call.
Then I just blasted away as I elevation hold dot is pretty consistent and the dot on the scope easy to remember after a few times.

Those electronic F-class targets are a nice way to shoot but I am not really into F-class shooting.

[Larry]

The cheaper version of the E target is the Shotmarker same guy that makes the electronic tricklers.