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Rangefinders....
Linefinder
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I locked the 7 year old thread, because time moves on.
Rangefinders have come a long way in the past half decade.
I'm always happy to discover a better rangefinder.
Please feel free to discuss or cuss. I've done both.
Mike
Rangefinders have come a long way in the past half decade.
I'm always happy to discover a better rangefinder.
Please feel free to discuss or cuss. I've done both.
Mike
"Walking away seems to be a lost art form."
N454casull
N454casull
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So, I'll just copy and paste what I posted in the zombie thread. Because I'm lazy that way..
While we're revisiting the topic of rangefinders, I did recently get a new one. I can't really give much of a range report. Haven't used it at the range or in the field yet. I got the ATN LaserBallistics 1500. The 1500 is it's max range designation, being 1500 meters. I have no expectation that it will actually reach that far and get a good reading, but that's what it says. I have used it around the house and so far I'm satisfied with it. I believe I paid about $275 for it. The furthest reading I've been able to get with it at home was a tree just over 1100 yards away. I was also able to track a vehicle starting at just more than 1000 yards and following it to about 900 yards. I have not been able to check it against other rangefinders for accuracy. But, it is far better than my very old Bushnell 500 yard rangefinder. It also reads up and down angles. But the main reason I got it was for the Bluetooth function, so it can be paired with my X-Sight to provide range and angle information to my scope. It can also be paired with a smart device and use the ATN ballistics app to (supposedly) give you scope adjustment data for any scope. I have not got into that yet and I tend to be skeptical of it until I try it and see how it works.
I did for a red hot minute. But after dribbling dirt into my $1K scope a couple times, I bought a rangefinder.
Mike
N454casull
I guess I'll stick with that for now.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
Actually, I was ranging your truck since you'd taken it to check out the deceased pdog, and you ranged me at my bench. We both came up with the same yardage.
I'd love to find a laser that works well on antelope past 350 yards. Especially since I can't seem to get within 700 yards of one nowadays.
I also remember you stopping about halfway there and walking around your truck. I couldn't figure out what you were doing. Turned out, when I fired a shot at another pdog, you thought you'd blown a tire.
Good times.
Mike
N454casull
"The Un-Tactical"
Which is the best?
Mike
N454casull
Pure rangefinder - Terrapin
Rangefinder combines density altitude capability and ballistic software -SIG SAUER 2400, and possibly the new one from Gunworks.
I have the older G7-BR2 from Gunworks.
"The Un-Tactical"
I have a Swedish mortar crew optical rangefinder. Works great against any target in any weather conditions. But, it weighs about 20 lbs, and is, mildly stated, a bitch to set up. Against colony varmint targets beyond 500 yards there's nothing better.
But I used it on the last serious shot I took at antelope. Adjusted the scope for 700 yards and let her fly with full confidence we'd be eating grilled backstraps that night.
Unfortunately, I'd forgotten that being Swedish, this thing read in meters, and I should have dialed 770 yards.
I sure scared the crap out of them though.
Mike
N454casull
Way more than I need for 95%+ of the hunts I go on.
Longest distance I've ranged an animal (WT doe) has been 135 yards.
I've lasered a stopsign down the road & the Sig read 825 yards, which was prudy close as best I could determine.
Works well, and I'm pleased with it.
I know there are updated versions of the Sig and others, but untill this ceases to function I feel adequately equiped.
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Exactly what I use....unfortunately it was in my boys bag while I was deer hunting. When I shot my deer at 375 this past fall, I used my scope turned up to 9x to determine the distance. Certainly not as accurate, but it does work.
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"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, and speed is the economy of motion" - Scott Jedlinski
It’s still going strong and is the rangefinder I’ve used on all of the turkey/big game hunts I’ve posted about here. Sure, it really only gets a good reading on deer-sized game out to about 550 yards under ideal conditions, but if I can’t get a reading, I’m nowhere near close enough anyway.