Burris Eliminator III Laser Rangefinding scope
Anyone here tryed one? I'm thinking of taking the dive and buying one. Supposed to be good out to 1200yds and also give wind drift for 10mph holdoff. I'd like to put one on my 25/06 coyote rifle. Any opinions or comments? Dave
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I have heard they are time consuming on intial set up. And they become slow responsive in the cold. I don't want to be the first to try one here in Montana. 0 -
I'll call Burris and see what they say about the cold. I'm in NW Minnesota, I sometimes hunt coyote's at -30 or worse. Dave 0 -
I bought one this week. But I have not had a chance to try it. I will let you know when I get to try it out. 0 -
I know it's not the same but a friend here in Montana had the predecessor but was never able to achieve the full potential as claimed. The optics are great and the "forever warranty" of Burris is one of the best. However, the electronics side of the unit is only a limited 3 year warranty. To make a long story short, he now have an expensive scope on his .22 plinker without RF capability.
IIWY, at the current price of ~$1,500, I'd get a ...
- Leica 1600 CRF for ~$550 or the B version for ~$800
- Kestrel 2500 (or better pocket) weather station for ~ $165
- Use the difference for the optics.
I have the Leica 1600 and have range game and objects at 2100 yards.
Not trying to persuade you not to buy, just something to consider.
BTW, the operating temperature of the unit is -15? to +140?F.
Good luck!
ADDED: Got this off another forum ...
quote:I have been interested in these as well. So I went to the local outdoors shop and looked at a fe different ones and the guy at the counter "enlightened me".
This guy is one of the best gun counter guys I know and I trust, He lives and breathes this stuff. Anyways he told me flat out not to buy one YET! He said he has had several problems with mounting the scopes and they staying solid. He said the mount design is just horible and unreliable. As far as scope performance they work great. They had 2 there and actually were looking at sending them back because he doesnt want someone to buy them with thier names attached to them anymore. The ones they had already sold were a total pain in his back side.
So, that being said, he then went on to tell me to wait as Leupold and Vortex both have said they will be coming out with models of thier own sometime in 2013. The Vortex was actually like an anouncement that was sent to them, not hearsay.
So these are not my own experience but just passing along what I was told on Wed.0 -
I called and talked to Vortec this morning. They say they are looking into developing a Laser rangefinding scope. They also said the earliest one would be available is 2014. Leopold is gone till after Christmas so I'll give them a call later this week.
Ni Hao; Please let me know how it works out for you.Dave0 -
It's a pretty cool scope, and a halfway decent rangefinder.
Like a previous poster said; its' mount is tricky to stay solid. I had to put skater tape on the body of the scope just to keep it solidly zeroed.
The rangefinder drops out around 870-940yds, with wildly inaccurate readings, then comes back on target around 1050 or so. I have no idea why, I used a reflective target, and a camo BDU jacket, so I'd have a realistic reflective surface simulating hair, and it was off by 10 yards to about 18 yards, depending on which target I used.
Thinking I could get better ranging results using a Geovid retroreflector; it was very close to being within a few inches, but without the Surveying glass; it was way off.
Cold doesn't seem to affect it as much as say, a green laser, but it does slow everything down.
I blew $750 on a demo model, but I'm sure the new ones work better.0
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