Range Finder
Would a range finder be ok for spotting deer?How much magnification do they get.I use 10x50 bino's but I would like a range finder when shotgun slug hunting.I dont like shooting a 12ga slug more than 100 yards
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I WOULD LIKE SOME INPUT ON RANGE FINDERS FOR DEER HUNTING,WHAT YOU USE AND IF YOU ARE HAPPY WITH IT.HOW OFTEN DO YOU REALY USE IT? 0 -
Well...From experience, I have had just about all of them, and from experience, you DO GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.
I have had Simmons, Bushnell, Nikon, Leupold, and I just got a Leica Rangemaster 1600. From experience, the higher up I have gone the better results. So to answer your question, the most you can afford will be the best.
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I started out with a 450 Bushnell Sport. Had it for a year or two, they upgraded to another. The Bushnell is a good entry level for nominal rifle ranges and bowhunting. ($130)
I upgraded to the Leupold RX-750. It has a setting for bow & gun. On both your select the performance range for your equipment and it factors in yardages for you.($230)
One thing to keep in mind. ALL rangefinder companys are misleading on their specifications for distance they work.
Ex. my Bushnell was a 999yd rangefinder but you were lucky to get a machine shed to register on the screen at 500yrds.
My Leupold RX-750 rangefinder ranges to 750yrd. Well....almost, it ranges reflective targets(building, cars,ect) to 750yrds. It ranges trees to 600yrds. It ranges deer to 500 yrds. Keep this in mind.
One thing you can do to help pick one out, is to go to retail websites and read the reviews that consumers left on the product. Not everyone will like every rangefinder, but you will soon find out which ones have the best luck.
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My Nikon 400 does everything I need it to do. 0 -
Thr trouble with most rangefinders is finding a steady rest; the laser light emitted will not reflect back into the "receiving" lens assembly if it's wobbling a lot.
Also, the cheaper ones will likely fog, lose zero on the aiming point, or run out of battery right when you need it.
Ranges given are as accurate as they can be, but distances over 600yds are almost never correct to within +/- 2 yards.0 -
My old Bushnell Yardage pro 1000 is still going strong after a lot of hard use over the years, but it dont have the ability of my big $3,000.00 Geovids.. But it sure does a heck of a job for the money spent on it.. 0 -
Nikon is a good balance of cost and function. 0 -
Soon will be integrated into scopes if you can hold out. 0 -
Nikon makes very good ones. Here is one I have up on the auction side.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=2451498880 -
I find them a pain. Just one more item to carry along with binos etc. So mine never actually gets out of the closet unless I did not get drawn and I am spotting for my partner. 0 -
The Geovids are so good, you don't need binoculars...... actually they really are range finding binoculars.. 0
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