Laser range finders

Had several lrf, elite 1500 worked good, leica 900 wouldnt read in the rain. Now have the fusion 1600 binos and work great last 2 seasons.

My rule of thumb for cheap lrf is take advertised distance and divide by 2 for real world numbers.
 
I've ranged steel gongs out to 1600yds with my Leica 1600. Granted, it takes a few tries but will get it. 1200yds is easy, same range each time, every time.
 
I've had several over the years, and agree you get what you pay for. The cheaper Bushnells like the yardage pro and sportpro are complete garbage and provide a different reading with every measurement. I currently have Leuplod RXB-IV binos and find them to be a perfect compromise. I can glass and range at the same time and trust the readings they provide. They are rated for 1500 yards and I have ranged deer out to 1k with them though.
 
blargon said:
My rule of thumb for cheap lrf is take advertised distance and divide by 2 for real world numbers.
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You're not far off.

Another positive plug for Bushnell Scout ARC 1000... it really is an excellent range finder, it's light, compact, and durable... and good value. I don't shoot anything beyond 500 meters anyway.
 
The new Bushnell Elite units are all pretty good range finders, way better than the old stuff and quite comparable to most of the high end units available even a few years ago. If you are looking for a bino/LRF combo the best in my opinion is the Swarovski. The best available binos with range finder, and a pretty good range finder too.
 
In our group we have tried them all, I have and still have bushnell ok to about 400 on a animal, a couple of small Nikon for archery
Lieca geovids 1000 yards on a animal in good conditions and I now have vector nix terrapin which is awesome. A couple of buddy's run Swarovski which I think is a decent unit
 
I've owned Vectronix Terrapin, Swaro Laser Guide, Newcom 1800S and some cheaper bushnell POS. I bought them in the the opposite order that I listed them in, all of them but the Terrapin has let me down. The Newcom was a joke. The Swaro was a really good range finder for less than 1000yds in most conditions and out to 1500 in great conditions. If I could of afforded it I would have kept the Swaro for a hunting rangefinder as its smaller and lighter that the Terrapin. The Terraoin has been great, the best part is it also works well in bad conditions. I was out one morning in the fog and ranged a steel plate at 800yds that I could barely see, it had no problem. The furthest it ranged is a cow at 3400 yrds but I'm told that they can go even further. I have never tried.

For the money the bushnell Arc's are great.
 
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You will do as I did.

Buy a lot of them over the years.

And someday you'll buy a Vectronix.

Mush
 
I was out shooting today and when I was packing up I thought to myself I have never really tried to see how far my terrapin can range. I looked around and there wasn't much to tag. Seen a power pole that I figured it wouldn't have a issue with, got a tag on it the first time at 2147 yds, I thought ok thats cool but I know it will go further. There wasn't much around to try on thou except for a building that I thought had to be too far away for it to range but tried it any ways... well I got a hit on the first try, it was 4325yds!!! I lazed it twice more and got the same number twice. It was in full on bright sunlight as well. Simply unreal!!
 
Slaymoar said:
I hope the Prostaff 5 ends up working ok up to its rated 600 yards.. I only need ranging between 100 and 300..
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Works awesome to 350 yards so far. I haven't found anything further to range around me yet lol.. I got a hydro pole at 325 yards, which was kinda shaky to get but still worked great. I imagine you'd need a tripod for ranging above 500 yards..
 
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