Newcon optic Range finder

I like mine which is the 1500 model. I consistently range rocks out past 1000 with and without a tripod, where buddies Lieca 1200 wouldn't. Like most range finders it depends on what your ranging and how steady you are. Trees are hit and miss. With shiney reflective objects (like my truck where I set up, and drive the quad to my gong) I've ranged to 1400 no problem.
 
I like mine so far; haven't taken it out for actual shooting yet (one busy summer...), but I've been able to range houses, rocks, etc. up to 1250 or so with very consistent results (i.e. range a house at 1230 yards, range something else at 250, range the house again and it reads within a yard +/- of 1230. Now, I can't say if the 1230 should have been 1170, 1230, or 1280 but at least the device didn't give the impression that the house being ranged was was shifting around in between measurements...

My only complaint so far is that the soft case that comes with it is a bit smaller than required - it's so tight that it's actually a bit of a struggle to get it out of its case. Not a problem for punching paper or hitting gongs, but if you're out hunting or setting up in a tactical situation, quick access could be a bit of an issue.

Good luck!
 
I also looked it up and liked it but then I went to their web site to find out where to buy and got nowhere. Any one know where to get them ? I wouldn't mind to at least see them in reality before shelling out hundreds of $$$.
 
IMR4320 said:
I also looked it up and liked it but then I went to their web site to find out where to buy and got nowhere. Any one know where to get them ? I wouldn't mind to at least see them in reality before shelling out hundreds of $$$.
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Call them? That's what I did. They look in real life like they do on their website........stop kicking tires and buy one.
 
I haven't used my LRM 1500 extensively, but it's worked under all the circumstances that I could reasonably expect it to.

Canadian avail, reasonable price, tripod socket and "normal" battery usage were some of the features that sold me.
 
I called them. I found the person on the phone relatively un educated on the range finders I was asking about. I was trying to get a feel for how they range real life objects, such as trees, fence posts, hay bales, maybe a deer or something. All they could tell me is they are tested on NATO sized targets which I think are 2mx 2m or something stupid like that.
I still want to try one though.
 
CanuckR said:
I called them. I found the person on the phone relatively un educated on the range finders I was asking about. I was trying to get a feel for how they range real life objects, such as trees, fence posts, hay bales, maybe a deer or something. All they could tell me is they are tested on NATO sized targets which I think are 2mx 2m or something stupid like that.
I still want to try one though.
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Get a Terrapin the best, or a lieca 1600 or the G7 anything else will fail when u need it most.
Elmer
 
I was in the same predicament a couple months ago. I could not justify spending all that money on Newcon with so little review on. I end up with getting a terrapin. So far very impressed with it. I end up ranging a house at 3600m with it. And I am able to range a 2 foot by 2 foot target at 1600 on the first try. They might be a little hard to find now seeing how vectronics has discount them. I did talked to the people at prophet river and the sales person said some of there people run the Newcom and were impreseed with it. I know wolverine supplies can bring them in and they are not happy tell your happy!
 
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!!
 
I have used, and 3 of my hard hunting friends have used Newcon bino rangefinders for years and years. In Africa in 40+ degree and here in -40, and they have ranged effectively for me at +/_ 1000 yds. The binos were at that time made with east German Zeiss Jana glass with Cdn circuitry. They worked and still work very very well.
I left them in my landcruiser at 50+ degrees and I needed the reticle changed by Newcon as they will not withstand that heat or extreme cold. Newcon was great to deal with.
At that time, 10 years ago, there was not a lot of choices and for the money, they were excellent. Not the flashiest display, but it ranged all the time without failure. I used my Newcon binos all the time, .. kept them tucked under my coat if it was cold... shot coyotes, deer, elk, gemsbok....
Since all of the middle east wars, Newcon has grown and prospered offering military hardware and they have some high end product to offer. Mine did work and continues to work very well.
At the range the other day, my friend with a new expensive terrapin and I went head to head out to about 1200 yds on decent targets. We were both ranging the same- past that he won. He was impressed with my 10 yr old $900 Newcons though.
 
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I was wondering about these myself, read some good things and some bad. So I decided to just order them and find out what they were like. Got to play with them a bit yesterday and was impressed so far. Wont quite range on cattle out past 1 mile, but under a mile they were fine. Tried them on some deer at 1220 yards and got good readings. These were under sunny conditions and freehand. Some houses and grain bins well out past 2000 yards. They are the LRM 2200 model. I think they were worth the money, but going from an old yardage pro 500 anything is an improvement. Some days I figured I could throw a rock farther than the old Bushnell's would range.
 
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