Range Finder?

YES!!!!!!! I have the Leica 1200 after a Bushnell showed me that I needed better. The Leica is great. (I have shot out to 1025 yards with mine using a 308) My 1200 has ranged rock faces out to 1340 yards but can only do trees to 1100 on most days.
 
pilgrim said:
I have a Leica 1200 :) like it.....1600 would be a great choice :) somebody claimed up to 2500yards....plus temperature, inclination....
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Ya, I think it is supposed to have temp, barometric pressure and inclination compensation built in.

So will these things will actually do 1600 and then some? Not like the Bushnell that is rated for 600 which is a max, sometimes, if your lucky.

1600 would be much more than I need. But nice to have.
 
I have a Swarovski too; the picture is very bright, and it does range a long way. The problem I have with it is that the button takes a lot of pressure to depress, and this makes it difficult to hold on target. Past a couple hundred yards I need to rest part of the rangefinder against something in order to be steady enough to get a reading. I also wish the circle reticle was smaller; you can fit a lot into that circle at 1000 yards. That being said - I did my research before buying a rangefinder, and went with the Swarovski because it seemed to be the most popular choice for longest ranging ability.
 
I originally had a leupold RX-IV, and I found it to be unsatisfacory for long-range use.

Now I have a Swarovski Laser Guide, and I think it is fantastic. The optics are the same as a $2000 pair of SLC roof-prism binoculars. I found so many grouse and deer with that glass, that it paid for itself in that regard. The rangefinding is phenomenal, often getting readings over 2000m. I needed something that would go just past 1000, and this has excelled in that regard. I looked into the features of the new leica, and saw that they were using a bunch of canned ballistic curves just like the leupold and bushnell offerings. That turns the extra features into bull#### marketing points. A benefit of the leica is compactness, and having an edge in price. But if I were to choose again, I would pick the swarovski again.
 
i have the leica 1600, the extra stuff is useless ( temp, angle, drop chart crap) the BP is in pounds (= useless). just buy a kestrell and be done with it!! the rangefinder itself is awesome, 1500 is common, the farthest it will read is 1999 yds. but under most conditions i can get over 1500. i love it. worth the cash for sure
 
I have the Swarovski and use it as a monocular and range finder. Glass is outstanding and I use it when scanning for game when hunting. I have used the rangefinder out to 1500 yds with no problem.
 
I have had the Leica 1200 for several years now and highly recommend it.

I like that it simply does ranging, and does it very reliably.

You get a quality 7x monocular out of the deal, too. Found I was checking game out more with the Leica than binos last season (but your eyes do get too tired if you don't have a target and are only glassing for game - hence the binos)
 
I use a Newcon LRB 3000.
Best I've done so far is 4' x 5' plate target at 1730 yds, small building over 2500.....cow at 1300+......
Seems to be a pretty good unit.
 
I use the Leica 1200 and highly recommend it. I've ranged deer at 986 yards and a vehicle at 1310. As long as you are steady it will pick up the object.
 
Leica 1600

Take a look here
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=532186
and see if he has any left. Hard to beat pricing and quality.
Gord
 
X2.

Lot better than any Bushnell ( I had the 1000 yard rated mono and bino).

BB


QCI said:
I have the Swarovski and use it as a monocular and range finder. Glass is outstanding and I use it when scanning for game when hunting. I have used the rangefinder out to 1500 yds with no problem.
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