What About Leica 1200 Range Finders?

Max Owner

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Hey all.

Bought a Leupold RX VI about a month ago. Was a good price but can't get it range for me. Plus it has a wack load of stuff that I won't use. So, gonna take it back and hopefully get a Leica.

There are 2 models and a new model of an older version.

Can anyone explain the differences in them?
 
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Max Owner said:
Hey all.

Bought a Leupold RX VI about a month ago. Was a good price but can't get it range for me. Plus it has a wack load of stuff that I won't use. So, gonna take it back and hopefully get a Leica.

There are 2 models and a new model of an older version.

Can anyone explain the differences in them?
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The older model did not have the scan mode.
 
Pretty much everyone I personally know that bought the Leupold rangefinder regrets it and has the same problem that they can't get them to work properly.

I have an older Leica 800 rangefinder and it works flawlessly. Can't go wrong with the Leica no matter which model.
 
I exchanged my leupold RX VI for a bushnell 1500 and love it. The leica is way out of my price range, but I can vouch for Leica's tight tolerances because I machine parts for them at work. Figures I get butt f*ck all of a discount on anything....... Cute little guy anyhow.
 
Now you know why it was a good price? P&D had all the lueppy rangefinders in stock, the first 3 we sold all came back as POS, lots of dodads but nothing worked on them and They sent them all back to Leupold, Nikon is curently the best in the over $400.00 mark, and Bushnell is still the best in the lower price points.FS
 
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I just bought a Leica 1200 LRF a few days ago, should get in a couple more. Never needed one before but it could come in handy, what can I say.....I like toys:redface: !
 
The cheaper ones @P&D are the old 1200 and 900 series, not quite as nice as the new 1200, but not quite as exp either. In my opinion one of the great things about the Leica's is the viewing eyepiece, a world of difference in clarity relative to any of the Bushnells.FS
 
Max Owner the new CRF 1200 Leica is the most simple unit you can use...point click and you get the range printed out. No other controls...you can't even switch it from yds to meters as they have to ordered either way. Now in stock again at $719 (this is the new compact unit)
 
^ Yep. The Leica is dead simple.

Point. Click. Ranged.

Leupold and Bushnell you need to read the manual to figure out how to work each model and they can be frustrating to use.

The Leica, you pick it up out of the box, press one button twice and that is it.

It probably also has the least weight, the clearest optics, the most consistancy, and the fewest gimics of any rangefinder in it's general "class". Well worth the seven odd bones I think.
 
All the Leicas have a scan mode...just hold down the button and scan different distances and it will keep printing the new distance. Phil.
 
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