Rangefinders

[BASS]

When I bought my bushnell at cabellas the guy at the counter told me the general rule to use when buying them is to find the longest distance you would want to shoot, then double it. The range finders that say 400 yards accurate (like the bushnell scout) will only range a deer sized target out to 200, but can do trees and such out to 400. So I figure I want to be able to shoot 400 yards, so I think the 800 would be good to go for me. Has anyone else heard anything like that?

[AzPacknHorns]

When I bought my bushnell at cabellas the guy at the counter told me the general rule to use when buying them is to find the longest distance you would want to shoot, then double it. The range finders that say 400 yards accurate (like the bushnell scout) will only range a deer sized target out to 200, but can do trees and such out to 400. So I figure I want to be able to shoot 400 yards, so I think the 800 would be good to go for me. Has anyone else heard anything like that?

 

I have never heard of that but it makes perfect sense, I think I am going to give that

Nikon Monarch 800 a try. I would really like to have the Leica or Swarovski but cant

talk the boss into that right now.

[coueshunter]

I ended up buying the Leica "pinmaster" which is a 700 yard range finder. I got it for somewhere around 350.00 from Cabelas.

[elmergoo]

I own the Monarch 800 and I really like the fact that I can hold the button down, and scan different area's close by and get accurate readings. Alot easier then holding at different targets and then shooting for a yardage. So far so good.

 

Nikon claims that the rangefinder will read out to 800 yards with the right conditions

with yours what has been a consistant long range reading? I doubt I will ever need

much more than 400 to 500 yards but I was just curious.

AzPacknHorns In my experience I have consistently ranged out to 200 to 500 yards on anything from basketball sized rocks.barrel cactus, bushes and anything that would reflect back. I practice shooting at a 5 gallon yellow bucket lid at 350 yds and you probally know it looks awful small thru a 12 x scope.The farther you range out the more steady, like on a tri-pod or a steady rest, you need to be.The only thing I would worry about was brought up in a earlier post about a dark background it would probally be hard to see the read-out. For the money, which ain't to cheap,but cheaper then some of the others, I think it is worth every penny. I don't range out past more then 400+ though, but I think you would have the steadiness problem with the other brands also.

[Giladad1]

The new Leica 1200, I think its called CRF. It's outstanding. M.