Bayourambler
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I currently have a Nikon 550 rangefinder and vortex ranger 1500. Either one will range a deer past 450 yards. Does anyone here have a rangefinder that will range whitetail deer to 7-800 yards reliably? If so, what kind?
I bought a Kilo 2200 on Varminterror's advise some time back, and I am very happy with it. I haven't stressed/stretched it out yet, but everything I have used it for has been easy and it consistently repeats its self on the same target, something I have seen other ones not do.Sig Kilo 2200, Leica 1600B, Nikon Black, Bushnell Elite 1 mile, Vortex 1500. In that order. G7 and Terrapin X obviously will also, but the price jump is pretty substantial. As in a thousand more.
After years of having a separate rangefinder and binoculars, I'm inclined towards combining them. The holy trinity, Zeiss, Swarovski and Leica is an obvious choice providing that your budget can stretch well into four figures. The most annoying thing about optics is that price and quality usually go hand in hand. Then again, buy once, cry once.
Dont even tell me how good they are! LolI’m in the same camp. A hunting friend has the Leica rangefinding binos. I looked through them a couple of days ago and now wish I hadn’t
Any hope in finding a rangefinder that will rangefind a deer 600 yds that cost under a grand?
Make sure that whatever range finder you buy that it works at low temperatures. One guy remarked to me during my most recent hunting trip that his range finder didn't work at cold temperatures. No I didn't ask him the model/make of his rangefinder.
Dont even tell me how good they are! Lol
Your not right Nature Boy. I can picture it now..OK, I won’t..... but they are pretty awesome.
He was ranging deer out to 500 yards in the rain and my cheapo Vortex wouldn’t give me a return past 150. Bino / range finder combo is the way to fly, but dang, it’s the price of a first class ticket