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Post by saferalshooter on Jul 4, 2016 1:03:31 GMT
Hi fellas, im in the market for a new rangefinder which will give readings on bunnies out to 800 yds, any suggestions? cheers, Sean.
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Post by tisme on Jul 4, 2016 7:12:26 GMT
I have a leica 8x42 hdb that works very well. Tells drops as well and will be up for sale very soon if it helps
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Post by sako75varminter on Jul 4, 2016 7:33:17 GMT
The new Sig Kilo seem to be a good buy!
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Post by oaken on Jul 4, 2016 10:29:58 GMT
+1 for the Sig. I have only handled one for a short time but very impressed. Very accurate, precise and compact with extremely adequate glass. Didn't check for illumination. May upgrade from my lrf900 (which has been faultless) as sig pings to several thousand metres.
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bob
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Post by bob on Jul 4, 2016 21:03:01 GMT
+2 For the Sig Kilo, fantastic for the money.
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Post by c18rch on Jul 5, 2016 9:07:28 GMT
I've had a quick play with a couple of the Sigs, and they certainly seem to perform better than anything else for the same money on reflective targets, but they don't seem to perform well on non reflective targets.
At the last Roundhouse, they weren't getting any readings beyond about 400yds through the mist on the sunday, but my bushnells were quite happily pinging the targets up on the hill at 1000yds. I've seen similar with trees on clear days. the bushnells will pick up trees out to about 1200yds but the sigs seem to top out at 800.
The flip side of that is that the furthest the bushnells will go is about 1800yds off reflective targets when the batteries are new. Probably down to 1700 as they wear down. The sigs will go out to 2300yds+ off reflective targets.
So, it depends what you want from the rangefinder. For hunting I would go with the bushnells, which are also binoculars. They also do a mile version (mine are the 1600) which should perform better again. If you want them for target/steels, then go for the sig.
As an aside, I noticed that the Sigs don't use an eye safe laser, so I'd be wary if using them for short range work (<50yds) off reflective targets.
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Post by davet on Jul 5, 2016 14:02:41 GMT
Echo Richs comments....try mine on Saturday.
Best used in 'continuous scan' mode in poor conditions.....seems to pick up non-reflective targets much better than single ping mode.
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