Best long range shooting rangefinder???

[GUscottie]

I have no real world experience with it yet, but I just got the Revic BR4. Taking it out tomorow for the first time.

Check it out: https://www.revicoptics.com/br4-rangefinder

I was between this and a newest Sig. I emailed Revic (Gunwerks) asking why I should choose the Revic over the Sig 2400. Here is their response:

The BR4 does have doppler profiles for a lot of the bullets - most Hornady and some Berger. what you're going to see over the Sig is ranging capability to over 2 miles on non-reflective surfaces (so long as it is a solid background (think hillside, not flat prairie)), capability to work with a BDC or yardage based turret setup, and a very intuitive display with wind velocity and vector handled on the RF itself (which applies spin drift and aerodynamic jump).

I'll be waiting for the review.....  

Price wise, it is very similar in price to the Sig Kilo 8K.  I was really considering the Sig Kilo 5K but don't know if I need all the options they offer.  Wish they just made a 4-5K without all the BS app stuff.   

My friend owns and uses the Revic...I personally got to use it for my antelope hunt last fall. Loved it. Between the three of us, we had the Revic, a pair of Leica bino range finders and now I have the Vortex range finding binos. I'll say this: revic was awesome. Great for one click for range, two clicks for dope (or vice versa). Super simple, super easy. Having my vortex Fury 5000 AB's...They're all similar. I bought the binos because I didn't want binos and a range finder, wanted an all in one.

The revic has a great warranty and the people of GW are great to work with. I've personally been to their shop multiple times and have met everyone from Aaron down to the everyday man. A 7 year warranty on electronics is about as good as you'll find (except vortex), so buy once cry once and have fun!!

[Wolfdog2314]

Tried the Revic out yesterday and really liked it. The 12X zoom is nice. The interface is easy to use and synced up with the ballistic profile data I put in to the app on my iPhone. I ranged out to 1,100 yards no problem. I kind of forgot to try and range further, we were there focusing on my buddies new rifle. It is a little bit bigger unit compared to the Sigs. One of the features it has the others don’t is a wind hold in the display of the RF. You don’t have to go to your app to calculate. I don’t think you can go wrong with any of the ones mentioned!

[tgomez]

Since I don't shoot over 450 yards and shoot a 30-06, I use a Nikon 100i rangefinder. Realistically it reads out to 750 for readings. It works well for archery 3D shoots and reads incline/decline. For $200 I've been more than pleased with this rangefinder.

[Magnum_Willys]

I didn't see mention of Revic working with basemaps?  Thats a feature where what you range is marked on your basemap or onX map.   Say you have an animal 1500 yards away you want to sneak up on or a closer one down.  Range it and follow your map.  Hopefully a lot more accurate than trying to manually mark a waypoint on your map manually. 

[milldozer]

This was a good podcast talking about rangefinders with a guy from SIG.  They of course focus on SIG products, but it was an interesting one to listen to.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/337-how-rangefinders-work-and-why-sometimes-they-dont/id1020880772?i=1000556412657

[grundy53]

This was a good podcast talking about rangefinders with a guy from SIG.  They of course focus on SIG products, but it was an interesting one to listen to.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/337-how-rangefinders-work-and-why-sometimes-they-dont/id1020880772?i=1000556412657

Thanks. I'll check it out.

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[grundy53]

I didn't see mention of Revic working with basemaps?  Thats a feature where what you range is marked on your basemap or onX map.   Say you have an animal 1500 yards away you want to sneak up on or a closer one down.  Range it and follow your map.  Hopefully a lot more accurate than trying to manually mark a waypoint on your map manually.

That would be really handy.

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[Stein]

I've sent in recommendations to basemap, onx and Gohunt to be able to do things like that.  Say I range an animal at 1200 yards, I can get a fairly accurate compass bearing either with a compass or my phone.  It would be great if you could go into the map and tell it you want a waypoint at 1200 yards, 305 degrees from my current position.  It should be trivial to add that feature.

Doing it directly with the rangefinder would be even better, obviously assuming the bluetooth or whatever happened to be working and you were willing to commit the shorter battery life to having it running on both your phone and rangefinder all the time.

[jasnt]

I’ve been running the kilo 2000 for years.  This year it crapped out on me.  Called sig and warranty was up, but lady said hey… I’ll give you 40% off any range rdf in stock.  Settled on the 5k.   Loving it so far

[jrebel]

I’ve been running the kilo 2000 for years.  This year it crapped out on me.  Called sig and warranty was up, but lady said hey… I’ll give you 40% off any range rdf in stock.  Settled on the 5k.   Loving it so far

You lucky dog!!!   I also had the kilo 2000 and loved it.  It was about 5 years old wrote it started giving me grief.  I paid full price for the 5k  and so far have been plenty happy.   

Really wanted the br4 but just couldn’t justify the cost for the type of shooting I do.   

[jasnt]

I’ve been running the kilo 2000 for years.  This year it crapped out on me.  Called sig and warranty was up, but lady said hey… I’ll give you 40% off any range rdf in stock.  Settled on the 5k.   Loving it so far

You lucky dog!!!   I also had the kilo 2000 and loved it.  It was about 5 years old wrote it started giving me grief.  I paid full price for the 5k  and so far have been plenty happy.   

Really wanted the br4 but just couldn’t justify the cost for the type of shooting I do.   

have you played with the marker drop/ range? I’ve read it’s not very accurate yet?

[jrebel]

I’ve been running the kilo 2000 for years.  This year it crapped out on me.  Called sig and warranty was up, but lady said hey… I’ll give you 40% off any range rdf in stock.  Settled on the 5k.   Loving it so far

You lucky dog!!!   I also had the kilo 2000 and loved it.  It was about 5 years old wrote it started giving me grief.  I paid full price for the 5k  and so far have been plenty happy.   

Really wanted the br4 but just couldn’t justify the cost for the type of shooting I do.   

have you played with the marker drop/ range? I’ve read it’s not very accurate yet?

No, only had it about three weeks and just been playing with it at the range. 

[jasnt]

I played with the remote marker/ BaseMap thing yesterday.   Even with very close range <100 yards it’s off every time.   App doesn’t seem to understand the difference between true north and magnetic north.   Pretty much every time I had to adjust marker 30degrees clock wise.   Not happy with base maps but the range finder is awesome

[mburrows]

I bought one of the maven rangefinders this year and havent hunted with it yet but I am able to range rocks at 2200+ yards, non reflective targets well over 1000 yards.

Glass is great for a range finder. My only gripe is that its pretty big for a range finder but still easily operable with one hand.

[Magnum_Willys]

Got my son fhe 8k since I had the 2400abs.  Definitely increase in range ability.  Bummer to hear basemaps may be wuestiobable but probably be fixed in an update or maybe onx map.

I have the leica 32pro binos with that feature will be testing that shortly.  They do range over a mile on trees I’ve tested that.