Post by: Magnum_Willys on August 06, 2016, 11:59:15 AM
Post by: Bob33 on August 06, 2016, 12:11:43 PM
Post by: jrebel on August 06, 2016, 12:16:30 PM
Could be. I think they are getting their butts kicked by the Sig rangefinder.
I should get my sig kilo in the mail by early next week. $408 shipped to my door!! I looked at both the sig and the Leica side by side and couldn't justify the added cost of the leica. Hope the Sig is what it says it is over the life of the unit...if so the decision will be easy when it is time to replace it.
With that being said....That is a good deal on a great unit.
Post by: BULLBLASTER on August 06, 2016, 12:16:41 PM
The sig would be completely unbeatable if they would have included weather capability into it. :twocents:
Post by: bearpaw on August 06, 2016, 01:01:00 PM
My son and I compared the Sig and the Leica side by side in a Sportsman Warehouse parking lot this winter in Idaho during a mixed snow and rain storm with light fog. The Leica ranged twice as far as the Sig in those conditions. My son bought the Leica this spring and was completely impressed by it's long distance quick readings, so I purchased one and got it a couple weeks ago. With the Leica I was able to get readings through a space between trees on a distant mountainside from my front deck that no other range finder has been able to do before. So far we are both very impressed with the Leica 1600-B.
There are a lot of sales right now with many companies trying to move product!
Post by: Karl Blanchard on August 06, 2016, 01:32:05 PM
They've always been fairly common at that price on camofire a couple times a year.:yeah: kind of like comparing apples to oranges. Sig is the best all around unit there is, but for a guy who is shooting long range and needs weather data, the Leica is a better unit.
The sig would be completely unbeatable if they would have included weather capability into it. :twocents:
Post by: jay.sharkbait on August 06, 2016, 01:47:19 PM
They've always been fairly common at that price on camofire a couple times a year.:yeah: kind of like comparing apples to oranges. Sig is the best all around unit there is, but for a guy who is shooting long range and needs weather data, the Leica is a better unit.
The sig would be completely unbeatable if they would have included weather capability into it. :twocents:
For the money. maybe
The Vectronix stuff is the best I've ever used.
Post by: bearpaw on August 06, 2016, 02:00:15 PM
They've always been fairly common at that price on camofire a couple times a year.:yeah: kind of like comparing apples to oranges. Sig is the best all around unit there is, but for a guy who is shooting long range and needs weather data, the Leica is a better unit.
The sig would be completely unbeatable if they would have included weather capability into it. :twocents:
For the money. maybe
The Vectronix stuff is the best I've ever used.
I googled to check them out, sound really good, but probably too pricey for most hunters.
http://www.eurooptic.com/vectronix.aspx
Post by: Karl Blanchard on August 06, 2016, 03:00:42 PM
:chuckle: that's not exactly apples to apples now is it.They've always been fairly common at that price on camofire a couple times a year.:yeah: kind of like comparing apples to oranges. Sig is the best all around unit there is, but for a guy who is shooting long range and needs weather data, the Leica is a better unit.
The sig would be completely unbeatable if they would have included weather capability into it. :twocents:
For the money. maybe
The Vectronix stuff is the best I've ever used.
Post by: jay.sharkbait on August 06, 2016, 03:01:38 PM
:chuckle: that's not exactly apples to apples now is it.They've always been fairly common at that price on camofire a couple times a year.:yeah: kind of like comparing apples to oranges. Sig is the best all around unit there is, but for a guy who is shooting long range and needs weather data, the Leica is a better unit.
The sig would be completely unbeatable if they would have included weather capability into it. :twocents:
For the money. maybe
The Vectronix stuff is the best I've ever used.
hence the comment "for the money" :chuckle:
Post by: Eli346 on August 07, 2016, 08:04:19 AM
Post by: yorketransport on August 07, 2016, 08:27:42 AM
They've always been fairly common at that price on camofire a couple times a year.:yeah: kind of like comparing apples to oranges. Sig is the best all around unit there is, but for a guy who is shooting long range and needs weather data, the Leica is a better unit.
The sig would be completely unbeatable if they would have included weather capability into it. :twocents:
For the money. maybe
The Vectronix stuff is the best I've ever used.
I hear that Vectronix stuff is alright, but it's a little over rated. Last time I was out with one I couldn't get a consistent reading on a white rock past 3240 yards in bright mid-day sun with wicked mirage. I had to actually range the base of the tree behind it to get the 3285 yard reading. Absolutely unacceptable if you ask me. I'm told that the Sig Kilo is so good it would have done it faster, more accurately and made me coffee while I waited.
I googled to check them out, sound really good, but probably too pricey for most hunters.
http://www.eurooptic.com/vectronix.aspx
I'll bring mine in January and we can burn through a set of batteries just playing around with it. :tup:
Post by: bearpaw on August 28, 2016, 10:37:03 PM
They've always been fairly common at that price on camofire a couple times a year.:yeah: kind of like comparing apples to oranges. Sig is the best all around unit there is, but for a guy who is shooting long range and needs weather data, the Leica is a better unit.
The sig would be completely unbeatable if they would have included weather capability into it. :twocents:
For the money. maybe
The Vectronix stuff is the best I've ever used.
I hear that Vectronix stuff is alright, but it's a little over rated. Last time I was out with one I couldn't get a consistent reading on a white rock past 3240 yards in bright mid-day sun with wicked mirage. I had to actually range the base of the tree behind it to get the 3285 yard reading. Absolutely unacceptable if you ask me. I'm told that the Sig Kilo is so good it would have done it faster, more accurately and made me coffee while I waited.
I googled to check them out, sound really good, but probably too pricey for most hunters.
http://www.eurooptic.com/vectronix.aspx
I'll bring mine in January and we can burn through a set of batteries just playing around with it. :tup:
That sounds good! :tup:
Post by: Branden on August 29, 2016, 07:58:00 AM
Regards, Branden.
Post by: Bob33 on August 29, 2016, 10:48:40 AM
The divergence of the beam, and the ability of the user to accurately highlight the desired object (using 7x magnification in many instances) can both make ranging accurately at very long distance extremely challenging.
It is relatively easy to range a flat, stationary object. In hunting situations where there may be multiple animals which aren’t necessary stationary, and potentially unseen obstructions like a tree branch or twig it can be tough to get an accurate reading on the specific animal.
I can range houses and billboards at two miles with a Sig, but if I wish to know the exact distance to the vitals of a deer sized animal at 808 yards (and not get 798 or 818), that’s harder.
Post by: b23 on August 29, 2016, 12:30:46 PM