Hunting Washington Forum
Equipment & Gear => Archery Gear => Topic started by: usmc74 on March 26, 2011, 08:53:23 PM
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I have a Leupold RX600, and am disapointed that in bow mode it does not read ranges farther than 60 yrds. I don't plan on shooting farther, but I like to know how much closer I need to get.
Also not happy with the long range for rifle mode. About 350 is max for reading a deer (also wanting to know how much closer to get).
I shoot service rifle competitions, 600 yards with iron sights, so I can get out that far. Hunting rifle with scope is a piece of cake.
Which rangefinder does great for both weapons?
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I have a leupold its a few years old so I can't rembember the model but I have ranged stuff from 3-700 yards. It has the uphill/downhill range compensation and for bows in my opinion its a gimmick. Not sure about rifles I don't hunt/shoot witha rifle very much.
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I have the rx 1000 tbr. In archery mode it ranges as far as you want all though after 60 yards it dosen't give you a tbr reading. For what its worth I really like it and its worth the money.
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I got the Nikon RifleHunter 550 rangefinder and it works for both great. I mostly use it for archery. I saw the Nikon rangefinder for bow hunting, but it only goes out to 100 yards, and like you said, I want to know how far something is even though I'm obviously not going to be taking an archery shot from there. The riflehunter 550 also compensates for incline/decline automatically and gives the number to shoot for. Simple, easy and accurate. Love it.
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I had a Leupold RX 1000 TBR, and a Leica CRF 1200. I sold the Leupold to a friend. It does not have anywhere near the ranging capacity of the Leica. For archery it's probably fine, but for rifle the Leica is definitely a better way to go in my opinion.
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i have a leica 800. it is great. however it doesnt have the angle compensating feature. tha angle compensator is definitelly NOT a gimmick or bowhunting. I have taken shots in practice and hunting that were drastically different from what my rangefinder said and what i shot for... how about my rangefinder saying 54 and shooting the target for just over 30 due to being a steep down hill?
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i have the rx-II from luepold which is essentially the same as the rx-600, it will display actual range while in tbr mode you just have to make sure that when you scroll through the options that you have the LOS turned on. if its passed 60 and 350 for bow and rifle respectively the tbr range will not show but if you look below the cross hairs (4 or 5 o'clock) it will show the actual yardage.
hope this helps, not trying to sway your decision just trying to make life easier in the mean time
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Don't know about you, but when an elk is standing within bow range, possibly at a slight incline/decline, the last thing I wanna worry about is, scrolling, picking options, remembering what mode I'm in and if its the correct mode I SHOULD be in for "that" situation.
I want ONE number. The number that is accurate, calculates inclination/declination for me and tells me what yardage pin to use. Period. Thats what you get with the Nikon. And moving up to the Nikon 550, takes it out to rifling hunting distances as well.
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I got the Nikon RifleHunter 550 rangefinder and it works for both great. I mostly use it for archery. I saw the Nikon rangefinder for bow hunting, but it only goes out to 100 yards, and like you said, I want to know how far something is even though I'm obviously not going to be taking an archery shot from there. The riflehunter 550 also compensates for incline/decline automatically and gives the number to shoot for. Simple, easy and accurate. Love it.
:yeah:
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After learning from a few friends that demoed all the new rangefinders, the new Leica 1600 won their vote. I just sold my 1200 CRF to give it a whirl.
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With most new rangefinders there is no scrolling through options. You know if your hunting with a bow or a rifle and you make the adjustment before you go out. When you push the button it shows what ever you have it set to show pretty easy in my opinion. I also looked at the leica's and they do range further but my rx 1000 has ranged stumpe out to 790 yards and to be honest thats further than I need to be shooting at animals with any of my guns.
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I third the riflehunter 550
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After learning from a few friends that demoed all the new rangefinders, the new Leica 1600 won their vote. I just sold my 1200 CRF to give it a whirl.
:yeah: just sold mine as well so I could get the 1600
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I use a Nikon Monarch Gold 1200. Compared to Leupold and Bushnel belonging to other friends, I like my Nikon. Ranges father than I can shoot. I've ranged things up to 1600 yds. Works in the rain, with snow on the ground and with bright sun and it even works in the middle of the night. So obviously it'll work under low light conditions of early morn and late evening.
