Thread: Now i need a rangefinder ....

Originally Posted by Shearer

I assume that if you have never owned a rangefinder, you have not shot game at longer distances?
Have you shot targets at known distances (out to 600m) with said rifle?
The reason I ask is that recently I have seen (on You Tube) a lot of clips where people shoot at game at longer ranges (one was 950m!!) and miss/wound animals. They seem to think that if they have a magnum, a dial up scope and a rangefinder it will just happen. Personally that's not what I have found. It takes a lot of skill and preperation to consistantly kill game cleanly at 500m+. Not just the right tools.
Please don't take this as a knock. You may be a surperb marksman and done plenty of practice in the field at the distances you want to shoot If so excellent.
Sndway seem good value.

I'll just echo this if I may.

Having "a rifle and scope capable of -FAIRLY- accurate..." is only about 20% of what's required to be in the killzone at those ranges. And what kind of impact energy will your 175 be delivering out there?
And then how are you going to recover the animal shot?

You should be able to get a reasonable estimate of distance by your compass and topo map surely, how did you "guess 600" ?