Thread: Things to look for in a range finder.

Having been roundly chastised for saying this every time I say it, I will say it again. There is no great difficulty in correcting your drop to 500m with a simple drop chart and some kind of reference reticle. Ballistics calculators are a recipe for disaster in the field which most people will disagree with. I have just seen way to many people go "oh hey, I made a data entry error" at the range.

When you miss a this range the tricky variable is wind. People miss plenty due to elevation but vastly more often due to windage. When you are shooting steel or rabbits, no one has an issue saying they missed due to windage.

People who shoot deer at longer ranges, in my humble opinion, are not mentioning the gut shot deer.

I'm not saying don't do it, but whenever I read one of these threads and people are shooting out to 500m and the only thing mentioned is ways to correct drop, then I wonder what the outcomes look like.