Thread: Things to look for in a range finder.

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Ah wind, everyone suffers from it in one form or another even at short range it can have a major influence and unlike elevation for distance which is "constant" the effect of wind varies with the cartridge. Drop charting 15 km wind deflection at 3 oclock can be useful you just adjust for wind speed and angle and its pretty good to go. At the longer ranges reading wind on terrain can be a real challenge.

A little wind meter should go alongside the cheap range finder so you can learn to put some numbers on it. Basically the same as @Cigar stated. Just learn when you don't want to shoot and when you will get away with it.