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Thread: Vortex Ranger 1000 Rangefinder? Anyone had any experience?

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    Vortex Ranger 1000 Rangefinder? Anyone had any experience?

    Anyone had any experience with these?

    I see they allow for angle and give the corrected horizontal distance, which I'm keen on. I rate the two other Vortex optics i have. The Ranger 1000 seems to get pretty good reviews on the O/S sites.

    I know the Leica 1000-R and the 1600-B are known as the pick of the bunch, but if the Vortex does indeed perform as well as the Leica 1000-R for a bunch less coin, i'm always keen on value for money.

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    Hi gwh
    I have one and have been impressed with performance so far my mate has a Leica 1000 when we have been out shooting we get the same readings
    Cheers 6mm
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    Quote Originally Posted by 6mm ackley View Post
    Hi gwh
    I have one and have been impressed with performance so far my mate has a Leica 1000 when we have been out shooting we get the same readings
    Cheers 6mm
    Hey thanks, good to hear. Do you get a reading in the same conditions as him, or probably a better way of putting it, have you ever struggled to get a reading, when he has?

    Cheers

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    Last time I was out shooting with my mate we were ranging at the same time getting the same readings, we were ranging rabbits out to 300 no problems.
    I did some test on larger more reflective things and we got similar results out to 800m.
    I got mine from camerland Ny when I was in the states last year.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 6mm ackley View Post
    Last time I was out shooting with my mate we were ranging at the same time getting the same readings, we were ranging rabbits out to 300 no problems.
    I did some test on larger more reflective things and we got similar results out to 800m.
    I got mine from camerland Ny when I was in the states last year.
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    Great thanks for that, that price from Shooters Supplies is actually pretty good, would be bugger all more than getting in from the US, just ordered one from them, cheers.

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    Got mine from cameralandny there was bugger all price difference to buying local, works good, the angle compensation was what sold me


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    If your having to find reflective objects at 800 it sounds fairly shit. The yukon lrs-1000 willl range to 1000 an all conditions and out to 12-400 on trees

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    that should read 1200-1400
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    My Vortex Ranger 1000 has arrived, and very impressed on initial testing, trees to 1040 yds on a fairy misty day. Nice and small.
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