Thread: Rangefinder?

Does anyone use a rangefinder whilst hunting and if so are the worth the money? Cheers

yes and yes

leica = bees knees, pay once, cry once

a decent range finder makes the whole "flat trajectory" debate meaningless, and stops the guesswork.

What ebf said! Leica are very good and compact. They also have a very clear view finder (if that's the correct terminology) and I have used mine as a monocular the odd time I have left my binoculars at home. Once you have one you will wonder how you ever got by without it!

Yes and yes.
But i am going to disagree and say you don't need a flash one.
You need one that will range as far as you can shoot an animal.
For most people one that will consistently range 600 is more than enough.

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Just to add i don't take it bush hunting for obvious reasons but i would if hunting with a bow.

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In alpine country ( that's country with proper mountains, for you Northeners), and open hilly country, a gps and topo map are very usefull as a rangefinder, carry a six inch engineers ruler with your map. With practice you can get down to 25m accuracy most of the time.

So basically
- get a decent one but not a real expensive one
- use for open hunting areas not bush

Also can u just use them like binoculars as well as a range finder and save money and space?

Originally Posted by possummatti

So basically
- get a decent one but not a real expensive one
- use for open hunting areas not bush

Also can u just use them like binoculars as well as a range finder and save money and space?

There is a well priced one in buy sell swap mate.Vc is on the money range only needs to match your shooting range.

Originally Posted by Neckshot

There is a well priced one in buy sell swap mate.Vc is on the money range only needs to match your shooting range.

Will have a quick geeze now cheers

Looks like that one sold. They go for pretty cheep on trademe. What do i look for when buying one? In terms or the range and ?x? And that shite. Cheers

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yes and yes.
But i am going to disagree and say you don't need a flash one.
You need one that will range as far as you can shoot an animal.
For most people one that will consistently range 600 is more than enough.

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I have a cheap no name thing that works fine out to 400m but struggles out to about 500m on trees and the like. Cant see me shooting beyond that, if even that far. I have had a play with a Leica and that was very good, mind you it was fairly well matched by a much cheaper Nikko out to about the same distance.

Originally Posted by possummatti

So basically
- get a decent one but not a real expensive one
- use for open hunting areas not bush

Also can u just use them like binoculars as well as a range finder and save money and space?

- If you are shooting under 500yds, mid range rangefinder is fine, if over, get the best you can afford.
- Waste of time in the bush
- No you cannot use them like binos, field of view is narrow, is a low powered monocular at best.
- Map and ruler is virtually cost, weight and maintenance free. (might be showing my age with this one!)

Up a Two Thumbs river a couple of weekends ago, halfway up the hill, three Tahr tucked in under a transverse ridge some distance below and across. Parked up in some Matagouri, so no rush - out comes the map and rule: mmmm, get exact fix on my pos with GPS: 50m to the scree run, scree run is 100m wide, highest point on the high transverse ridge is 310m, they are halfway down the ridge, and a smaller ridge below them is 250m, contour lines show the gully is steep, guestimate 275m. .270 is zeroed for 250m, add a little elevation because it is a small animal for the pot, and bang. Nikko Stirling range finder copy read at 260 but for some reason I didn't believe it. When the first 200m doesn't have anything useable in the way of features, being able to keep your guesses to 25m or so is rather handy.
-Buy a six inch engineers steel rule.
-If you have a duplex scope, go to a farm if you can, and use the heavier posts to bracket both sheep and large and small deer vital zones at predetermined ranges at a specific power setting, and you have another method for establishing approximate ranges on any size animal in NZ (AT SENSIBLE RANGES!)

@Yukon

I brought one of his a few years ago and still going mint. Ranges our 1200m gong and tress at 900+ and animals 800+ in optimal conditions. Pretty cheap unit too. He's located in Nelson, that yukon banner at the top

Here is a cheap one

http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...ead.php?p=6628

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Here is a cheap one

http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...ead.php?p=6628

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Cheers for the link VC but ive got my eyes set on a range finder not a 75k caravan haha might wanna check the link.