Best long range rangefinder?

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Originally Posted by C Ward

How much money ?

The Nikons , Bushys , Etc are crap in my experience , have not played with the newest ones but after there track record someone else can be the test dummy .

The Leicas , the Geovids and monoculars , are acceptable . The Swaro and Zeiss are better which is to say they range at least half again as far and are pretty equal between each other from what I've seen .

The Vectors are THE SHIT and nothing else comes close on the commercial market .

The price range there is from about 400 to 20k . The entry level Vector , the PLRF10 , being around 3K .

I have a pair of Geovids and on the best day 1300 was all that it would range , the other day we were playing with the PLRF10 and were shooting farmhouses reliably at 3k yards . When my Geovids take a dump the PLRF10 is what I'm looking at because it ranges so well . That being said there is a huge advantage to having your laser in your binos in convience and not having to lug more stuff .

Good luck finding something and remember life is too short to buy cheap gear 2 or 3 times instead of buying quality once . Also be prepared to have what ever You choose be outpaced by technology in a couple of years , My Geovids are not near the laser I could get for the same money today as 6 or 8 years ago when I bought them . Aint progress wonderful .

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Nice to meet you this morning at TJ's. Thanks for all the thoughts and advice! You're right - I think I need to pick a few up and try them out in Raton over the next month or two before I make that purchase.

We all started where Your at and will share what weve found over the years so ask away . The learning curve can be steep and expensive in the long range game .

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Originally Posted by C Ward

We all started where Your at and will share what weve found over the years so ask away . The learning curve can be steep and expensive in the long range game .

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You're absolutely right! But you know what really makes the long range game fun? The guys that do it! Everyone I met so far has been openly enthusiastic to sharing their thougths, experiences and tricks. I haven't been so lucky in some of the other shooting disiplines I dabble in.

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Originally Posted by Pike10

You're absolutely right! But you know what really makes the long range game fun? The guys that do it! Everyone I met so far has been openly enthusiastic to sharing their thougths, experiences and tricks. I haven't been so lucky in some of the other shooting disiplines I dabble in.

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Very true.

My Swaro has measured to 2420 meters, so it is about 2650 yd. Never measured yards, though.

Any actual experiences with the new Bushnell Fusion 1600, LRF Bino combo? I've seen one good review, but I'm looking for more reviews from current owners. I've seen plenty of speculation (postive and negative), let's try to avoid that here...

Well, I ended up getting the Bushnell Fusion Bino/LRF combo. So far they seem pretty nice. I'll be bringing them to the February SRM Raton match and trying them out. Feel free to take a look through them if you are at the match. I'll post a review after some field experiences.

My sawarvo's do great. I wish Swarvo would come out with a combo EL series bino with LRF built in, but in the meantime I will keep dreaming.

+1 on swaro, though if you can get them cheaper then a grand. do it.

I am hoping to be able to look through a few at this weekends SRM in Raton but the forecast isn't looking real good right now. I would really like to look through the Swaro and new Lieca.