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Leica crf 1600 here! (short review)
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<blockquote data-quote="aroshtr" data-source="post: 414395" data-attributes="member: 9176"><p>Went out of town a ways to do some quick testing.</p><p> </p><p>Conditions: Hot very sunny clear skys, 90deg, lots of mirage.</p><p> </p><p>Here is what I was able to range.</p><p>Trees at 1421, 1505, 1307, 1324.</p><p> </p><p>Houses, large buildings, and garages; house 1411, lrg building 1635, blue house in sun 0 but same color garage in shade at 1607.</p><p> </p><p>I got 1859 on a large building, but only got about one out of five that gave a reading.</p><p> </p><p>I ranged a black horse at 1321, brown horse at 1317, and the barn they were near at 1335. </p><p> </p><p>Anything past about 1400-1500 seemed incosistant with getting a reading everytime, and does depend on color quite a bit. </p><p> </p><p>Again this is in some pretty tough conditions with very bright sun and mirage.</p><p> </p><p>It seems like the ranging will be plenty powerful enough for my use, and I would suspect it will get stronger in less sunny conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The ballistics function is a big letdown! I appears from my limited testing that it will not give you a correction of more than 10moa. Which with my settings and ballistic curve #3 is maxed out at about 550yrds. If this is true, why bother putting it into a 1600 yard range finder. I will do some more testing and change the curves a little and see, but when I was ranging at 560 yards it gave me no correction, and at 540, it gave me 9.8 moa, and I did get 10.0 to come up once, but don't remember the yardage.</p><p> </p><p>I guess it will work well for an entry level hunter that needs the help correcting for angles, temp, and barometer at yardages about 500 or less. This belongs on the Leica 800, and not the 1600. I will most likely turning off the ballistics function, and use the other readings to plug into my palm.</p><p> </p><p>aroshtr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aroshtr, post: 414395, member: 9176"] Went out of town a ways to do some quick testing. Conditions: Hot very sunny clear skys, 90deg, lots of mirage. Here is what I was able to range. Trees at 1421, 1505, 1307, 1324. Houses, large buildings, and garages; house 1411, lrg building 1635, blue house in sun 0 but same color garage in shade at 1607. I got 1859 on a large building, but only got about one out of five that gave a reading. I ranged a black horse at 1321, brown horse at 1317, and the barn they were near at 1335. Anything past about 1400-1500 seemed incosistant with getting a reading everytime, and does depend on color quite a bit. Again this is in some pretty tough conditions with very bright sun and mirage. It seems like the ranging will be plenty powerful enough for my use, and I would suspect it will get stronger in less sunny conditions. The ballistics function is a big letdown! I appears from my limited testing that it will not give you a correction of more than 10moa. Which with my settings and ballistic curve #3 is maxed out at about 550yrds. If this is true, why bother putting it into a 1600 yard range finder. I will do some more testing and change the curves a little and see, but when I was ranging at 560 yards it gave me no correction, and at 540, it gave me 9.8 moa, and I did get 10.0 to come up once, but don't remember the yardage. I guess it will work well for an entry level hunter that needs the help correcting for angles, temp, and barometer at yardages about 500 or less. This belongs on the Leica 800, and not the 1600. I will most likely turning off the ballistics function, and use the other readings to plug into my palm. aroshtr [/QUOTE]
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