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Post #1- Swaro rangefinder starting to let me down
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<blockquote data-quote="4xforfun" data-source="post: 717947" data-attributes="member: 9172"><p>What is the expected "life" of a rangefinder? It seems that my Swaro 1500 is getting worse and worse at reading LR targets. It seems that spots that I used to get repeatable readings to no longer give a reading. Do they "wear out" ? Can they be serviced? I was watching a doe cross the river a ways away and all of a sudden my kids said that the doe was being attacked !! Not believing them, I swung the spotting scope over just in time to see the doe give one of the cyotes a swift kick...sent them running. BUT..I knew that they would be back. I quickly set up my rifle and then tried to get a range. NOTHING. I swung over about 100 yards to a nearby river bank that I used to get a reading off of....NOTHING. Tried the hill behind the doe..NOTHING!! I tried severl more times..untill the yotes started to head back to the doe. I figured 1200 yards and doped 7 MOA wind and waited for them to quit moving. Missed 1 moa high and needed 1 MOA more wind. I guess knowing the distance wouldn't matter because i missed due to wind, but the wind isn't always blowing that hard. I HATE not being able to get a range!!</p><p> </p><p>See POST 2...Vectronix vs Swaro</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="4xforfun, post: 717947, member: 9172"] What is the expected "life" of a rangefinder? It seems that my Swaro 1500 is getting worse and worse at reading LR targets. It seems that spots that I used to get repeatable readings to no longer give a reading. Do they "wear out" ? Can they be serviced? I was watching a doe cross the river a ways away and all of a sudden my kids said that the doe was being attacked !! Not believing them, I swung the spotting scope over just in time to see the doe give one of the cyotes a swift kick...sent them running. BUT..I knew that they would be back. I quickly set up my rifle and then tried to get a range. NOTHING. I swung over about 100 yards to a nearby river bank that I used to get a reading off of....NOTHING. Tried the hill behind the doe..NOTHING!! I tried severl more times..untill the yotes started to head back to the doe. I figured 1200 yards and doped 7 MOA wind and waited for them to quit moving. Missed 1 moa high and needed 1 MOA more wind. I guess knowing the distance wouldn't matter because i missed due to wind, but the wind isn't always blowing that hard. I HATE not being able to get a range!! See POST 2...Vectronix vs Swaro [/QUOTE]
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