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Rangefinder Field Test: Swarovski 8x30 Laser Guide Vs. Leica CRF 1600 Rangemaster
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 514588" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p><strong>Re: Rangefinder Field Test: Swarovski 8x30 Laser Guide Vs. Leica CRF 1600 Rangemaste</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's good that you asked, and I should have provided that information in my original post. <u>Both units were hand held for this testing</u>. </p><p></p><p>Unit stillness/steadiness was on my mind while I was testing the units. I was sitting on a hillside for about 5 hrs, watching for bears in openings on the alder covered mountainside. Both units were hand held with my elbows/arms resting on my knees. I was about as steady as I could ever be - similar to a prone position with both elbows rested on the ground surface. I couldn't tell any difference on the success of obtaining readings from my steadiest shots to the ones where a little extra visible motion was caused by depressing the 'shoot' buttons with either laser rangefinder.</p><p></p><p>From my perspective, I held the units about as still as I'll ever be able to in my hunting activities. I'm 99% backpack hunting, and much of the time above treeline. Sometimes I can rest the rangefinder on a branch or steady it on a rock. I don't carry a tripod. Not even for my spotting scope. I only have one packing rifle that exceeds 10 1/2 lbs in weight that ever gets employed on my backpack hunts. Relatively light weight rifles compared to most LRH rifles I read about on this Forum. I'm unwilling to pack the additional weight or volume of either a sturdy tripod or a 14 lb rifle. So with these self-imposed rangefinder use limitations in mind, the Swarovski substantially out-ranged this CRF 1600. I won't be packing the tripod, so I wanted to test them the same way they'll be used on my hunting trips.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 514588, member: 4191"] [b]Re: Rangefinder Field Test: Swarovski 8x30 Laser Guide Vs. Leica CRF 1600 Rangemaste[/b] It's good that you asked, and I should have provided that information in my original post. [U]Both units were hand held for this testing[/U]. Unit stillness/steadiness was on my mind while I was testing the units. I was sitting on a hillside for about 5 hrs, watching for bears in openings on the alder covered mountainside. Both units were hand held with my elbows/arms resting on my knees. I was about as steady as I could ever be - similar to a prone position with both elbows rested on the ground surface. I couldn't tell any difference on the success of obtaining readings from my steadiest shots to the ones where a little extra visible motion was caused by depressing the 'shoot' buttons with either laser rangefinder. From my perspective, I held the units about as still as I'll ever be able to in my hunting activities. I'm 99% backpack hunting, and much of the time above treeline. Sometimes I can rest the rangefinder on a branch or steady it on a rock. I don't carry a tripod. Not even for my spotting scope. I only have one packing rifle that exceeds 10 1/2 lbs in weight that ever gets employed on my backpack hunts. Relatively light weight rifles compared to most LRH rifles I read about on this Forum. I'm unwilling to pack the additional weight or volume of either a sturdy tripod or a 14 lb rifle. So with these self-imposed rangefinder use limitations in mind, the Swarovski substantially out-ranged this CRF 1600. I won't be packing the tripod, so I wanted to test them the same way they'll be used on my hunting trips. [/QUOTE]
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