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Rangefinder need....as opposed to want...
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<blockquote data-quote="catorres1" data-source="post: 978738" data-attributes="member: 80699"><p>Thanks to everyone for their responses and advice!</p><p></p><p>I definitely believe in the need for a rangefinder, I have tested myself on multiple occasions and found my own range estimating ability to be severely lacking.</p><p></p><p>I really just comes down to how much I personally need. Could be that right now, a cheaper model that is field effective to my goal (500 yards, so maybe a 1k finder) is what I should go for. Then plan on giving it to my son in a few years when/if I find I have outgrown it. Then take the rest of the funds and put it towards a hunt or other needs. That difference is about $200 (CRF1000 R or Zeiss PRF vs 1600b).</p><p></p><p>But the last post mentioning using the extended range of the 1600b being good for figuring out how far you actually have to go (as opposed to just how far away the animal is) was one of the reasons I considered the 1600b. </p><p></p><p>That and the adjustment it makes to the range considering temperature and pressure changes. Looking at my ballistics program, it looks like, all things equal, moving from 90 weather at 500 feet elevation to 20 degree weather at 8000 feet makes about a 2" difference in elevation. However, make that 500 feet and 20 degrees, and that 2 becomes a 3 inches.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, people have been hunting at those distances for a long time without pressure and temperature information, so maybe I am being obsessive for the ranges I am hoping to shoot at. That's where I am seeking balance....I have a habit of making the ideal the impediment to the real goal.</p><p></p><p>Good thought provoking comments so far, helps me think things through...keep 'em coming and thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catorres1, post: 978738, member: 80699"] Thanks to everyone for their responses and advice! I definitely believe in the need for a rangefinder, I have tested myself on multiple occasions and found my own range estimating ability to be severely lacking. I really just comes down to how much I personally need. Could be that right now, a cheaper model that is field effective to my goal (500 yards, so maybe a 1k finder) is what I should go for. Then plan on giving it to my son in a few years when/if I find I have outgrown it. Then take the rest of the funds and put it towards a hunt or other needs. That difference is about $200 (CRF1000 R or Zeiss PRF vs 1600b). But the last post mentioning using the extended range of the 1600b being good for figuring out how far you actually have to go (as opposed to just how far away the animal is) was one of the reasons I considered the 1600b. That and the adjustment it makes to the range considering temperature and pressure changes. Looking at my ballistics program, it looks like, all things equal, moving from 90 weather at 500 feet elevation to 20 degree weather at 8000 feet makes about a 2" difference in elevation. However, make that 500 feet and 20 degrees, and that 2 becomes a 3 inches. On the other hand, people have been hunting at those distances for a long time without pressure and temperature information, so maybe I am being obsessive for the ranges I am hoping to shoot at. That's where I am seeking balance....I have a habit of making the ideal the impediment to the real goal. Good thought provoking comments so far, helps me think things through...keep 'em coming and thanks! [/QUOTE]
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