wapiti0223
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Hello, does anyone have experience with the swarovski el range? would these be similar or not?
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Whats the warranty? How many years? What does it cover?
I read somewhere that the unit is only rated to 32F. So if i hunt Montana and its 25F outside will it break the unit? Or is it that it only gives corrections down to 32F? How does that work?
I have heard of rangefinders breaking due to the cold. If i invest $1,600 in this unit what are the warranty details if it breaks on me?
Thats interesting Gary, I thought I had read pretty extensivly about the G7 and I don't remember hearing about this "near" "far" function. Or did I miss that? Anyway I was not aware of it when I used the unit either. Which I will admit was a short test. So what does this function actually do? Does it somehow controll the beam size. Or does it just remove or eliminate the unit from ranging close items out to a certain distance. This could make a difference in my opinion for sure depending on what it actually does.
Did you kill that buck at 864 yards and was the shooting correction the unit gave on?
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Jeff
Will it read in meters, and give mRad and 0.1mRad click corrections?
Matt
I am surprised that this is the first mention of milradians. For those of us that have fairly expensive, .mil adjustable scopes, it seems we are being ignored. This is in fact a huge market.
I have not heard any discussion of the BR2 being developed for these folks. Would seem as sophisticated as this unit is, a software update to convert MOA to .mil should be simple and inexpensive. In fact, any decent ballistics software program will do this.
Yes, I can convert in the field too, but the whole idea of the BR2 is to not have to do a bunch of other "stuff".
I would almost certainly purchase a BR2 if it would display results in milradians too.
I have yet to hear anything from the manufacturer on their future plans or rationale as to why they are strictly MOA.
Anybody have some insight on this?
That's good news about the Leica. Sad part is that I just recently purchased the existing Leica 1600 which I like a lot. Odds are slim-to-none that they update my software to reflect the new technology even they cost the same. I'll ask anyway.You're preaching to the choir friend. I have been griping about the exact same thing since they came out. The odd thing is that at one time I was told they were available in MIL for LE/MIL but not for the public which makes even less sense because I agree with you it shouldn't have been that difficult to add the option of MIL.
I have a feeling they are trying to specifically tailor to their own clientele that use the G7 scope system which is only in MOA. I understand that to a point but like you mentioned there is a large market of guys that are fully invested in MIL equipment and can't or don't want to make the switch. I think the latest poll here showed 30% of LRH guys using MIL. I know on other sites like the Hide, who would still love this rangefinder, it would be much, much higher.
Maybe if we keep griping! I would buy one too if it had the MIL option.
Until then you may want to look at the new Leica 1600B. I haven't seen one in person yet but it sounds like they have incorporated the same concept into their new rangefinder. And it has MIL as an option.
Scot E.