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<blockquote data-quote="TravisLH" data-source="post: 1636955" data-attributes="member: 101819"><p>Weight is the biggest issue the added electronics naturally add wieght, not sure how much is to much for your needs. Other issue is mounting, they require a picatiny to picatiny and the mounts included aren't really that good (purchased my own to get steel). Another issue is the dimmer for the illuminated read out, once you dim it if you allow it to phase off them the brightness gets reset to default which will blind you if your getting ready to shoot in very low light.</p><p>To deal with the brightness, as it gets dark I will set the brightness and just range something every few minutes to keep it from going into "sleep" mode and resetting. On the ballistics side I've found it to be insanely accurate so long as you factor in everything.....I used my ballistic calculator and true chronic readings to get my base line drop for 700 instead of using their cartridge list. For windage the read out gives you the value at the distance ranged for a 10mph crosswind, then you just figure out the true hold by multiplying the true wind speeds value as a % and the number of mild in the read out. Then just take the value for the winds poi and fire, makes what takes me a min or two to do by hand from a bench to a few seconds.</p><p>Keep in mind there are 2 models for the Elim 3 and that only the 4-16 has the remote, infact the 3-12 isn't even compatable with the remote unit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TravisLH, post: 1636955, member: 101819"] Weight is the biggest issue the added electronics naturally add wieght, not sure how much is to much for your needs. Other issue is mounting, they require a picatiny to picatiny and the mounts included aren’t really that good (purchased my own to get steel). Another issue is the dimmer for the illuminated read out, once you dim it if you allow it to phase off them the brightness gets reset to default which will blind you if your getting ready to shoot in very low light. To deal with the brightness, as it gets dark I will set the brightness and just range something every few minutes to keep it from going into “sleep” mode and resetting. On the ballistics side I’ve found it to be insanely accurate so long as you factor in everything.....I used my ballistic calculator and true chronic readings to get my base line drop for 700 instead of using their cartridge list. For windage the read out gives you the value at the distance ranged for a 10mph crosswind, then you just figure out the true hold by multiplying the true wind speeds value as a % and the number of mild in the read out. Then just take the value for the winds poi and fire, makes what takes me a min or two to do by hand from a bench to a few seconds. Keep in mind there are 2 models for the Elim 3 and that only the 4-16 has the remote, infact the 3-12 isn’t even compatable with the remote unit. [/QUOTE]
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