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<blockquote data-quote="Broz" data-source="post: 648840" data-attributes="member: 7503"><p>The Swaro is 2 milrad x 2 milrad That converts to about 6feet x 6 feet at 1000 yards.</p><p> </p><p>Think of the way a flashlight beam gets larger with distance. This is what beam divergence is and does. The problem is if you are ranging on flat ground that beam coverage gets prety long, much like laying a flashlight ona table. So the chance of picking up something like sage brush or objects that are closer, or also objects that are farther but more reflective are greater with the large beam units.</p><p> </p><p>The Swaro and the Zeiss are among the largest beams in the RF's priced from $500 to $1000.</p><p> </p><p>The Leica is much smaller and more precise. I have tested this many times. So for a RF under $1000 I prefer the Leica 1600.</p><p> </p><p>The Vectronix RF's are top notch, but you will pay for their superiority. The PLRF05 will run just under $2000 and the PLRF10 about $3700</p><p> </p><p>The new G7 BR2 by gunworks has a large beam diverence but they are claiming to have new technology with a laser that can tell what you are intending to range. I have only used one a few times as they are new, and I have not had the pleasure to run one through my testing yet. So I will not give an opinion at this time. However the guys using them on here give them a good review and have recorded reading to 2000 yards. The big difference in the G7 is it has a very nice ballistics program in it that will read your field conditions, shot angle and give you a dial up correction for the shot. This function only gives readings to 1400 yards though.</p><p> </p><p>The Leica also has some field condition reading like Baro and temp and has a much less sophisticated balistics program.</p><p> </p><p>There is tons of reveiws and data on this site about RF's.</p><p> </p><p>Pick the name of the one you wish to learn about and type it in the search box at the top right cornerof this page to learn more.</p><p> </p><p>Hope this helps</p><p> </p><p>Jeff</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Broz, post: 648840, member: 7503"] The Swaro is 2 milrad x 2 milrad That converts to about 6feet x 6 feet at 1000 yards. Think of the way a flashlight beam gets larger with distance. This is what beam divergence is and does. The problem is if you are ranging on flat ground that beam coverage gets prety long, much like laying a flashlight ona table. So the chance of picking up something like sage brush or objects that are closer, or also objects that are farther but more reflective are greater with the large beam units. The Swaro and the Zeiss are among the largest beams in the RF's priced from $500 to $1000. The Leica is much smaller and more precise. I have tested this many times. So for a RF under $1000 I prefer the Leica 1600. The Vectronix RF's are top notch, but you will pay for their superiority. The PLRF05 will run just under $2000 and the PLRF10 about $3700 The new G7 BR2 by gunworks has a large beam diverence but they are claiming to have new technology with a laser that can tell what you are intending to range. I have only used one a few times as they are new, and I have not had the pleasure to run one through my testing yet. So I will not give an opinion at this time. However the guys using them on here give them a good review and have recorded reading to 2000 yards. The big difference in the G7 is it has a very nice ballistics program in it that will read your field conditions, shot angle and give you a dial up correction for the shot. This function only gives readings to 1400 yards though. The Leica also has some field condition reading like Baro and temp and has a much less sophisticated balistics program. There is tons of reveiws and data on this site about RF's. Pick the name of the one you wish to learn about and type it in the search box at the top right cornerof this page to learn more. Hope this helps Jeff [/QUOTE]
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