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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 140926" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>1855 yards</p><p></p><p>Swarovski RF</p><p></p><p>2169 yards, bare hillside in cloudy conditions</p><p></p><p>Swarovski RF</p><p></p><p>One thing to remember, about 98% of the time when you range an animal out past 800-900 yards, you are actually ranging the area around the animal and not the specific animal.</p><p></p><p>If you were say in a very flat field and there was a big buck out there 1100 yards that you could see basically skylined, you would be hard pressed to get any rangefinder to get you repeatable consistant readings on that small of a target, especially ranging offhand. If it were mounted up on a tripod you would have better luck.</p><p></p><p>Again, in most cases when you range really long range targets, your getting a reading off the actual target and the surrounding area as well.</p><p></p><p>I have been able to range 70 lb square hay bails out to 1350-1400 yards pretty easily in pretty much any condition with the Swarovski RF with a fresh battery. Even in the brightest of conditions, full sun on snow covered ground it will generally reach out past 1000 yards on that size targets.</p><p></p><p>For the money it is the best RF I have tested. The upper level Newcon rangefinders are supposed to be even better but they are also pretty spendy as well. The 3000 model is about twice what the Swari is and the 4000 model is about 4 times as much!!!</p><p></p><p>Kirby Allen(50)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 140926, member: 10"] 1855 yards Swarovski RF 2169 yards, bare hillside in cloudy conditions Swarovski RF One thing to remember, about 98% of the time when you range an animal out past 800-900 yards, you are actually ranging the area around the animal and not the specific animal. If you were say in a very flat field and there was a big buck out there 1100 yards that you could see basically skylined, you would be hard pressed to get any rangefinder to get you repeatable consistant readings on that small of a target, especially ranging offhand. If it were mounted up on a tripod you would have better luck. Again, in most cases when you range really long range targets, your getting a reading off the actual target and the surrounding area as well. I have been able to range 70 lb square hay bails out to 1350-1400 yards pretty easily in pretty much any condition with the Swarovski RF with a fresh battery. Even in the brightest of conditions, full sun on snow covered ground it will generally reach out past 1000 yards on that size targets. For the money it is the best RF I have tested. The upper level Newcon rangefinders are supposed to be even better but they are also pretty spendy as well. The 3000 model is about twice what the Swari is and the 4000 model is about 4 times as much!!! Kirby Allen(50) [/QUOTE]
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