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Rangefinder Field Test: Swarovski 8x30 Laser Guide Vs. Leica CRF 1600 Rangemaster
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<blockquote data-quote="gbmaryland" data-source="post: 529333" data-attributes="member: 35417"><p><strong>Re: Rangefinder Field Test: Swarovski 8x30 Laser Guide Vs. Leica CRF 1600 Rangemaste</strong></p><p></p><p>After I posted the last message I had a little light bulb go off... and I opted to send the Swarovski 8x30 Laser Guide back.</p><p> </p><p>Frankly, while it's been on the top of the list of the longest time, I feel that it's due for an update and that $1000.00 for the device is just not worth it.</p><p> </p><p>What I suppose I find the most annoying is that the reticle circle is not a good measure of the limit of what you are range finding (attempting to aim at).</p><p> </p><p>For example: I tried it out today with the sun to my back, using a tripod that has micrometer adjustments, while aiming at a church steeple that was painted white with shingling. This was between two trees that were 450 yards away [decent gap in the canopies], with the one reading I got indicating the steeple was 1876 yards. (I tried in excess of thirty times to re-range it and it didn't work.)</p><p> </p><p>It dawned on me that the laser was not coherent enough to stay within the confines of the aiming reticle (circle) on the Laser Guide. So even with a stable ranging platform and aiming nowhere near the trees, I'd either get no return (off a white object, or the black part), or I'd get the trees.</p><p> </p><p>Google Eath lists the exact position that I fired the laser from to the steeple at 1879.06 yards, and that is EXCELLENT when you compare that the one good reading I got was 1876 yards.</p><p> </p><p>However, I've gotten just as accurate readings from the Bushnell unit... just not at over 1600 yards. (...but it's half the price, and does much of what the Leica does... though I'd still rather have a working Leica.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gbmaryland, post: 529333, member: 35417"] [b]Re: Rangefinder Field Test: Swarovski 8x30 Laser Guide Vs. Leica CRF 1600 Rangemaste[/b] After I posted the last message I had a little light bulb go off... and I opted to send the Swarovski 8x30 Laser Guide back. Frankly, while it's been on the top of the list of the longest time, I feel that it's due for an update and that $1000.00 for the device is just not worth it. What I suppose I find the most annoying is that the reticle circle is not a good measure of the limit of what you are range finding (attempting to aim at). For example: I tried it out today with the sun to my back, using a tripod that has micrometer adjustments, while aiming at a church steeple that was painted white with shingling. This was between two trees that were 450 yards away [decent gap in the canopies], with the one reading I got indicating the steeple was 1876 yards. (I tried in excess of thirty times to re-range it and it didn't work.) It dawned on me that the laser was not coherent enough to stay within the confines of the aiming reticle (circle) on the Laser Guide. So even with a stable ranging platform and aiming nowhere near the trees, I'd either get no return (off a white object, or the black part), or I'd get the trees. Google Eath lists the exact position that I fired the laser from to the steeple at 1879.06 yards, and that is EXCELLENT when you compare that the one good reading I got was 1876 yards. However, I've gotten just as accurate readings from the Bushnell unit... just not at over 1600 yards. (...but it's half the price, and does much of what the Leica does... though I'd still rather have a working Leica.) [/QUOTE]
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