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Rangefinders with built in ballistic calculator????
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1412701" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>Range finders performance are unfortunately normally based on their cost</p><p>(You Get what you pay for)</p><p></p><p>Like most I started with an inexpensive unit that was rated at 400 yards.</p><p>Most Of the time it would do that. but I had a targeting problem and sometimes I couldn't get a reading on a single target. I found out what was wrong buy ranging the tail of a windmill that had nothing but sky behind it and could not get it to show distance until I moved it 2 feet to the left. So then on in order to make it work I aimed 2 feet to the left of what I wanted to range. I sent it back and exchanged it for an 800 yard unit and it worked fine until I exceeded 600 yards on soft targets and it was unreliable.</p><p></p><p>The next step was to buy a little bit more expensive unit that had more features, was more compact and features for bow and gun. It worked well but could never reach the advertised yardage consistently. so I finally bit the bullet and bought a range finder that would range farther that I intended to shoot and that had ballistic programming. I have never looked back because it does everything I want it to do. My only regret is that I had spent enough on lesser rangefinders to buy the top line twice over. I would buy the new 2500 if I needed it, but I don't compete or hunt where I would need to shoot over 15 to 18 hundred</p><p>yards.</p><p></p><p>I am happy with my G7 but I am sure that there are other rangefinders that are as good or better so I recommend that a person looks to his needs and buys what is best for him and his intended use.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1412701, member: 2736"] Range finders performance are unfortunately normally based on their cost (You Get what you pay for) Like most I started with an inexpensive unit that was rated at 400 yards. Most Of the time it would do that. but I had a targeting problem and sometimes I couldn't get a reading on a single target. I found out what was wrong buy ranging the tail of a windmill that had nothing but sky behind it and could not get it to show distance until I moved it 2 feet to the left. So then on in order to make it work I aimed 2 feet to the left of what I wanted to range. I sent it back and exchanged it for an 800 yard unit and it worked fine until I exceeded 600 yards on soft targets and it was unreliable. The next step was to buy a little bit more expensive unit that had more features, was more compact and features for bow and gun. It worked well but could never reach the advertised yardage consistently. so I finally bit the bullet and bought a range finder that would range farther that I intended to shoot and that had ballistic programming. I have never looked back because it does everything I want it to do. My only regret is that I had spent enough on lesser rangefinders to buy the top line twice over. I would buy the new 2500 if I needed it, but I don't compete or hunt where I would need to shoot over 15 to 18 hundred yards. I am happy with my G7 but I am sure that there are other rangefinders that are as good or better so I recommend that a person looks to his needs and buys what is best for him and his intended use. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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