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Review of Leupold RX4
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<blockquote data-quote="xr650rRider" data-source="post: 112897" data-attributes="member: 6083"><p>I just received a new Leupold RX-4 from Cabela's on Tuesday. They had been on order for a couple of months. I'm a newby with rangefinders and this is the first set I've ever used. I thought the compass and thermometer would be a nice addition but after finding out you have to disable other features to use them, I wouldn't have wasted my money. After nearly going blind cycling through the mode menu, I finally got them set for &gt;150 yards, 1st target mode on, TBR mode on and ballistic group B on. I calibrated the compass and was ready for ranging. I used them out the door of my shop at around 10:00 am. Bright sunny day and around 85 degrees. I could range horses pretty easily out to 240 yards. There is a big oak tree in an opening and I could range it at 591 yards. There is a treeline on the other side of the opening at around 1000 yards and I never could range them. This is a tree line that is 1/2 mile long with 30-40 ft. trees. Were building a shooting range and have telephone poles in the ground at 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 and 600 yards. I could range the 200 and 300 yard post pretty easily. I was having trouble getting a reading at 400 yards on the poles but finally did when using a tripod. It seems you have to hold the button for at least 3 seconds to get a reading at that range. Seems if you release the button and move off the target it won't get a reading. I next tried the 500 yard post and never could get a reading. I got a friend to drive down the range and turn his pickup broadside at the 600 yard target. I never did get a reading at 600 yards. He moved the pickup to 500 yards and I got one reading at 516 yards while he was driving to the target. Once there I never got another reading. I went back through the menu and turned first target off. Still no reading. I turned rain mode on, still no reading. It was around 90+ degrees at this time but I would have thought that a supposed 1500 yard rangefinder could range an extended cab, full size GMC pickup sitting broadside at 500 yards. The range is mowed and flat so it wasn't like there were other objects in the way. The other thing I didn't like was with &gt;150 yard setting turned on, I couldn't get it to read when ranging the 100 yard posts. I had to go into the menu and turn it off. Not very handy having to toggle it off and on depending what your ranging. </p><p> Completely disappointed is my review. I'm boxing them up today and sending them back to Cabela's. I own 14 Leupold scopes so I'm also a Leupold kind of guy. I'm ordering the Swarovski's after I make sure they credit my card for the Leupold's. It they were advertised as 500 yard rangefinders and only cost $200.00 I wouldn't have been suprised at their lack of performance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xr650rRider, post: 112897, member: 6083"] I just received a new Leupold RX-4 from Cabela's on Tuesday. They had been on order for a couple of months. I'm a newby with rangefinders and this is the first set I've ever used. I thought the compass and thermometer would be a nice addition but after finding out you have to disable other features to use them, I wouldn't have wasted my money. After nearly going blind cycling through the mode menu, I finally got them set for >150 yards, 1st target mode on, TBR mode on and ballistic group B on. I calibrated the compass and was ready for ranging. I used them out the door of my shop at around 10:00 am. Bright sunny day and around 85 degrees. I could range horses pretty easily out to 240 yards. There is a big oak tree in an opening and I could range it at 591 yards. There is a treeline on the other side of the opening at around 1000 yards and I never could range them. This is a tree line that is 1/2 mile long with 30-40 ft. trees. Were building a shooting range and have telephone poles in the ground at 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 and 600 yards. I could range the 200 and 300 yard post pretty easily. I was having trouble getting a reading at 400 yards on the poles but finally did when using a tripod. It seems you have to hold the button for at least 3 seconds to get a reading at that range. Seems if you release the button and move off the target it won't get a reading. I next tried the 500 yard post and never could get a reading. I got a friend to drive down the range and turn his pickup broadside at the 600 yard target. I never did get a reading at 600 yards. He moved the pickup to 500 yards and I got one reading at 516 yards while he was driving to the target. Once there I never got another reading. I went back through the menu and turned first target off. Still no reading. I turned rain mode on, still no reading. It was around 90+ degrees at this time but I would have thought that a supposed 1500 yard rangefinder could range an extended cab, full size GMC pickup sitting broadside at 500 yards. The range is mowed and flat so it wasn't like there were other objects in the way. The other thing I didn't like was with >150 yard setting turned on, I couldn't get it to read when ranging the 100 yard posts. I had to go into the menu and turn it off. Not very handy having to toggle it off and on depending what your ranging. Completely disappointed is my review. I'm boxing them up today and sending them back to Cabela's. I own 14 Leupold scopes so I'm also a Leupold kind of guy. I'm ordering the Swarovski's after I make sure they credit my card for the Leupold's. It they were advertised as 500 yard rangefinders and only cost $200.00 I wouldn't have been suprised at their lack of performance. [/QUOTE]
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