Rangefinder with Inciline

[Outlaw45]

I have the Swaro Lazer Guide rangefinder and have been using for a couple years now and still really like it. But as I get better at shooting long range I've been thinking about getting a rangefinder that measures inclination and gives me a corrected shoot to range. Max range would be about a mile or 1600 yards.

I've been looking into the Gunwerks G7 rangefinder or the Leica 1600B. I have a Kestral to give me enviromental so I don't need all the features of the G7, but it might be nice to not have to take all my gear and could just take the G7 and it could handle everything. The Leica has ballistic profiles that you match up to your gun too, but I always wonder how exact they match custom gun and loads.

At a minimum I need the "shoot to range" feature, which rangefinders do that the best?

P.S. The terrapins are out of my price range.

 

[feelinducky]

Re: Rangefinder with Inciline

That G7 is supposed to be awesome. But I've never used one.

 

[Fred @ Bison Tactical]

Re: Rangefinder with Inciline

I looked at the BR2 as well, but some concerns I have are:

1. Max ballistic calculation is 1400 yards
2. MOA solutions only
3. Lack of correction for coriolis and spindrift

After reading through the various review (there is a detailed thread here : http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2743613&page=2

it seems that if you only need a solution for under 1000 yards - for example you only plan to use this device to hunt, and you are willing to do everything in MOA, then this solution may work for you just fine, save you money and various devices.

If you want to see how long a distance you can shoot - ie, you want to see if you can shoot as far as your cartridge/caliber can take you, and have spent a lot of money on getting an accurate rifle and high end optics, you would be limiting yourself by going this route over say a setup that includes the Vectronics LR.

 

[SRSDriver]

Re: Rangefinder with Inciline

I use a BR2 to provide a corrected "shoot to range" - I do everything math wise with my average DA, and then let the BR2 provide a corrected 'shoot to range' - So I do everything in Mils, and the BR2 tells me what to shoot it as. I don't have to carry lots of dope cards or a kestrel, just range and shoot. My dope is on my turret, so it's pretty quick for a dialing solution, no extra lookups. I do predict that the BR2 folks have completely missed the boat only offering MOA, and while it can be worked around, they have missed an inflection point in the industry by not fixing this firmware defect.

Overall, it's a good rangefinder, easy to use and see in all conditions, but it's not going to be a vectronix. I like it better than the swaro, and 1000x better than my fusion6000 ARC's, which were hard to use in bright sunlight.

I've only used the BR2 out to about 1200. It's numbers have matched my corrected DA cards every chance I've gotten to test them in, but most of my DA's have been +/- 1000, so they are never that far off of my 'standard DA', and angles have matched too, but I've not shot anything steeper than about 30 degrees.

Also, it depends on your caliber, but it's not like .260 is going to take you out past the BR2's limit and still be supersonic most of the time. If you are shooting .338, I'd want a ballistic solution that had a lot more visibility than any 'all in one' device ( be it a horus/atraq or BR2) could give you.

ETA: I wish it was in mils, but using 'shoot to' has been great, and the output from the unit has kept my dope matching local conditions very well. Less to carry, and less for me to forget. I'd trade it for a plrf10c.

 

[Outlaw45]

Re: Rangefinder with Inciline

Well I do use MOA and max ballistic calculation to 1400 is fine. Around here I had to try really hard to shoot 1200 yards. Most of my shooting is less than 1000 yds.

Any comments on the Leica 1600B?

 

[B3dlam]

Re: Rangefinder with Inciline

I love my Bushnell elite tactical 1600 it does slant range and everything.

 

[kraigWY]

Re: Rangefinder with Inciline

My Leupold RX111 has the incline feture. It's pretty accurate, problem is its suppose to range to 1200, it's really only consistant to half that. If all the stars line up, and you hold your tung just right, you can get out there.

Still gonna get one of those Tarripan (sp) jobs.

 

[weber61]

Re: Rangefinder with Inciline

i have not used one yet, but the G7 does seem to fit the bill for long range shooting. all the features on that thing, i cannot imagine a situation where you would not be at an advantage with it.

let us know what you end up with and maybe provide a review. i know i am interested in your results.

 

[pawater]

Re: Rangefinder with Inciline

Swarovski El Bino's do incline. $$$$$ Though