Best way to get range and wind info.

[Jaredb909]

I'm new to long range shooting and I'm looking for some equipment to help me out.

The two I'm looking at would be the
G7 BR2 range finder with the ballistic program built in.
Or
Kestrel 4500NV Horus

From what I've read the G7 does everything the Kestrel does except wind and of course it also does the laser range finder.

With the Kestrel I'd still need a good range finder correct? What would you guys go with? Any help would be appreciated.

Oh I'll be shooting an Armalite AR-50A1 with a Nightforce optic. Hand loads and I'd like to stretch the legs out on this as far as I can.


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I have the G7 BR2 and love it! It would be hard for me to go back to a 2-3 step solutions anymore. And the G7 does 5MPH-30/50MPH? In five mph increments. I've range cattle out to 2000 Y no problem even on sunny days. It uses pulse technology, which is different from a low beam divergence so that gets some getting use to. But the ballistic computer is dead on, and easy to sync you bullet to the computer.

 

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I feel like if a company combined the vectronix rangefinder, with a sawarsky binoculars, G7 ballistic computer and the kestrel weather station that would be the ULTIMATE way to get bullet flight calculations. Sure it would be very expensive but I would buy it.

 

[ridenrunwv]

The G7 doesn't actually have sensors to determine wind speed does it?

 

[Jaredb909]

The G7 doesn't actually have sensors to determine wind speed does it?

This is what I was wondering too. How does it accurately pick up the wind?


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[ridenrunwv]

I didn't think it did so I carefully read the description on their website and my impression is that it will provide windage holds for every 5 MPH wind for the particular shot ranged but I don't think it actually provides a method of obtaining wind speed...

If it could calculate wind speed I don't see where being able to jump through windage holds in 5 MPH increments would such a selling point because it would just provide the calculation for current wind and maybe 5 MPH each more and less wind

 

[Dkindels]

No it does not read wind. It just provides the 5 mph incrementa from calculated data

 

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The post above it is right, it doesn't have a wind meter on it but does show what the wind does very accurately. I carry a $30 wind meter around with me, havnt really needed it, because I can guestamate 5-10 mph and look at my hold on the G7

 

[Muskox]

Thank you, I wasn't aware of this product.

Looks like another item I need for antelope and elk hunts.

 

[mikeltee]

I preordered the new Kestrel Applied Ballistics model and the new Bushnell mile 12x binos. Just plug your range in the kestrel and it does the rest very accurately.It doesn't get any easier than this combo. 2k give or take a few bucks.