Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Optics Leica 1500 rangemaster or equivalent

A friend did me the terrible disservice of lending me his Leica 1500 Rangemaster for an elk hunt......and it was so good that I now have to have one

Can someone tell me what other rangefinders are equivalent?...

I must say....the Leica is a great tool! Apparently the 1500 is no longer made as I didn't find one where I looked....

Leica 1200

I have heard good comments from the guys at the range concerning the Swaro rangefinder as well

I believe that.

Everytime I read "SWARO" my pocketbook shivers!!!!!

just purchased a ziess victory 1300, compaired swaro & the victory,was able to range longer distance with the ziess and its $200 less very happy. ranged 1275 yds on nonreflective target very fast and easy to use.

Actually, all I want is a real 600 yard rangefinder.....So far the only one I've found to do that is a Leica 1500....

I've tried Bushnell and Nikon with poor results.

Lots of them will do so on rocks and hard faced objects.....but that's not life while elk hunting.....It takes some power to get a signal from a soft surface.....I just don't want to shell out Obama sized budgets to get one...

zeiss victory $699 reliable,less than that all you will get is leupy or nikon that don't work reliably to 400yds.

the Swaro or the Zeiss would be my recommendation