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Maybe this should be in optics,dunno but I'd like to hear from forum members on what brand and model of lazer range finder they use.My old Bushnell bit the bullet and it's time for a new one. Magnum man

I started with a Leica 800 and moved up to a Leica 1200. Sold it and a bought a set of Leica Geovid 10x42's off this site.

I started with a Bushnell 1000 yd model. Terrible optics, but excellent ranging capabilities. Moved on to a Leica 1200 CRF, great optics not as good at ranging as the Bushnell. Then moved to a Leupold RX1000i TBR, mediocre optics and mediocre ranging. This summer I will be back to the CRF 1600B from Leica. If you're in flat country or don't shoot over 350 yds, then there is no need for a ballistic program. I shot over the back of a black bear last spring at 515 yds because of the steep angle. I won't have that happen again if I can help it.

Leica.

I've used a Nikon 400 for years. It's seldom that it'll reach out to 400, though, usually around 375 unless conditions are just right. It's good for any distance I'm going to shoot but it would really help to have a longer range one to tell me how much closer I need to get.

My Lieca 1200 LRF scan's work great unless it is foggy and snowy only time I can't get a reading usally!

not sure any will due to refraction

I'm useing a Lieca 1600. If there was anything better in that price range, I'd be useing it.
I'll keep the Lieca for hunting but my next range finder is going to be a Vector, for long range target shooting.

I sold my Leica CRF1200 to get the Vortex Ranger 1000 with the angle compensator. Although it worked out well on a stock just a few days ago, it is not the LRF the Leica is/was and I fear I am going to regret it.

I have been using a Nikon Monarch 800 for several years. So far, I haven't needed anything more, but I keep looking at the Leica CRFs and thinking that I will get one sometime.

Jon Graham (jmgraham1986) was down hunting with me this fall and he had a Leupold RX1000 that worked very well for him. He was calling out ranges before I could even get my Nikon out of my pocket.

+1 For the $200 I paid, it does everything required.

I saved up for a Leica and stumbled across a Swaro for 550.
So now I use a Swaro. The glass is good enough that my binos go in the pack instead of on my chest.

Leica here.

I bought a Zeiss PRF about 3 years ago.

Don't use it very often but it works great.

Got mine this spring. Absolutely love it.


Travis

They are fast!

And good in schitty weather. That's what I've noticed anyway.


Travis

The Bushnell Fusion is surprisingly good in terrible conditions like fog, darkness, and snow covered prairie with the sun shining brightly. After using the Leica 1200's, Zeiss PRF, and some lower end RF's, I'm EXTREMELY impressed by the Fusion. The optics are mediocre, and if they had excellent optics it would be a hard unit to beat for the price! The next meaningful step up would be a Vectronix, which is what I'll get some day.

I have a Nikon Monarch 800 and it gave me problems these past couple years....I reset the peramiters to "G"

I hope I fixed it....

keep the comments coming , I really appreciate the imput. Magnum Man