Best long range rangefinder for the common man

[Orange Dust]

Get a Leica, throw your Binos away and buy a good spotting scope. Glass is good enough you won't carry your Binos anymore. 1600B will range most of the time to about 1400. Sometimes to 1700, all the time to 1000 unless it is raining really hard. It will also get the same answer over and over. Do not use the ballistic program in it. That part is junk, but the laser is good with a very narrow beam, and the glass is outstanding, and the price is right.

 

[Chargerguy]

I love my Terrapin X. Upgraded from my Leica 1600 after it wouldn't range a 40' sea can at 880 yards. Used the Terrapin out to 2809 yards so far.

 

[JM97850]

Very happy with my Sig 2200.

 

[ATH]

So ATH, what has been the problem with the Bushnell rangefinders?
I have Bushnell 10 x 42 1 Mile rangefinders that work very well and have decent glass.

Eric B.

P.S. My Bushnell ARC 1 Mile 10 x 42 binocular LRF ranges to 1.200 yards max but for normal hunting distances it is a very accurate LRF.
Great "Brush Mode", BTW.

Sorry for the delayed reply. Bushnell doesn't range anywhere near their labeled range. My buddy and I bought Bushnell 1600s from the same vendor the same day. Mine won't do 500 on game. My buddy's will get about 630. Maybe 800 on reflective targets. I had to borrow his on an elk hunt because of this, I had an elk I had to call into 630 because that's where I could get a range and shoot it. Had better shot opportunities a little further out.

The Sig 2000 will range as far as I want to shoot.

 

[ATH]

I had no issues ranging my bull at 730 yards in near zero temps with a Sig 2000...

 

[barleydog]

I've always wanted to find Bushnell products that suited my purpose since my first scopes were Bushnell's but todate, over the forty years since that first scope I have yet to come across one of their products that fit the bill.

when was the last time you purchased a bushnell product? their dmrii and the xrsii are great scopes....I have the new forge scope...it is every bit as good as the nightforce shv...for less money....the bushnell conx one mile range finder works great...have the kestrel that connects to it and makes long range shots fast and easy....
bushnell has come around lately...their other range finders are not what the conx is...

 

[barleydog]

Sorry for the delayed reply. Bushnell doesn't range anywhere near their labeled range. My buddy and I bought Bushnell 1600s from the same vendor the same day. Mine won't do 500 on game. My buddy's will get about 630. Maybe 800 on reflective targets. I had to borrow his on an elk hunt because of this, I had an elk I had to call into 630 because that's where I could get a range and shoot it. Had better shot opportunities a little further out.

The Sig 2000 will range as far as I want to shoot.

their cheaper range finders are not that great....but the conx is one bad mamajama...will range a mile....easy

 

[WyoHunter1]

I have a Sig 2000. Works good so far.
My next purchase is going to be a 2400

 

[WildRose]

when was the last time you purchased a bushnell product? their dmrii and the xrsii are great scopes....I have the new forge scope...it is every bit as good as the nightforce shv...for less money....the bushnell conx one mile range finder works great...have the kestrel that connects to it and makes long range shots fast and easy....
bushnell has come around lately...their other range finders are not what the conx is...

Since I bought one? Over thirty years. I've tried them however as recently as last year.

 

[barleydog]

Since I bought one? Over thirty years. I've tried them however as recently as last year.

you didn't like the conx range finder? the thing is superb....the elite tactical scopes,,,the xrsii and dmrii are great scopes.....so is the forge line.

 

[Bbear]

Started out with the 1st Gen Leica back in 2000 or so. When it crapped out, I replaced it with another Leica. 3 years ago I picked up a Sig 850 for an elk hunt. Ranged my elk at 776 yards. Hard structures out to 950 or so. I sold it and bought a Sig 1450 and still use it to this day.

 

[Rum Man]

I have the old Leica 1200 square box and it's been Amazing for years ....but the new addition of a few 338 's have me looking at the sig 2400 ab !
Good luck to ya on your choice !

 

[mta5672]

My sig 2000 is a big pile of crap. im lucky to get anything past 600yds. Cold and snow its virtually useless.

 

[Dean2]

I have used Leupold, Bushnell, Vortex Swaro, Leica but no Sig. I currently own 3 Leica, two CRF, 1200 and 2000, and a Geovid 8x42 HD. Nothing is in their league for a hunting RF let alone the quality of the glass. I never carry Binos when walking, only the CRF in my shirt pocket, unless I am in the mountains glassing all day. I use the CRF as a monocular 95% of the time. For the little price difference definitely go Leica.

I have had zero problems with the 2000 but I have only had it six months. My CRF 1200 is almost ten years old, has ranged thousands of reading and still works perfect. If you have a problem send it back to Leica but I have never talked to anyone that had to do that. Must be some failures but sure isn't common.

Realistically 1600 or 2000 makes no difference, I am not shooting game past 6 or 700 yards anyhow, most of the time we stalk well within 400 yards because to me the stalk is a big part of hunting. Even the 1200 will range Springbock (A very small animal) at 900 yards on a real sunny day. Only advantage to the 2000 is it has the ballistics function, which except for the angle reading I never actually use. I have a drop card on the stock of my gun, all I need to know is the actual range.