Burris Eliminator Laser Scope

mtang45

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Looking for feedback on this laser range finding scope. Is this a real deal practical tool, or just a over marketed gadget that is not fully developed yet.

I've been thinking about getting one and can't decide if its really useful for real world applications or if I would be better off applying the bucks toward some good glass with an "old school" mil dot reticle.

Opinions, thoughts, commentary please.



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mtang45,

From my experience I would put it right in the middle of your question.......... "Practical tool or gadget"??

A buddy of mine who is not a LR shooter but is always looking for an "easy way" to become one bought one of these last year. He called me and wanted to come out to my range and have me set it up for him. I told him to bring it on out and I would see what we could do, thinking at the time.... this thing is going to be a piece of crap.

He had mounted the scope on a "sub moa Weatherby". I don't even remember the caliber, a 7mm short mag I think but not sure.

The instructions suck, but after a while I figured out how to program the thing and we got down to business. The rangefinder portion worked much better than I expected. We were ranging trees and bushes out to 800 yards with ease. After we got the zero set and got it programmed we started testing it at random yardages out to a max of 500. I was quite surprised at how accurate and easy it was to use.

We would set the target up, hit the rangefinder button, and the proper "dot" would light up in the scope. It was fast and plenty accurate to deer or elk hunt with out to the range we tested.

I would not even attempt to use the pre-programmed drop values based on factory ammunition, but the manual programming worked well. You shoot a 100 yard 0 then shoot at 300, measure the drop, then program that in the scope. It then calculates the drop for longer ranges from that.

It does work......... Would I buy one for my long range rifles??? NO.

I think this scope is ok for a typical shooter who does not intend to shoot much further than 500 yards, and if set up properly and used by someone capable of making those shots it does work and works well enough I will not call it a gadget.

Personally, I am shooting at ranges much further than 500 and prefer the precision of a "dial up" scope such as Night Force or a MK4. When you get to longer ranges there is much more "information" needed to make the shot than just "how far". I just do not consider this scope "precision" enough for what I consider "long range". However, as has been discussed on this site before...... "long range" does not mean the same to everyone.

I expect that sometime in the probably not too distant future someone will make an electronic "scope system" that will be truly long range capable. I rather suspect it already exists, but civilians don't have access to it. I can imagine a scope similar to the Burris made my NF or Zeiss with a port to plug in your hand held GPS/weather station. It will be cool, and gadget freak that I am, I will have to have one!!! :D
 
I would take the distance out to 600 yard max for use.
I am guessing it is going to likely see an upgrade in the next year.
For a rig you do not intend to shoot further than 600 yards it is a quick nice set-up.
 
So it sounds like all are saying that it's practical out to approximately 500 yds. However is it reliable shot after shot, in a variety of shooting situations, mid-day to dusk; all weather, rain, shine or snow; all terrain, mountain, desert, woodland. Does it accurately calculate impact when shooting at radical uphill/downhill angles.

I have the perfect rifle to hang one of these on for work under 500 yards, an FN PBR w/16" barrel in .308. I need confirmation that environmental conditions or shooting situations won't effect reliability.

I know that with normal glass, if a shot gets screwed up its because I blew it. With this technology will I encounter situations where I can say the shot missed because the scope lied?
 
It should be reliable and fine for your description.
If the technology goes belly up (battery dies, etc.) you still have a crosshair that is sighted in for 200 yards.
 
I pretty much agree with the other posts, I have a friend who has one on a 7mm RM Sendero. I was shocked at how accurate it was at the ranges mentioned. I actually shot his out to 600 yards and it was plenty accurate enough for hunting at that distance. Beyond that however it got a little tricky, such as moderate difficulty in getting a good range reading. It seemed from my limited experience with it that 600 yds was the max effective range. However, for anything under 600 yds it was right on.
 
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