laser rangefinders

[jenksi87 3]

could anybody offer a bit of advice on them?

i.e:

how you use them?

how much they cost (from the decent cheap ones to the more expensive, and what the difference is with them)?

how beneficial there are to you personally?

how long they take to use?

 

i tend to have a bit of a problem estimating ranges, and therefore tend to hold over more when there really is no need, so they seem like a good idea for me, but having not seen or used them i would like to know a little about them before i purchase one.

 

cheers. JENKS

[Phantom 631]

I have never used one so far.

However I would use one as I too have dificulty more especially at night.

 

They are fairly simple devices, they fire a laser at the target and they work out the distance to the target by measuring the time in microseconds for the laser beam to be bounced back to the sensor in the unit.

 

Usually you would look through a viewfinder at your target, press a button and the unit works it all out for you.

 

Prices range from £ ish upwards. Much of it depends on the lable attached to the unit, for example a Leica would set you back a couple of grand, a Bushnell maybe a couple of hundred, a Guntuff or JSR will cost less than a hundred.

 

Phantom

[Leicester hunter 0]

I have a guntuff from js Ramsbottom on ebay, and have to say its changed my night shooting! I was forever miss calculating ranges at night. The unit is so easy to use, you just look through the eyepiece, put the cross hair/dot on the target and press the button. The range is instantly viewable in the eye piece.

 

I found that checking my own guess's during the day were pretty good, but at night i was out by 15-20 yards!

 

The guntuff unit has a range of 400 yards, and is water resistant and comes in a carry case and a lanyard. Well worth the money.

 

Mail me if you want the link. im sure it was £89.

[jackinbox99 41]

I finaly got one a few weeks back, a hawke 600. Have so say im very impressed with it. Accurate to 600meters. Easy to use, point and press a button, get measurement back in 1second. Cost me £135 from ebay. Well worth it.

[sibaldib 6]

Gun Tuff for me too. I am pretty good at estimating up to about 35 yds but then have trouble. This is of course exactly when you need to know the exact distance to allow the correct holdover.

 

I have been very impressed with mine and excellent value at the price I paid from JSR.

 

Sib

[festa 206]

hi lads

well i looked into both gun tuff for 89 quid and the hawk 600 for 135 quid both are used the same way point and shoot

but the hawk has a few more options like rain mode use it in the rain and you get a more precise measure there is also a reduce mode where if you want to save battery life you can limit your range to 150 mtrs ... but apart from the

thats the only difference the only reason i got the hawk was because the gun tuff was out of stock ive used the gun tuff many times zini has one and are well worth the money...... you wont regret buying 1 mate

 

 

atb gary

[davyt63 1,845]

hi

i also use the guntuff,a nice piece of kit and also a good spotting scope too!

saves you raising your rifle,and spooking any quarry until your sure you seen what you did see! if that makes sense

 

regards

 

davy

[Buster321c 1,010]

Got a Bushnell , before i had it , i did`nt need one . Having used it , ide never be without one

[Phantom 631]

if that makes sense

 

regards

 

davy

 

 

I will resist

 

:laugh:

 

Phantom

[davyt63 1,845]

if that makes sense

 

regards

 

davy

 

 

I will resist

 

:laugh:

 

Phantom

 

[deanothehunter 34]

i just have a red dot scope mounted laser [bANNED TEXT] push button switch was only around £45 i first zeroed my scope at around 30 yrds on a paper target [bANNED TEXT] black dot drawn on [bANNED TEXT] marker about size of 10p when my pellets were all in the circle each shot i then turned the elevator and windage screws on laser until red dot appeared in centre of my cross hairs looking at same target then there is a screw to lock elevator and windage screws in position although doing this moved dot very slightly so just re tightened other screws till dot was mm perfect in middle of cross hair, then looking at targets through scope just press button on laser closer than zero targets the dot will appear below cross hair and furter targets will appear above the crosshair so basically a 40 yrd rabbit will have red dot just above centre cross hair look at roughly how much above its not usually a great distance then raise youe cross hair to that distance laser was above and fire bingo a hit right where you wanted it and vice versa for shorter distances than your zero and the good thing is in woodlands during day even or rabbits in field because of their relatively dark colour the red dot is visable squirrels pigeons rabbits rats day or night as i even got used to using it while lamping rabbits as night shooting rabbits can look closer or further than actually are at night so this takes out guess work and my bag is good on almost every outing try it out...hope this helps