Range Finders

[sull85 36]

Do people use them much when out shooting vermin ? Thinking of getting one as im not brilliant at judging distances

Happy new year

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

yes mate. my mates took the piss out of me saying.. "how many rabbits(or any vermin) are going to sit there and let you laser them and then shoot them.. they will run off"

 

my answer.. "if they don't know your there they sit there long enough"!

 

and I get my fair share of kills mate lol

 

.177 is easy, aim smack on out to 40 yards and 'its' dead . anything after that your better off knowing your aimpoints and using a rangefinder.

.22 is a different story, a lot harder judge distances. and the drop of the pellets after 35 yards is pretty mental so a rangefinder really helps to stop you from shooting the ground infront of where mr Rabbit is sitting

[sull85 36]

Sound skot , thinking of getting one of the hawke ones ... Which do you use ?

[risingfriend 1,042]

Worth getting one for assisting ranges, but i tend not to use them all the time get the mk1 eyeball working and will assist in range finding. Hawke lrf400 or 600 are a quality bit of kit and worth the money mate.

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

don't know what brand mine is mate, its got a solar panel on the side so I don't have to use batteries. I keep it on the windowsill at home and its never gone dead on me yet

 

seen them hawke lrf 400's and if mine ever breaks that's probably what I would get to replace it.

 

a lot of the time when I see vermin its close range squirrels between 10-30 yards.if I cant get a quick shot off then they normally bugger right off, before they sit still so I get the rangefinder out and if there still there 10 seconds later they end up on the floor :laugh: most of the time on my permission they don't stop running until there down the holes In the trees tho proper timid little basetards

[Lewis Ste 245]

I use the hawke lrf600 and to be fair to hawke I left mine out in the field for a week and forgot about it on one of my permissions 12days in fact and found and still works spot on. Dependant on what I'm shooting will mean how often it gets used.

[villaman 9,983]

I use hawke lrf 400 and at night time I put a red LED torch on it and can get to go out to about 55 yards if I ever need it

[jimmytwohand 13]

What is the + - on these range finders in practice please? It generally seems to quote 5m for something like the Hawkes mentioned above. They have come down a lot in price since i was last shooting and I like the idea of pre- registering different landmarks.

 

At the distances i may be shooting + - 5 (or is it +-2.5?) seems a bit too much variance compared to what the old eyeball can do.

 

I take it the cheapy golf range finders would require you to first javelin your quarry with a golf pin?

 

Thanks

[Deker 3,478]

I don't use them, never really have although I made an effort about 2.5 years ago, 3 on the bounce ...all faulty.... so gave up...unbelievable bad luck.

 

I use 12ft lb and out to decent distances with the centrefires. I know my guns/ammo well and for whatever reason I'm pretty good at distance judgement.

 

I get on just fine, but, there are no doubt times that I, and many others, could find a rangefinder useful, that's why I wanted to give one a try!

[matt_hooks 188]

I have a Nikko Sterling range finder that I use a lot. Mainly I use it when shooting deer from high seats, but it's very useful when you set up in ambush for buggs. Get in position and then use the RF to get a definite range from known points. Maybe a gate post is 45 yards, that big bush is 20 yards, the big standing stone is 30. That way you can judge fairly closely how far bunny is away by comparing the distance against the known spots.

[andy97 209]

not only are they good for quarry but also for zero ing your scope to perfect distances out in the field if your scope is calibrated then from your zero to whatever distance you know exactly were to aim that 1/4mildot could mean a kill or injured quarry or a complete miss think there a must have piece of kit for serious hunting

[jimmytwohand 13]

So their accuracy is pretty good? Nearest yard? Or am i asking too much?

[Mister Gain 1,764]

I use the Hawke LRF 400, can't fault it. In the specification it states :- Error in measurement: +1m +0.1%

 

Just looked on the Deben site and it looks like they do an upgraded version (with an upgraded price)

 

HTH.

[jimmytwohand 13]

Thanks for that, most websites list it as a 5m possible error but don't list whether it is a + - or total. Nor at what distance that is. 0.1% is very respectable at AG ranges! Thanks for the good info. Shame Christmas has just gone by.

 

J

[Billy_boy_2010 8]

Well worth it IMO particularly if you're using .22

 

Huntersvermin on youtube uses them successfully and he's a great shot and uses a fac .22.

 

If he feels the need for one I most certainly do- couldn't bear to wound anything.