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| i have the leica lmf 1200. cant say enough good things about it. get first time readings out to 1,200 yds no problem. get the leica. about $400. cold zero  |
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| My brother wants a range finder and he is willing to spend $400. He wants to be able to range P-dogs as well as big game. Which ones do you recomend? |
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| Best all-around seems to be one of the new Leicas but if he's serious about prarie dogs and wants to range these little critters at long range he needs to get one of the big optical ones that sits on a tripod as the furher apart the two lenses, the more accurate the system. Prarie dogs are hard to range with a hand-held laser. |
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| Just one word here Leica. They are heads and shoulders better than the bushnell. |
| | | Posts: 485 | Location: Boise, Idaho | Registered: 17 January 2001 |
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| Leica 1200, I use mine on ground squirrels, aka sage rats, half the size of prarie dogs, so I am sure it will work. |
| | | Posts: 4917 | Location: Wenatchee, WA, USA | Registered: 17 December 2001 |
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| I've got a Bushnell but most of my hunting is bowhunting. Don't think mine would be worth much trying to range small critters at long distance. |
| | | Posts: 3167 | Location: out behind the barn | Registered: 22 May 2002 |
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| While I have to agree the Leica is probably the best of the best out there right now, others are good.
I have a Bushnell 800 yard compact model that was a gift and I like it a lot. It is small and handy and works well.
While I have my doubts about it ranging something as small as a prairie dog at extreme ranges, you could always range the mound the dog was on in most cases. I used to do this with an early 400 yard model of Bushnell with pretty good success. (But of course not past 400 yards or so.)
With the 800 yard model I managed to range a coyote the other day at 522 yards. Then I surprised the coyote and myself both by killing him on the first shot with my 25-06.
The Leica is great, no doubt, but some of the early 1200 models had problems too. A friend bought one and had to send it back, you could hardly see through it.
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| | | Posts: 1220 | Location: Hanford, CA, USA | Registered: 12 November 2000 |
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| i had the bushnell 600, got it as soon as it came out in 98'. like said above fine for bow hunting. frequently did not give the range. decided to upgrade as guided hunts are expensive, range finders by comparision are inexpensive. i need all the advantage i can legally get. when the big one steps out, that is not the time for my equipment to go tits up. sold mine to my neighbor for $100. bought lmf 1200, great. make sure to buy from an authorized dealer , if not u will have no warranty. should be able to find the 1200 scan for $400 or less. i did. cold zero  |
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| Quote:
The Leica is great, no doubt, but some of the early 1200 models had problems too. A friend bought one and had to send it back, you could hardly see through it.
I seem to remember it being the 800s, not the 1200s that had the problems. I don't think the 1200s even existed back then.
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| | | Posts: 785 | Location: Central Texas | Registered: 01 October 2001 |
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| Leica good luck! |
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| I had a Bushnell/Nikon 800, they are the same unit. I now have a leica 1200 and couldn't be happier. The Bushnell wouldn't range trees at 400 yards, the Leica will at 1000 yards, I checked. |
| | | Posts: 231 | Location: Abbotsford, Wis. | Registered: 31 December 2003 |
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| Buy the Leica 1200 I have used both I have a pro1000 works fairly well by buddy has the Lecia works better. When my bushnell goes tits up. Iam buying a lecia unless something better is on the market then.
We use them both for pdog hunting they work just find. |
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