Budget/beginners rangefinder and windmeter suggestions?

[bushpig]

New to varminting and wanted suggestions on tried and tested beginners equipment. Help please!!!

[gbal]

Get a basic Kestrel windmeter-you do not need/won't use the all singing/dancing atmospheric detail ones-Kestrel 1000 does the main job-wind speed-equally well-it's the same mechanism-and you can get a used one for sub £50.(remember too,wind to/at the target will probably differ,and £600 won't tell you that either).

Ditto laser rangefinder-a used Leica,eg,will easily go to 700+,and be around £250.There are cheaper options,but not by much,with corresponding lower performance.

Gbal

[gaz6br]

Plus one with Gbal, but stretch as far as you can, I had the Leica 1200 for 2 years and it was fine

 

Gaz

[c18rch]

Kestrel windmeter - get one that does Density Altitude though

 

Bushnell Fusion Rangefinder bino's

 

Have yet to try anything to beat either of them.

[Big Al]

I am also in the market for my first rangefinder. As usual I propbably already know the answer = spend as much as you can afford, right?

 

Then again Im tight and want the earth for nothing!

 

I want to get into what I consider long range stuff, in the region of 300yds I would guess, mainly for crows and rabbits. If Im honest Ive never seriously tried to shoot much further than fox to 180yds and I can range that close enough with my eyes in daylight or lamplight. So to go out to 300, maybe 400yds how good a rangefinder do I really need?

 

Are all of these Hawke £150 things rubbish? a friend recons his LRF900 is as good as another lads Leupold but then again maybe the Leupold crap?

 

So my question is, would spending a few hundred pounds or less be adequate to begin with or is the stuff in that range not functional enough to bother with?

[Swamp Donkey]

I have a tasco lr500 you can have for £80 posted, ranges 'stop' signs to 1400+ yds, deer to 600ish with reliable results, I'm only selling as bought a Swarovski one. Comes with all the box, soft case, instructions etc. it's a cheap way in, and to be honest, if I wasn't shooting MOA gongs to stupid distances, and didn't get the swaro's for a good deal, I'd keep hold of them

[247sniper]

Kestrel windmeter - get one that does Density Altitude though

 

Bushnell Fusion Rangefinder bino's

 

Have yet to try anything to beat either of them.

 

+1 on the Bushnell Fusion ARC 1600's. Great bit of kit.

 

Steve.

[tisme]

I have a Kestrel 1000 I would sell £45 posted if you want one.

[Ronin]

Kestrel anemometer

 

Swarowski Laser Guide

 

Used both since I started extended range shooting.

 

Also use written drop tables, forget using phone or exbal systems in cold weather / rain, batteries fail.

 

Learn your drop and windage

 

Use known (tested) drop data