
Review Summary
2008-03-13T21:00:00
If you want to use the more advanced features (i.e. True Ballistic Range) there is a steep learning curve. If you can't program and use a GPS or use the advanced features on a cell phone the advanced features here may be out of your grasp as well. If you're at least mildly tech savvy you'll still have to spend some time toying with it but you'll be fine. Especially if you do yourself a favor and read the instructions. (Yea, I know, I hate it to.) The compass reading is limited to an azimuth reading (1-359 Degrees) and is only visible in a different mode from the range finding function. (Of course if you have this you probably have a GPS as well, right?) As a Marine quite proficient at dead reckoning (Map/compass) land nav I think this might could be handy in the valleys between mountains that tend hinder accurate GPS readings or in emergency situations (broken/lost GPS). It’s not nearly handy enough for casual use and not a good selling point. (Heck, the $2 ball compass I keep on my jacket is a lot handier.) I have used the azimuth reading to aim a satellite dish but I could have gotten as good/quicker results with a military type compass. 800-900 yards is the furthest reading I can seem to get. I stop getting returns freehand on trees at 600-700yds. The further, and less reflective, something is the longer the read takes and the more steady you have to be. I suppose on a perfect day mounted on a tripod shooting at a large solid reflective object, such as an office building or a mountain, you might be able to get a reading at the rated distance, maybe. That being said; I got this to use hunting whitetail and elk. Seeing as how I'd rarely take more than a 200-250yd shot (I'm usually using a bow or muzzleloader) the range limitation isn't an issue for me and shouldn't be an issue for any ethical hunter, even a skilled one with a high powered rifle. (If you ask me, and I know you didn't, once you cross 300yards or so you've stopped hunting and moved on to just shooting. You may be a great shot and all but try not to confuse that with hunting. I also oppose to the use scent eliminators and blockers. So sue me.) I've dropped it from stands twice (10-12yrds) with no visible damage, not even scratches. It did scare the heck out of me and some deer though.
Jarhead5811
Completely unlike other rangefinders, all four models in the new RX Series are packed with multiple, customizable functions. These are much more than glorified tape measurers.
True Ballistic Range will make a huge impact on your accuracy, giving you a much more accurate measurement than the straight line distance to your target. The RX uses an inclinometer to measure up and down hill shots, coupled with the ballistics of your projectile to give you the equivalent horizontal range, and for rifle hunters, a holdover/holdunder point or an MOA adjustment. No other rangefinder does so much to help you make the shot of a lifetime.
The First Smart Rangefinder is an understatement when you consider all the other customizable functions and features of the RX. The Match 13 Reticle System. Multiple environmental modes to overcome virtually all conditions. Measurement in feet, yards, and meters. Temperature readings in Celsius or Fahrenheit. The Quick Set Rotary Menu with digital signal processing to guide you quickly and easily through it all.
It took Leupold to bring you the first truly rugged and nitrogen-filled waterproof riflescope back in 1947. They were first with the Duplex reticle. First with the Index Matched Lens System. First with so many features that are now the standard for excellence. Now, you can take advantage of the power and accuracy of the first smart rangefinder for hunters. The Leupold RX
The RX-IV Digital rangefinder gives lazer precise measurements in feet yards or meters out to 1500 yards, and includes TBR True Ballistic Range, an illuminated Backlit Display, the Exclusive Match 13 Reticle System, a Compass with Declination Settings, & Tilt Compensation, and a 2-Year Leupold Warranty.
RX Sries rangefinders allow the use of multiple modes to match existing hunting conditions. For example if it's raining, you are concealed in brush and nedd to range an animal walking in front of brush, you could use Rain, >150 and 1st Taget modes simultaneously for a degree of accuracy that cannot be approched by lesser rangefinders.
Multiple Ballistic Settings:
Part of what makes the Leupold RX Series the first smart rangefinder for hunters is True Ballistic Range. RX rangefinders are the only rangefinders to provide accurate aiming information, matched to the performance of your rifle or bow. By calculating the incline, the line of sight range to the target, and a rifle's or bow's ballistics, your RX provides bow hunters and rifle hunters using Leupold BAS reticles the correct equivalent horizontal distance for precise shooting on an incline.
In other words, you'd aim using the True Ballistic Range, not the straight line distance. Rifle hunters can also get this range as an MOA adjustment or a holdover point. With practice, long distance/steep angle shooting will become incredibly natural.
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