Take away as many variables as you can. Saves you overthinking things. A fixed power glass scope is handy as the sight picture is always the same. If it looks too far away it probably is. I wouldn't look to dialing a scope till after 200mtrs. Just concentrate on a steady aim, calm breathing and squeeze the trigger. If you go out and you've got a flat battery your head will go to mush. Enjoy the freedom of no tech.
Alpex lite as a spotter & range finder?
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big bang
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yeah, the battery thing does freak me out a bit. Bought another for my thermal spotter, despite the one I had being good for 7+hrs. It's the other reason I was looking at a glass scope alongside a NV.
The thing I like about the digital scopes is that they record and have found reviewing my shots has really helped to refine my shot placement (was ok to start with but better now).
That said, I do definitely take your point about simplifying things and minimizing variables
If you only ever shoot when its daylight then there is no place for digital scopes...but the low light and no light performance is what they are designed to do. The flat battery side of things is down to the idiot who owns them...much like people forgetting the bolt
KentCountryGent
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fair enough... i thought i was probably over complicating things, so thanks for reining me in
You will be able to find a half decent LRF for very little on AliExpress or the like.
KentCountryGent
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Here you go
I just found this on AliExpress:
REVASRI Laser Rangefinder 1000M Hunting Range Finder with Rechargeable Battery Outdoor Target Acquisition Technology Monocular
REVASRI Laser Rangefinder 1000M Hunting Range Finder with Rechargeable Battery Outdoor Target Acquisition Technology Monocular - AliExpress 1420
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big bang
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wow! for 20 quid, thats got to be worth a shot. Thanks @KentCountryGentHere you go
I just found this on AliExpress:
REVASRI Laser Rangefinder 1000M Hunting Range Finder with Rechargeable Battery Outdoor Target Acquisition Technology Monocular
REVASRI Laser Rangefinder 1000M Hunting Range Finder with Rechargeable Battery Outdoor Target Acquisition Technology Monocular - AliExpress 1420
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You are overthinking-as said above buy a cheapo LRF off Ali express or amazon, it will do the job fine. If you want to spend more buy the Hawke one for a hundred quid or so (I wouldn’t). I used the Ali express one I’ve got until I got an LRF thermal-never in the field tbh, just for setting up zeroing range etc, I also used to take it walking the dog to practice ranging by eye. Would walk along and pick a tree and go 125 metres then ping it and check, was fun and worth doing IMO.
I’d add that unfortunately in reply to your original post a ‘horrendously expensive’ thermal spotter with LRF is going to be about the best thing you can invest in. Try to prevent yourself spending money needlessly and save up the 1500 odd quid you need for one (mine was 1250-got a superb deal on optics warehouse). In the meantime if you must, spend less than 50quid on a cheapo rangefinder.
I’d add that unfortunately in reply to your original post a ‘horrendously expensive’ thermal spotter with LRF is going to be about the best thing you can invest in. Try to prevent yourself spending money needlessly and save up the 1500 odd quid you need for one (mine was 1250-got a superb deal on optics warehouse). In the meantime if you must, spend less than 50quid on a cheapo rangefinder.
big bang
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yeah, I realise that now... but the resulting conversation was well worth looking like a total numpty... very helpful indeedPPS. To add to the above comments using a digital scope as a spotter is a horrible idea
BenBhoy
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big bang
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I think this is the route forward. Using an LRF to work on my distance estimation does actually sound like quite good fun, and once refined, no batteries to run out. I will eventually get an LRF thermal but there's enough high priority kit that's going to near enough bankrupt me before that happens... not even got a rifle yet. I appreciate the advice!
Good plan...rifle first and then everything else can follow when funds allow
Spotting quarry with a firearm is crazy dangerous ! Bite the bullet and get a thermal spotter , they are brilliant day and night but they should be separated from the firearm though !
Negligent discharge could loose your FAC and or a lot more .
DONT POINT A GUN AT ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANT TO DESTROY , EVEN WHEN YOU THINK ITS NOT LOADED
Negligent discharge could loose your FAC and or a lot more .
DONT POINT A GUN AT ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANT TO DESTROY , EVEN WHEN YOU THINK ITS NOT LOADED
I dont think there was any mention of the scope being on the rifle was there? Also we all "point" our rifles at things we dont want to shoot when we remove our rifles from the "slung" position on our shoulder to get ready to take a shot...this is where muzzle awareness comes in but my rifle is pointed at the ground when I load and unload it before applying safety catch (dependent upon rifle design) and I dont want to "destroy" the grass.
Appreciate your point but maybe its a tad over dramatic
big bang
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Yeah I bought a thermal spotter... great deal from a friend of mine. I also have some non range finding binoculars. I just don't have the LRF at the moment.
Fully agree with not spotting quarry with a scope mounted on a rifle... and you're absolutely right to reiterate that point, so thank you.
Just to clarify (and so that I don't look anymore stupid after my initial idiotic idea), my question was about whether an additional digital scope to use as a monocular and range finder would work in place of range finding binoculars. I was not suggesting that the rifle mounted scope could be used for those purposes.
The rest of us knew what you meant...as it was pretty clear
but well done on being polite 
paulst
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I have been range finding by eye for the best part of 60 years, practicing in later years with a Leica rangefinder and have reached the point where I can now in a featureless field estimate the range of a roe to plus or minus 150 yards, most of the time.
Fair play mateI have been range finding by eye for the best part of 60 years, practicing in later years with a Leica rangefinder and have reached the point where I can now in a featureless field estimate the range of a roe to plus or minus 150 yards, most of the time.
if your margin for error is down to 150 yards after 60 years practice what do you reckon it was when you started? Similar threads
