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looks to be what im lookin for also in the market for a range finder any thoughts on the bushnell 1000?

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Sorry, no experience with the Bushnel 1000.

I did, however use a Bushnel 800 compact for a lot of years gopher shooting - since about 1996.

I replaced it a few years back with a Vortex 1000. The Vortex automatically gives you the actual shooting distance on angled targets, which is nice here, due to the hills (mountains) and valleys (ditches between the mountains) - lots of up and down ranging. For flat shooting rifles over normal hunting ranges, this is not really important.

It has worked well for gophers shooting, as well as ranging large game. The 6X monocular is also appreciated compared to many other rangefinders. The range finders with 4X monoculars are more difficult to use - at least when I tested them, they were. the Bushnel had an 8X monocular - which was a really nice feature.

One REALLY nice feature of the Vortex was that is was $100.00 cheaper than the Leupold 1,300yard version, and gives the same 'declared' ranging on game as the 1,300 (& 1,500yard)yard Leupold range finders.

The Vortex is easier to use than the old Bushnel was, due to the smaller beam on the Vortex. The Bushnel's beam was quite tall and screwed with actual ranges due to close ranging things that were not close. I did get used to it quickly and learned how to hold it for good readings, though - not difficult.

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Daryl


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