The Pest Expert Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 (edited) Just having another pest moment was thinking rather than paying 90 or so pound for a range finder could i spent like 3 quid and get a golf one ?? and dont take the mickey !! Edited October 18, 2010 by The Pest Expert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 OFF TOPIC - Talk about things other than shooting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 or for a pound buy a tape measure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pest Expert Posted October 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 is that a yes or a no ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 They work by using the height of the flag, so unless each one of your potential targets plots next to one of these it will be useless. work out your pace length by walking a set 100 metres several times, averaging it and dividing 100 by the number you work out. Then when your walking to the shops, pick a point (lampost) guess the distance and then pace to it as you are walking, the more you practice it the better you will become at judging ranges. and the closer you will become to the actual distance over time. Also if you have land marks on your ground, fences, big trees, rusty farm equipment, use google earth and its scale to learn the common ranges you may encounter shootables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caballero Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 Take it from a golfer you won't get a golf rangefinder that works for a few quid My Skycaddie SGX was £299 Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellebarto Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 As above. Big waste of time. Spend £200 minimum or dont bother! In reality I found I used it to range from regular shooting positions to regular kill zones and now Ive done it a few times I roughly know the distances of most of my shots on my permissions. Other than that the range finder only comes out for zeroing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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