Leica 1600B ..........(TBR) Will it work for bowhunting?

[mtman]

I drew a mountain goat tag in Montana this year. I'll be archery hunting and was wondering if the TBR mode of the 1600B would work with the ballistics of an arrow? I like the quality and versatility of the 1600B but my primary usage will be bowhunting. That being said, i also do some long range rifle shooting. My understanding is you select a certain ballistic cart within the range finder, but they were rifle ballistics tables. There's a big difference b/w 300 fps and 3000 fps at distances under 100 yards. Does anyone have experience with this model in steep terrain while archery shooting? Thanks

 

[boom]

Congrats on the tag. I'd buy a simpler rangefinder with angle comp and call it good. My head would hurt trying to mix ballistic drops with my pins that kinda does the same thing.

A goat hunt is gonna be awesome!!!!

 

[wapitibob]

You remove the "ballistics" from the equation for archery by sighting in at different distances. That 1600B doesn't have functioning TBR under 100 yards anyway. It's a real poor choice for archery.

 

[mtman]

Thanks for the advice!

 

[Justin Crossley]

I prefer the Leupold RX-1000 (or whatever it's called) or the Vortex 1000 for archery.

Neither of them are worth a crap though if you want to shoot long range. For me, the answer is two rangefinders.

 

[Blockcaver]

I had a Leica 1600B. Poor bowhunting rangefinder for mountain hunting as it won't angle compensate at less than 100 yds as noted above. I traded it back to my Leica dealer for a Leica 1000-R that works fine. It is a tad slow on the reading but has great optics and reads over 1000 yds on trees behind the house. I also have a Leupold RX1000i with TBR and it works great. It is a bit smaller than the Leica and reads out instantly versus what seems like a 2 second delay on the Leica. Optics are inferior to the Leica and it is "only" reliable to 800 yds on trees. I really like the Leupold and use it preferentially to the Leica for bowhunting.