Weapon Mounted Laser Range Finder...for hunting?

[KMC55]

It probably wouldn't pass the drop test so I'd pass on it.

From my experience in the military WMLRFs are very very durable. If you trust your scope to hold zero and the rings to hold onto your rifle, then I'm not sure how you could expect the RF to not hold on.

 

[KMC55]

Hate hate hate people using a rifle for observation/ranging or anything other than shooting.

These things do not belong in the woods.

I severely dislike having rifles pointed at me.

Do you often range other people? Not sure why you would need to do that? But, I totally hear ya on having a rifle pointed at you, using the rifle scope for observation is absolutely unnecessary.

 

[alexnelon]

Do you often range other people? Not sure why you would need to do that? But, I totally hear ya on having a rifle pointed at you, using the rifle scope for observation is absolutely unnecessary.

I pretty much always range anything that moves. There's no reason not to because bullets don't come out of my binos.

 

[fuzzymarindave]

Hate hate hate people using a rifle for observation/ranging or anything other than shooting.

These things do not belong in the woods.

I severely dislike having rifles pointed at me.

Back in the day, I gave up rifle hunting for a few years because of people pointing their rifle at me to get a good look through scope. No binoculars I guess. Really disappointed.

I’m not sure that this device would add to that problem, though I could imagine some backlash from the non hunting community.

 

[lefthandedasian]

From my experience in the military WMLRFs are very very durable. If you trust your scope to hold zero and the rings to hold onto your rifle, then I'm not sure how you could expect the RF to not hold on.

I'm mostly just poking fun. I'm sure they can handle some abuse. Would be interesting to see how a WMLRF would fare tough in a drop test.

Even if a WMLRF was durable enough to shrug off some drops, how would the scope tube or scope cap handle the extra stress? The majority of the ones I just quickly googled look like they are mounted to a pic rail that's mounted to the scope body or pic scope cap? Just seems that if dropped just right the extra leverage from the device being mounted so high and far out from the rifles center mass it could potentially bend the scope tube or cap that it's mounted to.

I'm no engineer, but the longer you make a lever, the less force is needed to move it right?

 

[Pilsner]

The diving board mounts are generally part of the ring assembly and not mounted directly on the optic its self.

 

[Hawkeye29]

Opinions aside, has anyone got an answer from CPW on WMLRF’s?

 

[JMundy84]

Definitely not legal in Idaho

 

[Speaks]

Hate hate hate people using a rifle for observation/ranging or anything other than shooting.

These things do not belong in the woods.

I severely dislike having rifles pointed at me.

I see this all the time here. I wear orange bow hunting now. Have seen coyote hunters checking me out in their scope multiple times.

 

[bbckfh]

I have similar operational experience to you, but won’t use one hunting.

A) I don’t point my rifle in the field at things I’m just observing.
B) I use my rangefinder for a lot more than just a ballistic solution. Hence upgrading from an old Leupold tbr1200 (that half-reliably gets me 8-900) to an Sig 8k (that gets me a legit order of magnitude more). I use it to check that ridgeline over there. As an impromptu monocular when I don’t grab my binos. To range my next waypoint or point of interest (which is much more useful now that I can drop a pin in OnX). To see how far away that house/car/road/person is. None of those do I particularly want to do with my rifle.


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[Hawkeye29]

Hear me out. Find deer in bino’s. Switch to rifle. Range. Shoot.

Instead of: Find deer in bino’s. Range with range finder. Switch to rifle. Shoot.

I don’t see why having one on a rifle means you have to point it every which way to range random stuff. It’s no different than glassing with a rifle scope. Which we all agree is generally a bad thing.

 

[bbckfh]

I hear you. And by that, not a terrible plan.

I switch between rifle and bow and muzzleloader…


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[83cj-7]

This year was my first year hunting with a WMLRF. It was originally purchased and setup for night hunting because ranging at night with binos is impossible while wearing NODs. It was immediately apparent that having a WMLRF with ballistics built in was a great hunting tool. I now have all my hunting rifles setup to use the WMLRF and it really nice to have.
For daytime/general hunting, I observe and identify with my binoculars (which also have ballistics in them). Once I decide to shoot, I get on the animal, press the button on the WMLRF and it spits out the DOPE. I dial and/or hold and shoot. The real advantage is when the animal is moving in an open area and the distance changes greatly. I can stay on the animal and get the corrected range as soon as a shot presents itself.
I think it’s a great tool but it’s not for everyone. I spent a lot of $ to get a really good unit that is not huge in size or heavy in weight. It’s an investment for sure.

This year while deer hunting. He was covering a lot of ground and having the WMLRF made quick work of getting DOPE when I got him stopped.


Night hunting setup:

 

[grappling_hook]

Instead of: Find deer in bino’s. Range with range finder. Switch to rifle. Shoot.

But alternatively:
Find deer in binos. Range with binos. Switch to rifle. Shoot.

 

[Duh]

This year was my first year hunting with a WMLRF. It was originally purchased and setup for night hunting because ranging at night with binos is impossible while wearing NODs. It was immediately apparent that having a WMLRF with ballistics built in was a great hunting tool. I now have all my hunting rifles setup to use the WMLRF and it really nice to have.
For daytime/general hunting, I observe and identify with my binoculars (which also have ballistics in them). Once I decide to shoot, I get on the animal, press the button on the WMLRF and it spits out the DOPE. I dial and/or hold and shoot. The real advantage is when the animal is moving in an open area and the distance changes greatly. I can stay on the animal and get the corrected range as soon as a shot presents itself.
I think it’s a great tool but it’s not for everyone. I spent a lot of $ to get a really good unit that is not huge in size or heavy in weight. It’s an investment for sure.

This year while deer hunting. He was covering a lot of ground and having the WMLRF made quick work of getting DOPE when I got him stopped.
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Night hunting setup:
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What mount/board do you have for the 2.5x20 NF on your night setup?

 

[83cj-7]

Spuhr A-0029B: RAPTAR Adapter- High

Spuhr A-0029B: RAPTAR adapter. Interface for attaching Wilcox RAPTAR or SilencerCo RADIUS laser range finder to ISMS scope mount or spotting scope ring.

www.milehighshooting.com

 

[Duh]

Spuhr A-0029B: RAPTAR Adapter- High

Spuhr A-0029B: RAPTAR adapter. Interface for attaching Wilcox RAPTAR or SilencerCo RADIUS laser range finder to ISMS scope mount or spotting scope ring.

www.milehighshooting.com

Thanks man!