Rail Mounted Rangefinder?
 

I thought that having something that gave you a distance to target on your gun would be pretty handy.I looked around the interwebs a bit but didn't find what I was looking for. Anyone know if these exist or just in binoculars? Or any other handy tools of that nature?

Nothing that rail mounts. Believe me I have looked.

Learn to use a mil dot.

In airsoft, if you need to find the range to your target then you're probably too far away to engage him anyway ;). It'd be real handy if you're in a recce det though.

Handhelds work really well, give one to your spotter.

Some scopes will have one built into the reticle but those are usually meant for targets hundreds of meters away.

They can be tricky though because they're based on an average human height so you have to line up the target and make a calculation/judgement call.

there are golfing range finders that are a monocular. The pin is what is used to gauge distance. A pin is pretty close to the average human so you can get pretty close with one.

i've got one on a tasco 3x9x50 scope. i got myne for a $100.00 and i have never had issues with it. ive used it on a 203 launcher and a L96 sniper riffle.

Your fingers are good substitude for ranging at our distances. If you know how to work with mildots, your 5 fingers have mildot value that can easely be used in the formula and at our ranges. I showed it in my sniper clinic.

Other than that, buy a scope ring, glue the bottom part of the ring to the bottom of your range finder and mount the thing on a rail.

Keep in mind that range finder use IR lasers that can damage the eyes of your target. You probably don't want to aim it at someone direcly.

I guess we should start with the cheapish option, which could be to use the Excaliber rangefinder mount:
http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0046455417919a.shtml
if you read the disclaimer it says for use on crossbows and rimfires so for airsoft it should be fine.

If you get a little extra cash for Christmas though :wink: Burris and Nikon both have laser scope available but expect at least $600 (double for the Nikon, although the funny thing is that they look exactly the same).

http://www.burrisoptics.com/laserscope.html

http://nikonsportoptics.intermediaou...iflescopes.php

that's just the mount right?

:rolleyes:

i knew it was too good of a deal

nope. similar, but not the same.

http://www.burrisoptics.com/images/laserscope_01.jpg

http://nikonsportoptics.intermediaou...71000-TC-3.jpg

Yeah I understand that anything that uses some form of laser might be harmful. I wanted it more for distance to buildings and objects. I suppose the best thing to do would be to get a scope with one. Again, not for the sake of hitting something that far away. Thanks for the info though