Sig 2400BDX Rangefinder $650
Claimed range: Reflective-3400 yards, trees-1600 yards, deer-1300 yards
I’ve wanted a rangefinder for a while and decided on this one primarily due to the claimed distances it was capable of measuring. My intent was to have a rangefinder that would work reliably at 2000 yards on steel targets.
It came in the mail yesterday and I’ve been ranging everything I could in order to see just what it can do.
Yesterday was terrible for testing. Dense fog through most of the day but I tested anyways. I could range trees out to about 350 yards but none in the dense haze of the fog. Not surprising later in the evening as weather cleared I was able to range to a house on a hill across the creek. I could also easily range any cars in the drive
I was also able to range a brick silo at 1780 yards today.
Trying out trees in clear weather I’m getting easy reads on trees at 1056 yards. It seems to read best against the trunk or heavy branches and I have a gap in good targets between 1k and 2k yards. It will not read the trees around the house pictured above. Hopefully I’ll find a spot to narrow down the limit. Also don’t what affect it will have when the trees bloom.
It ranges pretty quickly and updates often. I was able to hold steady enough to range a car off hand at 2k yards. Sometimes this would lead to hitting other objects in between while ranging. In that case it display the most distant range measured when the button is released. I can see where this might cause an issue in certain situations but so far it’s given me the distance I wanted. It also helps when a range flashes up as I cross the target but then disappears before I can read it.
Ranging modes are:
AMR: Angle Modified Range, most likely to be used by bow hunters I suspect. Gives an adjusted range based on incline or decline angle in order to compensate for its effect on drop.
LOS: Line of site, this is the true range and what I’ve been using for the most part.
ABU: Applied Ballistics Ultralight: If you download the Sig BDX app you can set up a bullet profile and enter environmental factors. These will sync to the rangefinder and after ranging a target it will give windage and elevation holds. I believe these are limited to 800 yards but haven’t tested it.
ABE: Applied Ballistics External, If you connect to a Kestral 5700 (possibly others) the Kestral will take the range and inclination data and use its environmental data to calculate windage and elevation holds. It really just save you the time of punching the numbers in yourself after ranging a target.
Lastly there are two modes for ranging that work alongside the previous modes. “Last” and “Best”
Booklet says “best” is for ranging a clear target in the open and “Last” is for ranging a target that may be partially obscured by brush. I have been using the “Best” mode. Haven’t had much opportunity to really test “Last”.
Rangefinder has a 7X magnification which has been nice. I’ve looked through some with 4X and it can be hard to find the target. Glass is plenty clear for me.
Uses a CR2 battery and with all my playing it still shows as full.
Now I will complain about a couple of things.
The case it comes with has a belt loop instead of a clip. I’d really prefer a clip. Personal preference I guess. Minor complaint though.
Second, it doesn’t have a threaded tripod mount built in. They will sell you one for $75 though. Seems pretty expensive for a small aluminum ring with a 1/4” nut built in. Although it seems like a tripod won’t be all that necessary since it does read pretty fast.
I’ll update after I use it more. So far I’m pretty happy with it. Does exactly what I wanted it to do. May end up springing for a Kestrel before it’s over with.
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Claimed range: Reflective-3400 yards, trees-1600 yards, deer-1300 yards
I’ve wanted a rangefinder for a while and decided on this one primarily due to the claimed distances it was capable of measuring. My intent was to have a rangefinder that would work reliably at 2000 yards on steel targets.
It came in the mail yesterday and I’ve been ranging everything I could in order to see just what it can do.
Yesterday was terrible for testing. Dense fog through most of the day but I tested anyways. I could range trees out to about 350 yards but none in the dense haze of the fog. Not surprising later in the evening as weather cleared I was able to range to a house on a hill across the creek. I could also easily range any cars in the drive
I was also able to range a brick silo at 1780 yards today.
Trying out trees in clear weather I’m getting easy reads on trees at 1056 yards. It seems to read best against the trunk or heavy branches and I have a gap in good targets between 1k and 2k yards. It will not read the trees around the house pictured above. Hopefully I’ll find a spot to narrow down the limit. Also don’t what affect it will have when the trees bloom.
It ranges pretty quickly and updates often. I was able to hold steady enough to range a car off hand at 2k yards. Sometimes this would lead to hitting other objects in between while ranging. In that case it display the most distant range measured when the button is released. I can see where this might cause an issue in certain situations but so far it’s given me the distance I wanted. It also helps when a range flashes up as I cross the target but then disappears before I can read it.
Ranging modes are:
AMR: Angle Modified Range, most likely to be used by bow hunters I suspect. Gives an adjusted range based on incline or decline angle in order to compensate for its effect on drop.
LOS: Line of site, this is the true range and what I’ve been using for the most part.
ABU: Applied Ballistics Ultralight: If you download the Sig BDX app you can set up a bullet profile and enter environmental factors. These will sync to the rangefinder and after ranging a target it will give windage and elevation holds. I believe these are limited to 800 yards but haven’t tested it.
ABE: Applied Ballistics External, If you connect to a Kestral 5700 (possibly others) the Kestral will take the range and inclination data and use its environmental data to calculate windage and elevation holds. It really just save you the time of punching the numbers in yourself after ranging a target.
Lastly there are two modes for ranging that work alongside the previous modes. “Last” and “Best”
Booklet says “best” is for ranging a clear target in the open and “Last” is for ranging a target that may be partially obscured by brush. I have been using the “Best” mode. Haven’t had much opportunity to really test “Last”.
Rangefinder has a 7X magnification which has been nice. I’ve looked through some with 4X and it can be hard to find the target. Glass is plenty clear for me.
Uses a CR2 battery and with all my playing it still shows as full.
Now I will complain about a couple of things.
The case it comes with has a belt loop instead of a clip. I’d really prefer a clip. Personal preference I guess. Minor complaint though.
Second, it doesn’t have a threaded tripod mount built in. They will sell you one for $75 though. Seems pretty expensive for a small aluminum ring with a 1/4” nut built in. Although it seems like a tripod won’t be all that necessary since it does read pretty fast.
I’ll update after I use it more. So far I’m pretty happy with it. Does exactly what I wanted it to do. May end up springing for a Kestrel before it’s over with.
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