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nowing the range to your target is essential
for we hunters, especially with sub-12 ft.lbs.
.22 or .25 calibres and their ‘loopy’ trajectories. I
always have a budget rangefinder on my belt
whilst out hunting, but as some of you will know,
the rabbits don’t always hang around while you
put it away and shoulder your rifle. The ideal
solution would be a lightweight, affordable laser
rangefinder that can be mounted on any scope,
so it’s always pointing where your rifle’s aimed.
Guess what I’ve found!
I first saw the Custom Riflescopes LE-032
Laser Rangefinder (LRF) on a fellow shooter’s
HW100, indoors at my club. He had his
mounted offset on his scope tube and it looked
the business, with an adjustable mount, clear
display, short radius ‘iron sights’ for alignment
and a stock-mounted on-off button.
I looked into the website/shop and was
pleasantly surprised by the affordable,
adjustable design – so I bought one. I’ve since
bought a second, simply because they’re so
good and I need one to mount upright and one
sideways and it’s a bit impractical to take the
mount apart each time you switch rifles. I’ll get
to the (awesome) reason for side-mounting one
in an upcoming article.
WHAT YOU GET IN THE BOX
I’ve already done an unboxing and set-up video
for this LRF on my YouTube channel
(RussDouglas222), which should help to
explain what follows. The compact box
The intrepid Russ Douglas is here with a couple of interesting discoveries
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contains a preassembled rangefinder,
complete with Picatinny mount, instructions
and technical specs, Allen keys and a wee
sticky Velcro pad to secure the remote on/off
switch to your stock. I ordered the LRF with the
supplied 30mm Picatinny scope mount, and
this comes with a two-piece 25mm packer to fit
slimmer scope bodies.
The LRF’s mount includes a horizontal wheel
for elevation adjustment, when mounted
upright, and a slotted screw for windage
adjustment.
The slightly fiddly bit is detaching the Picatinny
mount from the LRF, to fit it sideways on your
scope, using the supplied 3D-printed right-angled
bracket. There’s a Customriflescopes YouTube
video explaining this. It’s 39 minutes long, butfast-forward to 13:00 minutes for the relevant
section, which explains all. I managed it, so it’s
not too difficult – although don’t lose the six wee
screws as you work.SETTING-UP OPTIONS
If your chosen optic or scope mounts don’t
already include a section of Picatinny rail, you
attach the lightweight Picatinny bracket to any
spare length of scope tube, using the packer if
required. If your turrets foul the LRF, don’t
worry, short sections of Picatinny ‘raiser rail’
are available (e.g. from Amazon) to increase
the stand-off.
Once in place, one slightly long press on the
remote switch activates the unit; a short one
starts the measurement and another oneSatisfying results.This combo accounted for many rats here
over the winter.