range finder with slope angel in degrees

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I'm looking for a laser range finder that will also display angle to target in degrees.
My ballistic calculator has the option to compensate for +or- angle in degrees.
I'm looking for one in the less than $200 price range.
6-7X power with clear optics and 400 yard non reflective target and 6-800 yards on a reflective target.
Rechargeable would be a plus.
 
Skip the angle compensation in your calculator, just use the corrected range read from the LRF. The calculator will do the same calc the LRF does, and it’ll save you time entering less data.

If you insist on having the line of sight distance and calculating the corrected range, then the Sig Kilo 2200 does display the range and angle when in LOS mode. It will easily range deer and 66% IPSC targets past 800yrds.

In fairness, however, the old Bushnell ARC and Scout 1000’s will also display range and angle. You’re not asking much of any of the modern LRF’s on the market. My Bushnell 1 mile, both my ARC and Scout 1000, Sig Kilo 2000 and 2200, and Leica 1600 all deliver LOS range and angle.
 
My Bushnell Elite 1 Mile Conx does angle, but most of the time I use the camera on my phone\tablet that's linked to my ballistic software. Just hit the field in the software, then use the camera and it fills in the data.
 
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Sig Kilo 2000, does everything U asked for except the price range. The 2000 works great, over 800 yards I use a pod to hold it still and the only downer is U have to purchase a 1/4x 20 pod mount, 70 bucks that should have been built into the unit.
 
Varminterror said:
Skip the angle compensation in your calculator, just use the corrected range read from the LRF. The calculator will do the same calc the LRF does, and it’ll save you time entering less data.
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You’re sure that a standard range finder will give you a horizontal range vs just the true range?

Excluding ones with slope and COS conversion
 
@Klint Beastwood - good for you; you’ve caught me in an uninclusive statement. You’re right, not ALL - as in every single one on the market - laser range finders offer angular compensation inclinometers. However, how many LRF’s are on the market these days without?

Cabelas’s has 31 LRF models on their site right now. Only 3 don’t offer angular correction. So 90% of their offerings do.

Midway has 36 models right now, only 6 of which don’t offer angular correction. 83% do.

If you “exclude the ones with slope and Cos conversion,” you’re ignoring ~80% of the market. Nikon has the “ID” tech, Incline Decline, Bushnell “ARC” Angular Range Correction, Vortex “HCD” Horizontal Component Distance, Leupold calls theirs “TBR,” True Ballistic Range, Leica “EHR” Equivalent Horizontal Range. Swarovski calls theirs “SwaroAIM.” Finding LRF’s without an inclinometer is kinda like finding a car without a radio or power windows - you almost have to try to find one, and the price and spec sheet gives it away when you do find one...

Common models without:
Bushnell Bone Collector
Bushnell Trophy
Leupold RX-650
Nikon Aculon
Redfield Raider 170636 (635 has it)
Simmons Volt

So a cheapskate buying a short range model, who can’t read product specs, might accidentally buy one of the few models on the market without angular correction.
 
Varminterror said:
@Klint Beastwood - good for you; you’ve caught me in an uninclusive statement. You’re right, not ALL - as in every single one on the market - laser range finders offer angular compensation inclinometers. However, how many LRF’s are on the market these days without?

Cabelas’s has 31 LRF models on their site right now. Only 3 don’t offer angular correction. So 90% of their offerings do.

Midway has 36 models right now, only 6 of which don’t offer angular correction. 83% do.

If you “exclude the ones with slope and Cos conversion,” you’re ignoring ~80% of the market. Nikon has the “ID” tech, Incline Decline, Bushnell “ARC” Angular Range Correction, Vortex “HCD” Horizontal Component Distance, Leupold calls theirs “TBR,” True Ballistic Range, Leica “EHR” Equivalent Horizontal Range. Swarovski calls theirs “SwaroAIM.” Finding LRF’s without an inclinometer is kinda like finding a car without a radio or power windows - you almost have to try to find one, and the price and spec sheet gives it away when you do find one...

Common models without:
Bushnell Bone Collector
Bushnell Trophy
Leupold RX-650
Nikon Aculon
Redfield Raider 170636 (635 has it)
Simmons Volt

So a cheapskate buying a short range model, who can’t read product specs, might accidentally buy one of the few models on the market without angular correction.
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Eh whatevs.
I know you know what your talking about. Just checking the statement to see where we were at in relation to the OPs question.

If it were me, I usually ignore slope dope at what, 96 COS or 15 degrees and less myself.
20 degrees and more sure. However looking up or down at 20 degrees and more is pretty uncommon as a civilian for most, of course depending on....ive hunted some pretty steep ridges.
 
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