Gear Review: Bushnell Scout DX 1000 ARC rangefinder

By James Marion

Bushnell Scout DX 1000 ARC with hunting AR. Rangefinders are useful tools for hunters learning to judge distances, and fun for everyone else. (Photo: James Marion)
There are a many things you can do with a rangefinder. New shooters are probably first going to want to see how far the shot they just made was. More sophisticated shooters will consider how far the shot they are about to make is and if they need to make adjustments to their aim. The really smart ones will ask, can I make this shot, given the range? And the genius shooters will have already used a rangefinder to determine and memorize the range to everything they can see and what they have to do to make the shot count.
The most common rangefinders we can buy today use lasers. In the grim past, we had optical rangefinders which were difficult to use and frighteningly expensive. Today, you can get the laser variety for under $100. As with everything, more money will get you more and hopefully better features and, if you want, you can still spend scary amounts on a rangefinder. What you get with the extra bucks is faster results, sharper optics (you have

Source: Guns.com