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7 Reasons To Avoid the Vortex Impact 4000 (And What to Buy Instead)

Should you buy a Vortex Impact 4000? Probably not. A wide 45-degree slash-shaped beam that struggles around brush, a Bluetooth remote that drains batteries or makes you wait to reconnect, battery and display failures in cold weather, a calibration routine that defeats a lot of owners, a blindingly bright night display, and a proprietary ballistic solver instead of Applied Ballistics. Here’s the full breakdown and what to buy instead.

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Tango Fire 4000 vs Sightlok RF-1

Considering the Tango Fire 4000? Don’t buy it. It has no built-in environmental sensors and it’s outranged by a $130 handheld Sig Sauer rangefinder. It also suffers the same wide, diagonal beam divergence problem as the Vortex Impact 4000, so you’ll have trouble ranging cleanly around brush, trees and other clutter near the target.

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Sig Sauer Remotely Disabling BDX Rangefinders & Scopes – Our Argument with Nick Vitalbo, Applied Ballistics CEO

The team at Sightlok are big fans of the Sig Sauer BDX platform, and actively use it. Applied Ballistics, the company, is the main developer of Sig BDX platform. Needless to say Applied Ballistics is an awesome company that builds awesome software. But that doesn’t mean there’s no room for improvement. And one area that Continue Reading…

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Sig WMLRF KILO WARP Rangefinder – Potentially Huge Implications

Sig Sauer’s much-anticipated weapon-mounted laser rangefinder (WMLRF), the KILO WARP, will be released soon. The KILO WARP uses the same engine and laser from the SIG KILO 10K and comes with the Applied Ballistics Elite (AB Elite) on board. Straight off the bat, one concern is the Bluetooth remote. Will there be delays introduced by Continue Reading…

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Review of Sig KILO5K – Problems, Pros, and Cons

Problem #1: Sig Forcing Users to Update Firmware and Disabling BDX Scopes and Rangefinders if the User Declines, and these Firmware Updates Are Known to Brick Rangefinders. When you connect your BDX to the BDX app, Sig checks the version of your rangefinder firmware. If Sig has decided your firmware needs updating, the BDX app Continue Reading…

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Honest Sig KILO8K-ABS Review – List of Known Problems

Problem #1: Firmware updates can brick the KILO8K and Sig disables the unit if you don’t update the firmware. You’re heading out for a day of shooting, you connect to the App, and suddenly you’re forced to either update the firmware, or Sig disables the rangefinder. It’s mandatory update or your rangefinder stops working. This Continue Reading…

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You are attempting to purchase a Sightlok RF-1 mount with no mounting accessories. If you do so, you will only be able to mount it using some non-standard route like bolting it to your MLOK handguard, buying a clamp from a 3rd party, or using it with a tripod. Are you sure you want to do this?

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