im in the same boat as you, looking for a descent range finder. the Cabelas model seemed pretty consistent on returning distances when moving from object to object( didnt know it was made by Bushnell, that helps) says it will go out to 700 yd but is only a 6x power, but also is only $200.
the others the had were pretty consistent as well and it little better magnification but were pushing $300 would like to get some feed back about these and try to keep it below $250 OTD