I love my Nikon. The guy at Cabelas where I bought said the Nikon was just as good as the top of the line range finders when ranging within 100 yards. He said at 200 yards plus you need to step it up. He mentioned that the Bushnell would sometimes give you different measurements when ranging the same objects. Now I know there are some Bushnell folks on thsi board and I'm not dogging the company. Hell, I use a bushnell scope on my Savage. But when it comes to accuracy I'd spend a few extra bucks and get that Nikon in cammo.

I'm using the Nikon 440 as well and haven't had any complaints so far.

I haven't even attempted to range anything past 80 yards, as thats the farthest I practice.

I used it this last turkey season in my Matrix and it ranged through the netting perfectly.

I think I paid $200 for mine, but I purchased it last fall and can't remember for sure.

As with any kind of glass, you get what you pay for. The 440 works perfectly for what I use it for, I don't need to range 1,000+ yards, and if it fogs up in fowl weather, no problem; I range my stands prior to hunting.

I picked up the RX-2 a few weeks ago and I'm pretty happy with it. I put off getting one for a while now, but I plan on using it to range trees and shooting spots from my stand, as well as hone my yard estimation skills.

Ken

I have the Nikon Laser 800. I've never used it bow hunting yet, but it sure helps just setting up your targets and sighting in your bow. The reasonI got the 800 was for rifle hunting, but it has been great getting ready for bow season. I'm a Nikon fan, I have 2 Nikon Scopes, 1 set of binos, and my range finder. Nikon has been a good bang for the buck for me!

I thought the same about the 440 and found out that Nikon makes the 500G which is the golf model. I believe it has the same exact specs as the nikon 600 (6x) monocular and same ranging distance- 500G means meters not yards. I paid 150.00 new off ebay. only drawback is its brushed silver so for hunting you are going to have to place camo tape over the covers.

Buy a used leica on ebay. You will not regret it.