hey guys Todd Helms with Eastmans' Hunting Journals out here today to bring you a gear
review on the brand new Leupold RX 5000 TBRW Rangefinder you know you might be like Todd I
thought you were using an RF binocular these days and I do I like RF binos especially the Leupold
one the bx4 range but this is a brand new handheld Rangefinder that has capabilities that
my RF binos don't possess guys the 5000 number in the name RX 5000 stands for how far away you
can range large reflective objects 5,000 yards that's really far the reason that Leupold wanted
to develop a handheld Rangefinder that had a 5,000 yard capability was so that you can capture pins
with OnX that's right guys this is the first Rangefinder to be paired with OnX you can snap
ranges with this and create them as pins in your OnX app on your phone Leupold claims that I can
range an animal out at 2500 yards with the RX 5000 TBRW 2500 yards is an awful long ways what that
does is it allows me to set a pin on that animal's location so I had some cattle over here we're on
the edge of agricultureal country and the badlands out here and I was able to get a realistic
real world range couple minutes ago playing with this Rangefinder at 2150 yards on an Angus Cattle
over here 2150 yards I moved it in I saw a person walking a dog down a fence line even a little
bit closer that was 2,000 yards on a human being walking a dog if I can range a human being walking
a dog at 2,000 yard I know I can get a range on an elk or a mule deer probably even an antalope guys
that is incredibly far to be able to snap a range with an eight power magnification handheld range
finder I've got the rangefinder mounted on the Leupold pro guide tripod this Rangefinder spotting
scope adapter comes with the RX 5000 it's simple it's got an ARCA rail on the bottom here it's
Scrolls right in it was super fast super easy pulling it out of here is even easier I just turn
that slide it out and I'm ready to go I can take that off or I can leave it on on the Fly obviously
guys it comes with a little holster as well right here on my bino harness I can put it in there too
and it works great so Leupold upgraded the engine in this range finder it's 905 performance to Leupold
that means something to me that just means holy smokes I can range a l long ways away with this
thing and I got a building over here at 4,000 plus yards I got a cow at 2100 uh and 50 and I
got a human being at just over 2,000 holy smokes that's a long ways away um I wish I could say I
got a herd of elk over here or an antelope over here but there's nothing out here at the moment
other than we're being right on the edge of Agland and it's actually really cool because it gives me
a chance to test this thing out more than what I was able to do on my turkey hunt in Montana
last week where I was just using it to snap close ranges and kind of get a feel for it all right so
the RX 5000 TBR/W has two modes that it can operate in has LOS or line of sight mode and
it has a long range mode in the long range mode when you're looking at shooting you know I don't
know over over 2,000 yards 1500 yards I'm going to switch that thing to long range mode and I did
that here cuz what it does is it gives me 12,000 pulses a second it makes it way easier for
me to hone in on and get accurate ranges of small targets like an antelope like a mule deer
12,000 pulses a second guys is powerful that is thanks to that 905 upgraded engine it's going to
allow me to get really accurate ranges on really small targets it also comes with an app Leupold
thought you know if we're going to create this high performance rangefinder we need an app to
go with it because as you kind of can figure out from the name RX 5000 TBR/W TBR stands for True
Ballistic Range slash W is Wind I selected group five because that is what matches my ballistic profile
of the rifle that I set this up to use it with what that does guys is it falls within a window
and it's going to give me hold over it's going to give me dope basically and I selected MOA Leupold
designed this to work with their CDs dial system on their Scopes so it gives you exact dial out to
about 750 yards I have my personal Leupold scope set up with the original MOA dial that comes on
them I enjoy the flexibility that that MOA dial gives me as I can change my dope according to
different load developments that I run across and I don't have to get a new CDs dial cut every time
time that's my personal choice if you're a guy that's like you know what I got a 300 PRC I shoot
the Hornady Precision Hunter ammunition out of it uh 212 grain bullet I know what my ballistics are
I'm going to cut a dial when I buy my Leupold scope have a dial cut for that load you can pair that in
the app you can pair this Rangefinder in the app on your phone with the ballistic grouping that
matches your dope or your ballistic information and then it matches identically with the TBR
readout on this the true ballistic range slash wind readout on there is going to line up perfectly
with your CDs dial on your scope and you just make the corrections guys Leupold made that super simple
super easy it's extremely well thought out so use case for me I'm going to run you through
a hunting style scenario that I would use this for I'm glassing this country here behind
me over my shoulder I find a group of antelope there's a buck in there that I'm pretty sure
I want to get a closer look at I need to cut some distance probably going to be a shooter
I can set a pin with this Rangefinder I'm going to tripod it up just like I've got it with the
eight power magnification that's built into this I'm not going to have any problem dialing into
that animal or some sort of feature that's really close to them and instead of hitting the button here
and possibly moving even though it's locked down in the Tripod possibly moving the device when I
click the button I'm going to do it remotely with my phone there's two choices pin next or remote
fire I'm going to hit pin next because and the next range I take after I hit pin next is going
to set a waypoint on OnX it's going to redirect me to the app here we go pin next remote fire
boom look at that there it is right there when I set that range as a pin it's going to redirect my
phone app to the onx app it's going to set that as a waypoint for me and I can navigate using
line distance tool or Compass whatever I need I'm going to be able to navigate seamlessly to within
shooting distance now that is where the TBR W or TBR/W comes in with the rangefinder I work in I'm
inside my effective range which for me on an antelope Max is 500 yards so I get in I I know
I'm pretty close I snap a range again now that I'm close on my target Buck just so happens it's
463 yard it's inside of my effective range I'm out of cover I have no way I can get any closer I then
look at my ballistic calculation in my phone app because I have it all pulled up and I'm working
seamlessly between the RX 5000 TBRW and my app and I get a exact dial adjustment for either MOA
so we stick with me personally it's going to be an MOA come up I make the correction on my scope and
I execute a perfect double lung shot on a Boone and Crockett antelope Buck now you go to the mountains
to hunt elk and you tip a bull over cross Canyon shot say 500 yards 350 yards whatever your maximum
effective range is the last known location of the elk he falls or runs into some heavy stuff I need
to be able to go to the exact spot he was standing to look for sign so I can start trailing this
Animal by setting by snapping a range and setting it as a pin in onx I can navigate directly to the
last known location of that animal guys and I could start from there that is the beauty of
all of this new technology guys Leupold saw this they figured out man how could we put all this
new tech to work that's how they did it I love how simple this is but how powerful it is at the same
time guys if a neanderthal like me can figure out to use this technology and put it to use you can
too and Leupold did that on purpose because they know if something is difficult to use you're probably
not going to use it the majority of us will be like no too complicated not going to worry about
it but I'm telling you the technology out there exists to make your life easier and companies
like Leupold with this setup are making it so much easier and more ethical for the recovery
of game for the navigation to to down game for the navigation for a shot opportunity for making sure
that you're being ethical and not trespassing and being able to navigate around property to a set
waypoint that you set with the rangefinder wow it's phenomenal there's no more guessing
they're taking the guess work all out of it and it's really easy I had the whole thing set up
ready to rock in about 10 minutes the last thing that I want to talk about with the RX 5000 TBR/W
Rangefinder from Leupold is the accuracy of the compass Leupold understood that if they were going
to have um a rangefinder that was this powerful with that 905 engine in it and increased range
and pinning that they probably needed to upgrade the compass update the compass well so they went
back to the drawing board they put a compass in this thing that once it's calibrated and
there you it'll walk you through how to calibrate the compass when you Bluetooth connect it on your
phone once it's calibrated guys it has a less than one degree of error in the accuracy that
is incredibly accurate less than one degree if you're off by a degree at 5,000 yards that
means you could be way over here at 5,000 yards so that Compass needs to be very very precise so less
than one degree means that if I am if I'm going to deviate at 3,000 or 2500 yards in my navigation
with the rangefinder I'm not going to be off by that much now as you know calibrating these
compasses is extremely important it will lose calibration if it is around metal sources or
um any sort of magnetic field you'll need to recalibrate it thankfully it's super simple
all you got to do is select the calibrate tab in the app and it'll give you directions and
you just do a forward tumble on the rangefinder that's all
there is to it it's going to show you a status bar as you're doing this and it'll go up you know 75
85 90% when it tells you it's done you can stop and it is calibrated not a bad idea to calibrate
that thing every time you use it every time you go in the field it takes seconds guys I mean it
took me to calibrate that the first time and a couple times I've done it since took me you know
less than two minutes to calibrate all right guys I just ran you down through all of the features on
the Leupold RX500 TBR/W handheld Rangefinder this thing is a game changer in the world of
handheld rangefinders like I said you might go well Todd I've been seeing you use range finding
binoculars the last few seasons like the Leupold BX4 range finding binocular and I love those but
guys they don't have connection to OnX I'm always using my OnX app in the field as are most of you
having a rangefinder that I can set pins in OnX with at specified yardages simplifies everything
I would suggest guys that you go to a store go to your Leupold dealer get your hands on one
of these and don't just use it in the store say hey can I take this outside I want to I want to
play with it a little bit my first reaction with this was why would I want a handheld rangefinder
in the days of range finding binoculars well it's all of the capabilities of this thing that make it
desirable guys so I've walked you through all of the features of the Leupold RX 5000 TBR/W
handheld Rangefinder thank you for watching this if you have any questions drop down leave them
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