Sig Sauer Kilo 2400 Abs Rangefinder

A RIFLEMAN’S OPTICS

- John Haviland

Every year, rangefinders take a stride forward with features well beyond simply displaying a distance. SIG Sauer’s KILO2400ABS Laser Rangefinder is one such innovative electro-optic rangefinder. The KILO includes an Applied Ballistics System calculator, bullet database and sensors that calculate shot angle, temperature, air density and altitude. Pairing the rangefinder with a tablet or smartphone and SIG’s Applied Ballistics application, information is keyed in to create a ballistic profile that can determine holdover to compensate for bullet drop, hold-off to counteract wind direction and velocity in milliradians or minutes of angle (MOA) for a specific cartridge.

The KILO is a 7x25mm monocular that SIG states will range deer up to 1,400 yards, trees to 1,800 yards and reflective objects up to 2 miles. On a partly cloudy morning just after sunrise, I ranged objects in the open foothills with the KILO. With a tree or large rock in the circular aiming reticle and pushing the ranging button, yardage for 550 to 1,300 yards instantly appeared in the display. Several times the KILO failed to register on objects when I did not hold it steady enough. A steady hold, though, provided distances up to 1,500 yards. While I was sitting on a hill, a whitetailed deer stood up from tall brown grass in a creek bottom below. The rangefinder showed 714 yards to it. The deer went into a stand of cottonwoods, and was tracked at 740 to 788 yards as it walked through the trees. A snow squall blew in, and I doubted the rangefinder would work at all through the snow, but it provided readings out to 345 yards.