Bushnell ellite 1500 lrf the advent of the laser range finder happened many years ago, and in fact they have been used by the military for a couple of decades now, and there are some units that are accurate up to 10, 000 meters. But, the effective, small portable units that would reach to a range usable by snipers have not really came about until the last several years. Bushnell, of all companies, has kind of lead the revolution of compact laser range finders (lrf) and had out some of the first higher power units. Leica was actually probably the pioneer of the compact & portable lrfs, but for a much higher price. There are many players in the personal use lrf field now, but again, most of them are not powerful enough for long range sniping use, but with the current 1500 meter units out there, these compact units are getting to be usable. We have acquired a bushnell elite 1500 lrf with arc for this evaluation and wanted to see just how usable it might be.