Chad's Lab Radar came in two days ago. We used it today and oh man is it nice!!!

We set it up on a tripod just in front of our muzzles, between the rifles. Chad shot 15 rounds from 100 yards, 400, 700, and 800. Chrographing every shot as he changed targets. When he asked for a summary it told slowest round, fastest, and ES. Then it was my turn. Neither one of us had to reposition and it picked up my rifle just as it did his. I input the average MV the Lab Radar gave into a Kestrel 4500 with Applied Ballistics, shot the range, and then checked what the Kestrel told me my corrections should've been. Exact match!

Extremely cool and conveinent chronograph!

You need velocities from at least two different ranges to calculate effective BC.

For as much as you need it for your business and as a write-off, why don't you just bite the bullet and go with EHLER
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The new Lab Radar is freakin' awesome! The best thing about it is that it is placed at the muzzle and picks up the shot in a large cone shaped area. So, you do not have to be lined up perfectly with the target for it to work. You can program it to record the velocity at 5 different locations out to 250 yards. I set it up at 0, 10, 50, 100, and 250. When I was shooting at 200, it didn't read the 250, obviously. But when we went to engage targets past that (out to 800), it was picking up at all distances. While at the Heat Stroke match over the weekend, I set it up with some guys shooting suppressors, and it worked fine. You have to increase the sensitivity, but it works.

Another thing I learned about the Magneto Speed Chrono. I met the regional rep for Magneto at the match this weekend (super cool guy). We talked about the issue of this chrono hanging on the barrel and changing up the barrel harmonics and a shift in point of impact (POI). I explained to him his chrono is freakin' awesome, but I can't have the harmonics change and POI shift. He then explained to me that it does not change the "barrel" harmonics, but rather the bullet!! He explained that they have done all kinds of high speed camera and barrel testing, and that the conclusion they found was that the POI shift is from the shock wave from the ripple effect coming off the bayonet of the chrono. He said that the muzzle blast and shock wave bounce off the bayonet, and cause the bullet to slightly change direction from this shock wave bouncing off the bayonet. So it's actually the bullet changing direction, and not the barrel harmonics. If you just need to get velocity, then the Magneto is a great way to go. But for me testing the accuracy of rifles while using the chrono, the magneto won't work for me. This Lab Radar is perfect for what I need.

He said some calibers and bullet weights exhibit more or less POI shift, but Magneto does acknowledge that there is or can be a POI shift. For the radar and what you get and how easy it is to use, I would have paid more for it, honestly.

He said some calibers and bullet weights exhibit more or less POI shift, but Magneto does acknowledge that there is or can be a POI shift. For the radar and what you get and how easy it is to use, I would have paid more for it, honestly.

Is the Convience of not shooting through the chrony worth it?

Is the Convenience of not shooting through the chrony worth it?