So, my club kind of sucks to run a chrono on the rifle line. You are shooting down hill to the 50yd berm and straight across for the 100. Personal preference, but I generally don’t like to test loads at 100 until I’ve seen them on paper at 50 as well as over the chrono (partly because of things like irons and red dots).
The other is, well, optical chronos can just be so temperamental, especially if not shooting dead center over the chrono. So trying to shoot groups sometimes a group location will make it go nuts.
And also I shit my chrono today.
Just creased it. Still works. But especially as it just sucks to run on the rifle line, I am looking at a magnetospeed.
So who has used them? Recommendations?
I do have cans. But I am still leaning towards the Sporter even though it’s not going to work with cans (without permanent modification anyway).
I’d look at getting the phone adapter to download the data from the display to my iPhone. Anyone run one? How well does it work?
Part of my logic is, for $200 for the Sporter and phone adapter, it should run well on my rifles. At least fingers crossed. Yeah it’ll mess my harmonics. *shrug*. That just means at worse I only shoot one group with it attached and another one or two for confirmation of accuracy and POI. At least if it’s getting me accurate data with no PITA of setup, that’s worth a lot.
Same with a can. Well, cans don’t add THAT much velocity. I can always setup my traditional chrono if trying to figure out the velocity with a can on for a sub load.
I’d continue using the traditional chrono for pistol shooting. It errors out sometimes, but the pistol line is 100x easier to mess with it on and setup at least. And usually I am not as bothered if I miss some data on a pistol load.
Am I going to regret not forking out $400 for the V3+adapter? Or is the Sporter+adapter going to get ‘Er done for me?
Lastly I figure if I am forming out $400 for the V3+adapter I might as well pony up another $150 for a lab radar and handle all the things easily and accurately.
Which I’ll probably end up getting at some point. But the magnetospeed sport sounds like the way to go for the next couple/few years.
Any insight and experience would be appreciated. Thanks!
The other is, well, optical chronos can just be so temperamental, especially if not shooting dead center over the chrono. So trying to shoot groups sometimes a group location will make it go nuts.
And also I shit my chrono today.
Just creased it. Still works. But especially as it just sucks to run on the rifle line, I am looking at a magnetospeed.
So who has used them? Recommendations?
I do have cans. But I am still leaning towards the Sporter even though it’s not going to work with cans (without permanent modification anyway).
I’d look at getting the phone adapter to download the data from the display to my iPhone. Anyone run one? How well does it work?
Part of my logic is, for $200 for the Sporter and phone adapter, it should run well on my rifles. At least fingers crossed. Yeah it’ll mess my harmonics. *shrug*. That just means at worse I only shoot one group with it attached and another one or two for confirmation of accuracy and POI. At least if it’s getting me accurate data with no PITA of setup, that’s worth a lot.
Same with a can. Well, cans don’t add THAT much velocity. I can always setup my traditional chrono if trying to figure out the velocity with a can on for a sub load.
I’d continue using the traditional chrono for pistol shooting. It errors out sometimes, but the pistol line is 100x easier to mess with it on and setup at least. And usually I am not as bothered if I miss some data on a pistol load.
Am I going to regret not forking out $400 for the V3+adapter? Or is the Sporter+adapter going to get ‘Er done for me?
Lastly I figure if I am forming out $400 for the V3+adapter I might as well pony up another $150 for a lab radar and handle all the things easily and accurately.
Which I’ll probably end up getting at some point. But the magnetospeed sport sounds like the way to go for the next couple/few years.
Any insight and experience would be appreciated. Thanks!