Posted: 1/24/2015 12:53:14 AM EDT
| Whats a decent chronograph in the $175 range. |
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I have the magnetospeed sporter ($189). It's incredibly easy to use...straps to the muzzle like a bayonet and if you shoot like I do a 10 shot group shot just for velocity measurement and not for groups is done in 30 seconds.
Data right into the smart phone ballistic app which gives me holdovers for the distances available at my range and a half hour of shooting and my rifle couldn't be better tuned. Best, LF |
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I have a CE Pro Chrono so it was in the $100 range and my trusted friend has the same model. He and I are going to pony up for the good Magnetospeed before long so it will be interesting to see if / what differences there are.
Other than the possibility of lighting conditions causing differences, which I've never had happen to my knowledge, I'm happy with the CE model. |
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I've used them all and even built a few from scratch.
Chrony/ProChrono/etc... Easy enough to use but Chrony's have plagued me for years with lighting issues screwing up readings. ProChrono do better in iffy light. All types that you set out in front of you are a PITA compared to the other types available. Any chronograph you place in front of you is likely to one day get a bullet in the face. Consider that. MagnetoSpeed V1 Does not work on magnum rifles for me and doesn't like muzzle brakes. For anything up to .308win this is cheap and easy as hell to use. Get the aluminum clasp though. It's 20 bucks you WANT to spend. My V1 came with a plastic clasp bit that broke out of the box. Just plain easy to use and compact as hell. MagnetoSpeed V3 Is the bomb. All of the problems of the V1 have not bothered me on the v3 and it comes with the aluminum clasp. Just plain easy to use and compact as hell. Price difference (when I got it) over the V1 didn't seem to be justified. Either magnetospeed is great for guys like me that want velocity readings for every shot and to be able to pan around left to right without reaiming or moving the chronograph. One gripe with the MS is erosion on the far side of the blast gap from muzzle blast. I have to occasionally fill in some pitting in the blast gap with JB Weld. Not really an issue and it takes a lot of shots. I have zero POI deflection with the MS versus without it. It's very light. Also doesn't affect my groups at all. YMMV on the last couple bits. LabRadar Yep, I've used this one too but don't currently own one (maybe summer I'll buy one). Expensive. $500 bucks kind of expensive. Can eat some batteries too. Use it only on acoustic trigger mode. It is the easiest to use from a bench with a single fixed target and has the least ability to be damaged by bullet impact (like none at all). In the field having to aim it at every target you engage can be tiresome. The user interface is a bit icky in that it takes a while to change settings to be able to go (as I have) from a black powder canon to a .22lr to a high power rifle to a pistol. It's the ONLY one that can do all of those. The ones I've built were optical types like Chrony and such but with massively better component selection and faster processors. With the use of IR illuminators they worked regardless of lighting but still had all the problems of every other optical type... it sits out there where the bullets are flying just waiting to get shot in the face. |