Posted: 11/25/2007 2:57:24 PM EDT
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need recommendations for a good shot timer. i've read a little about them, but haven't personally used them that much. thanks! Researched a little about this one |
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Having been training and competing for many years, and going though a few timers, here are the features that are important to me. Large, easy to read numbers on the display. Auto shutoff to save batteries. Ability to set par times. Ability to set delay start. Replaceable batteries, not just rechargable. My current timer is a Pact MK4 and it eats batteries and has small numbers. It has tons of settings and features but all I use are par and delay start. It is also large and blocky, great for sitting on the shooting bench but bad for holding all day at a match. The damn thing won't die but when it does I'm gonna get a Pact Club Timer 3. It has all the features I need and none of the ones I don't need. Gringop |
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Get The Pact MkIV. The Club timer is great if all you are doing is live fire, but if you want to start working on dry-fire drills you need the MkIV. The MkIV's microphone can be adjusted so that it will pick up the sound of dry-firing. For a lot more info on timers, visit www.brianenos.com |
Everyone trains differently but I have found that setting par times works better for me in dry fire than getting the timer to pick up the sound of the hammer dropping. On my old CED6000, setting the mic to it's highest sensitivity meant that it picked up the start beep, recorded it as multiple shots and did the same for reloads, tap rack bangs and any other mechanical noises. And even then it might still fail to pick up the hamer drop. YMMV. Gringop |