Compact chronographs

[Moose67]

It looks like Garmin have more competition - just seen the new, compact Labradar online

as well as the clone (?) from Athlon

 

[JTO]

It was bound to happen!

 

[tackb]

labradar late to the party...........

 

[finnbear270]

Perhaps they were waiting to see the other offerings?

 

[Hunter 6.5]

Caldwell have one as well and probably already in US market (not 100% sure)

 

[Lateral]

labradar late to the party...........

Someone always has to be first !

 

[villaman]

Caldwell have one as well and probably already in US market (not 100% sure)

There is a few over here SGC apparently have them , but stupid money . Another place have them too but about £100 cheaper, still stupid money compared to the states

 

[Hunter 6.5]

There is a few over here SGC apparently have them , but stupid money . Another place have them too but about £100 cheaper, still stupid money compared to the states

Not surprised, just as anything else

 

[sauer]

Caldwell one does BC I think?

 

[Kiwiguy]

The new LabRadar LX allows you to add shots to a previous series. This is a great option if you take more than one rifle to the range.

 

[markyw]

The little Labradar has been out a good while, not that long after the Garmin came out.
A mate of mine bought the Garmin from the US and then bought the Ladradar as soon as it came out. He had a full size Labradar before.
I now own his "old" Garmin, while he is more than happy with the Labradar - at least a better feature set for what he wants and an obviously more robust construction.

Regards

Mark

 

[villaman]

Caldwell one does BC I think?

Yes it does .
I’m surprised how garmin and Labradar didn’t incorporate bc function , specially with all these digital scopes coming out

 

[markyw]

The Labradar LX has a BC calculation function for G1 and G7.



Regards

 

[bowji john]

Anyone know over what distance the Caldwell device will detect and measure distance and speed?

Will it, for example, detect and provide data of a round's ballistic curve out to 1000m?

 

[jthyttin]

Don't get too excited with the BC calculations. The radar won't measure the bullet for the whole trajectory (might get to 100y with a stretch) and if they use G1 function the BC is only valid for the velocity window of the measurement.

 

[bowji john]

Don't get too excited with the BC calculations. The radar won't measure the bullet for the whole trajectory (might get to 100y with a stretch) and if they use G1 function the BC is only valid for the velocity window of the measurement.

That is what I feared

Damned expensive just to get a ballistic track / solution for .22LR

After all, for 22LR you can do that at little cost just by moving back 5m at a time from 30m to 200m

As for centre fire - Applied Ballistics already has that covered

 

[villaman]

That is what I feared

Damned expensive just to get a ballistic track / solution for .22LR

After all, for 22LR you can do that at little cost just by moving back 5m at a time from 30m to 200m

As for centre fire - Applied Ballistics already has that covered

Don't get too excited with the BC calculations. The radar won't measure the bullet for the whole trajectory (might get to 100y with a stretch) and if they use G1 function the BC is only valid for the velocity window of the measurement.

VELOCIRADAR | Caldwell

VELOCIRADAR

www.caldwellshooting.com

 

[jthyttin]

I don't know what you were trying to say with the link, but at least they don't lie:

Chirp radar tracks bullet velocity and distance up to 100 yards downrange

In Q&A it seems that end users are chatting among themselves... one does mention G1 and G7 functions being used. While the BC is little bit different in each gun and conditions, do you really think that finicky (as per Q&A) consumer level device can compete with real Doppler radars costing tens if not hundreds of thousands, and being used by certain manufacturers? When G7, CD or similar bullet data is available from manufacturer it's usually accurate within one or two clicks up to 1000m or so.