S121 headscratcher

[oafpatroll]

A windy day is also not conducive to accurate chrony readings. I use a tripod and the wind causes vibrations which have an effect on the timing of the sensors.

That's interesting. Haven't encountered that before. Will definitely keep it in my mental file of things a chrony can do to mess with your head. It will be filed right next to the low battery entry. That one almost caused me to shoot the thing dead till I realised why it was reading all over the place.

[big5ifty]

I've got a Prochrono digital, the entry level cheapo one.

It doesn't care about wind, sun, clouds, dust, heat, cold, or who the Pope is.

It just works.

This after a CED M2. The M2 sensors were shot through several times over the course of a few years, with no problems. One of the sensors gave up the ghost after the chrony got blown over in the wind.

I bought the Prochrono as a cheap stop-gap measure till I could get the part and the M2 working again, but it works so well I never got back to the M2, even after I sourced a new sensor.

[Tripodmvr]

We seem to be twins when it comes to chronies. Had an old Prochrono which I sold to a friend and that is still working. Bought a CED M2 which stopped working after somebody tripped over the wires. Bought a newer Prochrono which worked very well. In 2018 I bought a Magnetospeed Sporter in Oz for R3000 and collected it on our visit to Oz. The Prochrono is now the backup. The CED M2 is in its bag in the garage, untouched in years.

[big5ifty]

I was toying with the idea of buying a Garmin, but when I think about how much powder, bullets and primers I can buy instead of something I don't really need ...

Then I ask myself when have I ever not bought something I don't really need ...

And so the argument is still active in my head.

[Tripodmvr]

The only problem is that Labradar and Caldwell have both launched smaller radar units that they claim are better than Garmin. Decisions, decisions........

[big5ifty]

Labradar is made in Canada, home of the Shooting Chrony - I won't buy it for just that reason.

Caldwell looks like a green copy of the original orange Labradar, it works exactly the same.

[janfred]

If you can afford it, get the Garmin.

You have no idea what a pleasure it is to just chrony shots without dealing with wires, shades, aiming devices, closing the range to readjust the height and picking up other shots from the next table. It charges from your cellphone charger and no worries about erroneous readings from low battery, clouds obscuring the sun or not shooting over just the right position.

The Garmin is so easy you'll chrony every time you shoot. Just aim it more or less at the target and go.