Lab Radar Trigger questions

[divingin]

For the Labradar to work reliably with 22 you need to go into settings and in the velocity range menu select pistol. The other trick is to place the Labradar just a tad forward and off to the side of the muzzle so that it can be triggered reliably.
Once you do what I described you shouldn’t have a problem. If you want to spend money you can purchase the microphone and that will allow it to work with air rifles/pistols.

Exactly what I was going to suggest on all counts.

 

[SavageShooter67]

I recently had this issue and was talking to some guys on a LabRadar owners group and they suggested a Piet trigger. It’s basically a recoil trigger. I bought one and it works great.
It plugs in to the jack, you attach it to your rifle in a non-interference area (Velcro to side of stock, bipod, etc) and it is triggers with the recoil impulse of a shot. Solved my trigger issues and allows me to set the unit wherever is most convenient to me, not necessarily the rifle.

 

[xswanted]

I like mine and I think it’s the best chrony I’ve ever used.

However like any piece of electronics equipment it’s got its flaws.

I run into issues with mine when i shoot suppressed which I would assume is similar to the 22.

USUALLY the unit needs to be positioned quite close to the side, within a couple inches and out in front by about 6”.

Cold will effect how they read, if you’re using it in freezing temps I’d suggest warming it up every 10 mi it’s or so to be consistent.

 

[MikeMcCasland]

I just got my new lab radar, updated the firmware, was able to connect with my Samsung phone, tried it with my .22 rimfire, and wasn't able to get any of the trigger settings to work, went from setting 8 to 5 to 1, so I changed it over to Doppler and it started picking up most of the shots. Haven't tried using it with a centerfire yet. Is the rimfire just not loud enough to trigger it? or do I have to have some optional trigger device to use these settings, or do I need to use the Doppler option to trigger it? Also, haven't yet figured out how to download the data to my computer in a usable format, I'm not very computer savy, and not sure what software is compatable. Any advice or instruction welcome.

JDBraddy - Look into a JKL trigger for your LabRadar. It's a $35 external inertia trigger. F-Class John has a video on youtube showing it in action.

With these triggers, it enables you to place the lab radar wherever you want (within reason) as it's not relying on report from the muzzle to trigger it. It's basically just a cell phone motion sensor that's wrapped in a plastic shell with a 3.5mm jack on it.

It works VERY well with rimfire all the way up to the big magnums. You won't be missing any shots. Since I'm a T/R guy, I put a piece of velcro on my bipod and slip rifles in and out of it. That said, you can use it as John does in the video too. I've also just draped the trigger over top of the scope. It's a very sensitive trigger, so really any motion will trip it.

If you'll be at CTSA shooting next Saturday, I'd be happy to show ya.

https://jklprecision.com/product/labradar-trigger/

 

[Baer45]

Will take care of suppressor issues as well. I love the “thinking outside the box” gun guys do! Never know why fix we will see next...

 

[Nvclay]

what trigger setting works with the JLK? I get ghost V0 sometimes. Messes with my data

 

[MikeMcCasland]

what trigger setting works with the JLK? I get ghost V0 sometimes. Messes with my data

If I understand you correctly, it's probably triggering when the action closes, or you're re-positioning the rifle prior to taking the shot. Mine will occasionally trigger erroneously if I'm trying to heavily load a tactical style bipod, or if I'm messing around with something on the rifle. Often times it'll get a velocity off something floating out there, but it's usually way off expected, so easy to track/delete.

If you're saying you're picking up the bullet a V11, V22, V33 etc. but not at V0...then that's screwy. I don't think the trigger sensitivity settings have anything to do with the JLK trigger; I believe it's sensitivity is hard-set. If anything, that might indicate an alignment/position issue.

 

[Nvclay]

it puts a v0 number up as a shot in a string that is way off what a real shot would be. Out of a ten shot string, at least one recorded shot of the string is approximately 1000 fps slow. nobody else on the range.

 

[MikeMcCasland]

it puts a v0 number up as a shot in a string that is way off what a real shot would be. Out of a ten shot string, at least one recorded shot of the string is approximately 1000 fps slow. nobody else on the range.

I'd check to see how many shots the LabRadar shows as recorded. Mine will do as you're describing when if the JKL trigger goes off due to movement on the bench/gun, and will return a low velocity reading (or display an error that it couldn't pick up a shot when the gun wasn't fired).

For instance you'll see 2640, 2644, 2650, 2638, 2120, 2645....6 shots recorded, only 5 fired, and the SD will be like 100+.

You'd just go into the string and delete the erroneous shot.

 

[Nvclay]

That is what I have to do. go through the shots and delete the shot .Kind of a pain at the range. thanks for the help.