Labradar ......... recent comments please

[jimcasey01]

I have not read all of the responses, so if these have already been covered, just ignore my post. Others have discussed aiming the unit and batteries. I have found that an approximately 5" piece of soda straw positioned in the aiming "V" is accurate for my purposes, it works 100% of the time. It works like bore sighting a rifle. I tried the framing square routine with mixed results. As to batteries, I have an external battery pack that I have used, although I now use internal batteries. Enloop Pro AA batteries give a little over 15000 mAh which I use for 2 range sessions of approximately 3-4 hours each with no problems. They may last longer, but I have not attempted to do so. Good luck, I think that you will love it for the ease of use.

PS All of my experience is with 6mm and .30 bullets.

 

[Mozella]

...... snip..............I have found that an approximately 5" piece of soda straw positioned in the aiming "V" is accurate for my purposes, it works 100% of the time. ................ snip..........

I had the same idea but I wanted something which was fixed and wouldn't blow off. It had to be short enough to not interfere with stowing the unit in a spare laptop computer bag but long enough to provide a longer sight radius than the built in V groove.

So I used hot glue to fasten a inch and a half long piece of brass tubing, the kind you find in 12" lengths at your local hobby shop, into the V sighting groove. After I set up the unit, I slip a full length soda straw into the brass tube for sighting. I find I have to occasionally re-aim the unit if I bump it while changing modes or using the arm button, so it's nice to have the long straw available all the time. And I can easily confirm the correct aim by glancing down the bore of the straw from my firing position when shooting from a bench.

If the unit falls over, the soda straw will bend without causing any other damage. When I'm done, I slip the straw out and toss it into my storage bag along with the Labradar unit.

I don't know how critical aiming actually is, but using my aiming method I capture essentially every shot.

 

[jimcasey01]

I had the same idea but I wanted something which was fixed and wouldn't blow off. It had to be short enough to not interfere with stowing the unit in a spare laptop computer bag but long enough to provide a longer sight radius than the built in V groove.

So I used hot glue to fasten a inch and a half long piece of brass tubing, the kind you find in 12" lengths at your local hobby shop, into the V sighting groove. After I set up the unit, I slip a full length soda straw into the brass tube for sighting. I find I have to occasionally re-aim the unit if I bump it while changing modes or using the arm button, so it's nice to have the long straw available all the time. And I can easily confirm the correct aim by glancing down the bore of the straw from my firing position when shooting from a bench.

If the unit falls over, the soda straw will bend without causing any other damage. When I'm done, I slip the straw out and toss it into my storage bag along with the Labradar unit.

I don't know how critical aiming actually is, but using my aiming method I capture essentially every shot.

I like the idea of the brass tube to hold the straw. I will make that modification to mine.

 

[jlow]

@jlow

I believe the tune overrides. I do not believe 58 fps is gonna remain in the same poi at 1k though. My point being I believe the paper, not the crony. But only that one shot do I believe it tarded out on me. Basically what I see, and tune around is that 20"ish" fps that poi don't change. Then I load to the center and that's why you might see a load with 15-20 es shoot next to zero vertical, even though the math don't agree. In a lot of ways, it's to our favor that the rifle don't remain rigid. Our ability to tune is just taking advantage of that. This past season was my first of my benchrest career that I even knew the velocity of my 1k guns lol.


Shorter answer.....NO!

Thanks Tom, that is what my own thinking too.

I do think the Labradar is useful to QC the rounds like that one that tared out on you and also for loads that gets detuned for temperature or whatever reason, but it is not going to be the end all to find the load and replace what you see on paper.

 

[Willie]

I have had my LabRadar for twenty months and have about 5 failures to register the shot. Upon examination, it was my fault each time, due to setup or the wind moving my tripod position. Also, my unit once had a problem and they had me send it back for a checkup. Two days later, it was on it's way back. Excellent customer service. Honestly, I hate to shoot without it anymore.