Posted November 21, 2016 4:52 pm by Comments

Like many outdoor writers, I have a love/hate relationship with chronographs. On one hand, the data that chronographs provide is essential for creating safe and precise handloads, determining exterior ballistics, and measuring key metrics including standard deviation.

On the other hand, chronographs are cumbersome to move, time-consuming to set up, subject to light and weather conditions, and are often prone to failure at the worst possible moments.

The LabRadar unit uses a standard SD card for data storage which allows velocity data to be downloaded to spreadsheets such as Excel. This allows data to be labeled, stored, and printed for the record and is very useful for handloaders.

LabRadar’s My Personal Radar is a chronograph that uses Doppler radar technology for its input data which is a total departure from previous designs.

Given my frustration with other models on the market, I ponied-up and paid full retail price for one of the new units so that I could give it a try.

The LabRadar unit is about the size of a small laptop computer and fits into a nylon carrying case that will cost you another $40. By comparison, my Oehler 35P chronograph fills an entire hard-sided long gun case. Given the amount …Read the Rest

Source:: Guns and Ammo

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