07-11-2020, 01:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-11-2020, 01:09 AM by Mad Charlie.)
First of all, I have no experience with a Magneto Speed. From what I have read it sounds like an excellent chronograph, but I shoot rifles and pistols. Might be a little hard to mount on a 1911 :-). There have been many stories regarding barrel mounting affecting group size and POI change, and just as many saying that it has no effect. I find it hard to believe that hanging anything on a barrel has no effect, just look at the conversations about brakes of different types. I just don't know for sure one way or another
The Labradar has a few issues of it's own, one of which is the more complex operation, and another is the lousy sighting system.
The settings and operation you just have to learn, it's not that hard. Sighting can be somewhat critical, the better you have it sighted the better it tracks. I set mine up with an inexpensive reflex red dot sight, made life much simpler for me and easy to tell at a glance if the unit has been shifted for whatever reason. Beats hell out of that stupid little V notch, but additional expense.
I like being able to shoot for group and sight setting and being able to chronograph at the same time and also use it for handguns, without lighting conditions affecting readings, as with optical types, and no way it can have any effect on groups. The more velocities you can record, the better data base you have for prediction. So it was Labradar for me.
My retirement income level means that I had to wait longer and squeeze things a little to get one, not sorry,
The Labradar has a few issues of it's own, one of which is the more complex operation, and another is the lousy sighting system.
The settings and operation you just have to learn, it's not that hard. Sighting can be somewhat critical, the better you have it sighted the better it tracks. I set mine up with an inexpensive reflex red dot sight, made life much simpler for me and easy to tell at a glance if the unit has been shifted for whatever reason. Beats hell out of that stupid little V notch, but additional expense.
I like being able to shoot for group and sight setting and being able to chronograph at the same time and also use it for handguns, without lighting conditions affecting readings, as with optical types, and no way it can have any effect on groups. The more velocities you can record, the better data base you have for prediction. So it was Labradar for me.
My retirement income level means that I had to wait longer and squeeze things a little to get one, not sorry,