Well worth the cost however .
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Shotmarkers up and running at our range
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LeadMonkey
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Nice upgrade, are they left out or set up each time? Is their use limited to certain members or all members? Trying to understand how damage is monitored and who pays when they explode from an errant shot!
The units are taken in after each session, but the frames stay up. It takes less than three minutes to set up each one .
Only the RSO's have access to the units , we put a notice on our calender and on our long range shooters facebook page when an RSO is going to be setting them up.
The microphones are quite a distance apart - 80" or so .
If a shooter is inexperienced at long range shooting, we get them to put a couple of shots onto the steel at the distance they are shooting , to verify their zero.
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We have a range with military styled butts; concrete shelters for target pullers and target carriers, with firing points back to 600m. That was not inexpensive.
An electronic system is certainly a lot easier to install.
Gunnerlove
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Add the cost of a human operated target to the gallery range and the cost keeps going up.
Itās not just the cost of manually operated targets, itās getting very difficult to find people willing to do it. Very few people I talk to miss pulling targets. Plus, you get to blame the e target when you miss.
The electronic targets cut the time requirement for a match to a fraction of what ot takes to run a match with manually marked target butts as well.
No need to rotate a three man team or to hire cadets, etc to run the butts!
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Thatās very true. Itās nice starting a match at 10 and being done by 3.
Not at all.
The first system I used that was not as simple or as elegant as ShotMarker... and cost $23,000 per unit.
It was however capable of subsonic detection.... but that is aside.
Shot marker is an exceptional piece of equipment.
Digging up an old thread here, but curious if you leave your Shotmarker system outside year-round? We are just starting to put these in at Rocky Mountain House and we've already have an access point fail on the first -25C day. It'll need to be sent back for service. Also a sensor hub, but that appears to be a bad USB connector.
In our scenario, the Access Point is mounted on a post outdoors, fed by a solar USB charger.
We have 8 units at Kamloops . I have my own to take where ever . I have a 40 ā fold in half to target to use at 500 plus and a 24ā one for 100 -500 mostly 100-300 . You just buy a set of magnetic mounts from Sight marker and you get the right length cords from Amazon . 
I have seen them up permanently , but we pull ours down in between sessions.
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They are a small shop, and are not set up for mass production obviously.
Their communications are excellent however, and one must realize that they cannot simply crank those things out.
If you want something instantaneous , get something from China.
I have no issues with the turnaround time.
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We pull ours down after every time we use them . Too many Shi*theads and they will shot them up
I had mine with 2 - 3 months - Lucky I guess
I bought a SM system when it first came out, and think it's an incredible shooting accessory. Load development at distance, teaching new shooters, calling out your buddies, crisp waterline elevations, side matches, practice, it does it all!
I've got two systems, and I have two neighbors that have one each, we can get together and shoot multiple distances from one firing point. I RO at local PRS matches, and bring my systems out for people to check zeros/dope on. Some shooters had never seen the system, and were amazed that it existed for everyday shooters.
I made up a modular bracket system that uses machined corner brackets to mount the sensors, and uses 3/4" conduit. This allows a light weight system that you can transport and set up in the field. I can make a frame 10'x10' in place. It uses blaze orange panels I get sewn up at a local colony from material used for wind socks. As you can see it takes a lot of hits, even the paracord has taken a direct hit and hasn't failed. Using the tent string adjusters, you can centre the panel in the mechanical centre of the frame with 1/16 shock cord stretched corner to corner. The small fabric panels don't have the 'sail' effect, that having a 4'x4' or even bigger target made from plywood or coroplast. All the Shotmarker needs is a rigid mount for the sensors, and an aiming mark in the middle. I've got 6", 12" and 18" panels.
This is an approximately 7 foot square frame at 750 yards with a 6" aiming mark.
This is an 8' tall, 10' wide frame we set up at 1385 yards, with the 6.5 PRC's of my neighbors coming in at above the 1250fps speed required for triggering the sensors, the aiming mark is 18". We had a steel plate set up about 50 feet to the left. My neighbors want to shoot a target at 1 mile, and beyond, and this is the workup to that endeavor.
This is the aiming panel of a system I setup at the Pancake Lake PRS match in August. I think there was 70 competitors, not everyone shot the SM system, but the amount of hits shows how durable the panels are. I think they're $5 for a 6", and the 18" is $11 or something.
I made this tablet box with that plastic trim board, I don't know what it's called, I have a dewalt battery with a USB adaptor on it, that powers the tablet and the access point. The battery and the access point are secure behind the tablet. The box cuts down on glare, and when I have it on a bench, I can adjust it for optimal viewing. It worked out fantastic that I could sit in the shade of the SxS and spot for the competitors. Taped on the windshield in front of the tablet box, is a laminated sheet with the instructions to bring up the access point, so people could watch in real time what was happening.
Here's some gratuitous bragging, .300 PRC Timberwolf at 1100 yards, 225 ELDM's. The grey circle is 3" diameter for reference.
These are the actual hits that are shown in the screen shot above.
To say I'm a fan of the Shotmarker is an understatement!!!
I've got two systems, and I have two neighbors that have one each, we can get together and shoot multiple distances from one firing point. I RO at local PRS matches, and bring my systems out for people to check zeros/dope on. Some shooters had never seen the system, and were amazed that it existed for everyday shooters.
I made up a modular bracket system that uses machined corner brackets to mount the sensors, and uses 3/4" conduit. This allows a light weight system that you can transport and set up in the field. I can make a frame 10'x10' in place. It uses blaze orange panels I get sewn up at a local colony from material used for wind socks. As you can see it takes a lot of hits, even the paracord has taken a direct hit and hasn't failed. Using the tent string adjusters, you can centre the panel in the mechanical centre of the frame with 1/16 shock cord stretched corner to corner. The small fabric panels don't have the 'sail' effect, that having a 4'x4' or even bigger target made from plywood or coroplast. All the Shotmarker needs is a rigid mount for the sensors, and an aiming mark in the middle. I've got 6", 12" and 18" panels.
This is an approximately 7 foot square frame at 750 yards with a 6" aiming mark.
This is an 8' tall, 10' wide frame we set up at 1385 yards, with the 6.5 PRC's of my neighbors coming in at above the 1250fps speed required for triggering the sensors, the aiming mark is 18". We had a steel plate set up about 50 feet to the left. My neighbors want to shoot a target at 1 mile, and beyond, and this is the workup to that endeavor.
This is the aiming panel of a system I setup at the Pancake Lake PRS match in August. I think there was 70 competitors, not everyone shot the SM system, but the amount of hits shows how durable the panels are. I think they're $5 for a 6", and the 18" is $11 or something.
I made this tablet box with that plastic trim board, I don't know what it's called, I have a dewalt battery with a USB adaptor on it, that powers the tablet and the access point. The battery and the access point are secure behind the tablet. The box cuts down on glare, and when I have it on a bench, I can adjust it for optimal viewing. It worked out fantastic that I could sit in the shade of the SxS and spot for the competitors. Taped on the windshield in front of the tablet box, is a laminated sheet with the instructions to bring up the access point, so people could watch in real time what was happening.
Here's some gratuitous bragging, .300 PRC Timberwolf at 1100 yards, 225 ELDM's. The grey circle is 3" diameter for reference.
These are the actual hits that are shown in the screen shot above.
To say I'm a fan of the Shotmarker is an understatement!!!
