Which chronograph?

[mad max78]

I really like my MS. I only use it at the very end of my load development. Once my accuracy is where i want it. I slap the MS on to get the velocity. It takes about a minute to set up.I don't have to worry about cloud cover. Over the years, I have come to the conclusion that Velocity doesn't really matter to me anymore. The accuracy does. The price point is also a good selling feature.

 

[redryder]

I really like my MS. I only use it at the very end of my load development. Once my accuracy is where i want it. I slap the MS on to get the velocity. It takes about a minute to set up.I don't have to worry about cloud cover. Over the years, I have come to the conclusion that Velocity doesn't really matter to me anymore. The accuracy does. The price point is also a good selling feature.

Exactly. Same.

 

[6MT]

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[vultr]

I'm definitely no authority on reloading but I feel like if you're only looking at SD, ES and velocity at the end of load development you're doing it backwards. Or at least spending a lot of time and money barking up the wrong tree.

 

[Ruger007]

Ordered a Labradar. From CSC.

 

[Tikka223]

I gave up on my f1 and cant justify the price of a lab radar. anything hanging off the barrel makes no sense to me. I noticed the f1 was giving low readings wit certain rounds. I couldn't achieve the speeds I wanted, yet the rounds shot flatter than they were supposed to. I burnt out 2 barrels pre maturely pushing uber hot loads chasing velocity believing my f1. the shinier the bullet (nosler) the worse it gets. I started working up my accuracy load first, zero at exactly 100 yards then shoot at my 400 yard plate holding at the top edge. measure the drop. tell my ballistic app my drop and it spits out my speeds. all of a sudden things made sense.

Which App are you using that allows you to do this?

 

[Tikka223]

Question: while the MS may cause a small POI shift, anyone concerned about the affect on barrel harmonics while doing load development? If I bought a MS I would want to Chrony every shot while doing a ladder test but would be concerned having something big attached to the barrel could impact the ladder results down range.