Can you borrow your friends Labradar or go to the range with him? I have one and it sits in the garage 99.99% of the time. They're nice to have but not really something you end up using that often.
I don’t understand comments like this. I’ve owned my Labradar for three years and use it a minimum of twice a month. Zero issues with it, it does what I purchased it for. It replaced an Oehler M33 I used for thirty years, the M33 was no more reliable for me and of course was a royal pain to set up. The Labradar is dead nuts easy and is hardly “delicate”. The ability to save ammo by shooting for both group and velocity at the same time put it ahead of the clamp-on devices, particularly in today’s world of terrible component availability.
The only modifications I’ve made were a cheap tripod - a $20 rechargeable 20,000 mAh battery velcroed to it (one charge lasts at least three trips to the range) - and an SD memory card. No need for an aftermarket “sight” to align the unit to the target, the factory notch works fine with my eyes anyway.
I find the downrange velocities are handy to determine the
actual BC of my bullets at my velocities - some BCs are close to what the maker states, some are not. Of course like any chronograph the Labradar does have some limitations, which a potential buyer must understand prior to purchasing one.
The Labradar isn’t for everyone. I guess that some folks are too lazy to learn how new technology works, are clumsy, or just don’t care much about ballistic data. No harm in that, and a more simple chrono is better for them. But then I wonder why they spent the money on the Labradar….
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