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Author:  Daryl [ Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:01 pm ]
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I saw a Garmin chronograph unit at Corlanes in town around noon today. About $800.00 Cdn.
What a lightweight unit. Fellow there said he's read a bunch of reports and it is very tough unit.
It's very light weight too, and will need an attached weight if inside a muzzle-break's blast zone.
I expect an air rifle's muzzle break will not move it. This Garmin chronograph will fit into a pocket
easily.
It's chargeable with an included cord. Pretty cool unit.
The big red chronograph, the Lab Radar was on the counter for about $900.00 to $1,000.00.
Author:  grantmac [ Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:54 pm ]
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95% of the shots I take are positional. Can't do that over a screen type (which I have).
These can be mounted on the shooter side of the muzzle. Some PRS shooters have them mounted under or beside the barrel for practice.
$800 isn't bad, they are much better at picking up shots than the Labradar which needs an external mic for anything subsonic.
Author:  Penage Guy [ Sat Dec 09, 2023 10:07 am ]
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The Garmin Xero C1 chronograph seems to be the cat's meow. It's based on doppler radar and is very accurate. The unit is small (about 3" X 2.4" X 1.4") with a small tripod. It has a rechargeable battery and sets up simply beside the barrel. There's no shooting over optical sensors. It detects projectiles from arrows to pellets and .22LR to centerfire.

On CGN a lot of Labradar and Magnetospeed chronies have been put up for sale in recent weeks with many shooters switching over to the new Garmin. I've got one arriving next week and expect it to replace the ProChrono DLX blue tooth chrony I've been using and liking.

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Author:  Daryl [ Sat Dec 09, 2023 1:14 pm ]
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I looked at one of those the other day at Corlanes, in town here. Very nice, extremely light weight and $800.00.
P Guy, wondering how much yours was?
The stats say up to 5,000fps. That will "just" cover my .17Rem. with 15gr. Bergers.
Author:  Penage Guy [ Sat Dec 09, 2023 8:19 pm ]
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Daryl, I expect the Garmin chronographs will be the same price across the country. I haven't seen any price variation between dealers who have them or expect them.
Author:  Daryl [ Sat Dec 09, 2023 10:33 pm ]
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Tks - was curious.
Author:  Penage Guy [ Sun Dec 10, 2023 10:54 am ]
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My Garmin Xero was delivered today. It's quite compact.

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Author:  diananike [ Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:33 am ]
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I’ll be switching to a Garmin in the spring.
Fingers crossed they drop a bit in price by then.
800$ is pretty steep. My Caldwell cost me 150$ plus about 20$ for the led light strips for indoor use.
I think the main selling feature for the Garmin is you can set it up beside the gun and easily shoot groups at the same time as chrony testing. It’s a real bear to do that with a conventional chrony.
I reload a lot of centerfire ammunition so it will be amazingly handy.
Author:  Rob27 [ Thu Feb 08, 2024 4:29 pm ]
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[quote="Penage Guy"]My Garmin Xero was delivered today. It's quite compact.

I have a question about the Garmin Xero:
Everything that I have read about it sounds great but my question is if it will work at short distance.
What I mean is that when I am testing for speed I am often shooting into a pellet catcher just a few feet away. Will the Xero work or does it need to track the pellet farther down range?

Thanks,
Rob27
Author:  Daryl [ Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:47 pm ]
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As I understand them, they give readings from the muzzle, out to the distance you are shooting, so you can figure an accurate ballistic coefficient.
diananike, I have been shooting groups over light screen chronographs since the mid 1970's. NP 0 But- I-too am thinking I need the Garmin to go
along with the 3 other chronographs I already have. The cheapest of those, was the Caldwell.
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