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LabRadar - tips and tricks to keep it from missing shots anyone?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike6158" data-source="post: 2824528" data-attributes="member: 1039"><p>Numbers from today's outing with the 7mag. The LabRadar collected all of the data points so that was nice. It didn't store them to the sim card but they are on my phone, not so nice. Arming / disarming with the phone worked every time. That's a handy feature.</p><p></p><p>With a little brute force (typing) I got everything into a spreadsheet. I don't know of this will be legible on all monitors. You will likely notice that there is a gap between 64.6gr and 66.7gr. Sticking with the 0.3 grain increments there are 6 charges that I didn't test. So, I'm not done with powder testing yet. I had one load, 67.0gr., that had an SD of 8.62, ES 16.12. The first charge ES is supposed to be 18.98 not 183.98. I just caught that. The results were not terrible. </p><p></p><p>4-ish gr spread with the missing loads falling in the 2nd third-ish. I'm going to load the orphans just to be sure I'm not missing a charge that's better than SD of 8.62.</p><p></p><p>I didn't take the .308 because I wanted to get an AR (.223) sighted in and tested with my Sandman-L. Having the .308 and the 7mm Rem Mag plus the AR would've been a pita if the range had been full. It turned out that I was the only one there for about 3 or 4 hours. The AR test went fine. If I put my Sandman-L on my .300 BLK the rounds go off target by a few feet left and 18" down. No baffle or end cap strikes. I used a Geissele alignment rod to check concentricity and that was fine. Sort of. Mike at Dead Air says it should have .020' clearance between the rod and end cap and it doesn't unless he meant .020" total. That's a problem for another thread.</p><p></p><p>I will add this... shooting suppressed then forgetting to put hearing protection on when shooting an AR or 7 mag will ring your bell big time. Do you know what they say about that? Don't do that. (I used to tell my kids that all the time lol).</p><p></p><p><img src="https://wildlightimagingstudio.com/img/s/v-10/p1668137462-4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Here's some shots from the range. It was cool, overcast, with occasional spotty rain. And I had it to myself. I shot one of my pistols when I was waiting for the rifle to cool down. And I always have my CZ457, suppressed with a Dead Air Mask, with me when I go. I shoot subs at 100. Most of the time I can see them arcing into the target in the scope. The little CZ has a nice trigger.</p><p>The big orange box is my battery pack. It might be a bit bigger than I need <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p><img src="https://wildlightimagingstudio.com/img/s/v-10/p1747290163-4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p><img src="https://wildlightimagingstudio.com/img/s/v-10/p1702841549-4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The little CZ quietly waiting it's turn</p><p></p><p><img src="https://wildlightimagingstudio.com/img/s/v-10/p1830477726-4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike6158, post: 2824528, member: 1039"] Numbers from today's outing with the 7mag. The LabRadar collected all of the data points so that was nice. It didn't store them to the sim card but they are on my phone, not so nice. Arming / disarming with the phone worked every time. That's a handy feature. With a little brute force (typing) I got everything into a spreadsheet. I don't know of this will be legible on all monitors. You will likely notice that there is a gap between 64.6gr and 66.7gr. Sticking with the 0.3 grain increments there are 6 charges that I didn't test. So, I'm not done with powder testing yet. I had one load, 67.0gr., that had an SD of 8.62, ES 16.12. The first charge ES is supposed to be 18.98 not 183.98. I just caught that. The results were not terrible. 4-ish gr spread with the missing loads falling in the 2nd third-ish. I'm going to load the orphans just to be sure I'm not missing a charge that's better than SD of 8.62. I didn't take the .308 because I wanted to get an AR (.223) sighted in and tested with my Sandman-L. Having the .308 and the 7mm Rem Mag plus the AR would've been a pita if the range had been full. It turned out that I was the only one there for about 3 or 4 hours. The AR test went fine. If I put my Sandman-L on my .300 BLK the rounds go off target by a few feet left and 18" down. No baffle or end cap strikes. I used a Geissele alignment rod to check concentricity and that was fine. Sort of. Mike at Dead Air says it should have .020' clearance between the rod and end cap and it doesn't unless he meant .020" total. That's a problem for another thread. I will add this... shooting suppressed then forgetting to put hearing protection on when shooting an AR or 7 mag will ring your bell big time. Do you know what they say about that? Don't do that. (I used to tell my kids that all the time lol). [IMG]https://wildlightimagingstudio.com/img/s/v-10/p1668137462-4.jpg[/IMG] Here's some shots from the range. It was cool, overcast, with occasional spotty rain. And I had it to myself. I shot one of my pistols when I was waiting for the rifle to cool down. And I always have my CZ457, suppressed with a Dead Air Mask, with me when I go. I shoot subs at 100. Most of the time I can see them arcing into the target in the scope. The little CZ has a nice trigger. The big orange box is my battery pack. It might be a bit bigger than I need :) [IMG]https://wildlightimagingstudio.com/img/s/v-10/p1747290163-4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://wildlightimagingstudio.com/img/s/v-10/p1702841549-4.jpg[/IMG] The little CZ quietly waiting it's turn [IMG]https://wildlightimagingstudio.com/img/s/v-10/p1830477726-4.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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