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Magnetospeed sporter?
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<blockquote data-quote="pheerles" data-source="post: 1878563" data-attributes="member: 112089"><p>I have both a Magnetospeed Sporter, and a Labradar. Both need slight modifications to work for my use cases. </p><p></p><p>The Sporter needs some angled standoffs for sporter contoured barrels. I had a bayonet strike and a replacement cost $80. I used this on a Henry lever action rifle (Long Ranger), so I did not have anything to attach a pic rail to. Thankfully I did not have a tube magazine to obstruct the mounting straps. With that said, the Magnetospeed worked fine. It is a little finicky, as the bullet's path of travel has to be parallel with the front/rear sensors, and between 1/16" and 1/8" away. On a tapered barrel it gets pretty annoying, as it can move around after a shot if you don't have the hand strength to really tighten that sucker down like it owed you money.</p><p></p><p>The Labradar requires a tripod, and I also installed a MK Machining sight aperature, and use a Piet recoil trigger. This makes it all rock solid. My 338LM has a MBM 5 port Beast brake on it, but my barrel is 26" and I keep the radar right in front of me on the left side of the rifle, about 12-18" behind the line of the muzzle. No issues with muzzle blast, as you can even place the whole unit 6 feet away as long as you use the recoil trigger and aim the radar correctly. The only problem I have is a very slight overestimate of velocities. Consistently it is 15-25fps higher than the Magnetospeed readings.</p><p></p><p>I believe the Magnetospeed to be the most accurate for MV. And I believe the Labradar would be most accurate for downrange velocities and to confirm BC in conjunction with drop data.</p><p></p><p>Those are my .002"</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pheerles, post: 1878563, member: 112089"] I have both a Magnetospeed Sporter, and a Labradar. Both need slight modifications to work for my use cases. The Sporter needs some angled standoffs for sporter contoured barrels. I had a bayonet strike and a replacement cost $80. I used this on a Henry lever action rifle (Long Ranger), so I did not have anything to attach a pic rail to. Thankfully I did not have a tube magazine to obstruct the mounting straps. With that said, the Magnetospeed worked fine. It is a little finicky, as the bullet's path of travel has to be parallel with the front/rear sensors, and between 1/16" and 1/8" away. On a tapered barrel it gets pretty annoying, as it can move around after a shot if you don't have the hand strength to really tighten that sucker down like it owed you money. The Labradar requires a tripod, and I also installed a MK Machining sight aperature, and use a Piet recoil trigger. This makes it all rock solid. My 338LM has a MBM 5 port Beast brake on it, but my barrel is 26" and I keep the radar right in front of me on the left side of the rifle, about 12-18" behind the line of the muzzle. No issues with muzzle blast, as you can even place the whole unit 6 feet away as long as you use the recoil trigger and aim the radar correctly. The only problem I have is a very slight overestimate of velocities. Consistently it is 15-25fps higher than the Magnetospeed readings. I believe the Magnetospeed to be the most accurate for MV. And I believe the Labradar would be most accurate for downrange velocities and to confirm BC in conjunction with drop data. Those are my .002" Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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