Athlon Rangecraft Velocity Pro Radar

[PhilC]

Just a comment on accuracy: I think the optical chronograph design is accurate as long as they are setup with the sky screens and in appropriate lighting conditions. I have used a CED optical for many years with excellent results. At onetime I got lazy and quit setting up the sky screens—I got low velocity readings every now and then without the sky screens.

Recently, a friend and I ran his Garmin and my CED simultaneously with results being +/- 7FPS while shooting a 243.


The Garmin wins every time on Convenience and Data Transfer, but does not seem to offer any accuracy improvements over a properly setup optical chronograph.

The biggest problem with the optical is the data could be inaccurate without being immediately apparent-with the Garmin you either get an accurate reading or no reading.

Yes, I want a Garmin type.

Ordered an Athlon and is scheduled to arrive Thursday. Have a CED M2 I use at home all the time. When I have time will compare the two. Only reason I decided to get an Athlon was because I can't use my CED at the range and there are times I wonder if a load issue caused a flier.

There are a couple good threads comparing Garmin to Athlon at AccurateShooter, my take away is the difference between their performance and accuracy is negligible. I won't be using a phone so any interface issues are moot for me.

[jsizemore]

I want to point out to folks that FX had a small doppler radar chronograph before Garmin. You had to get one for air rifle and another for centerfire rifle.