For several months I had been trying to decide between a Labradar and a magneto speed. At the time I didn’t have a tripod and need one for my rifle and other optics. Regardless of the chronograph I had to get a good tripod so that was not considered as a cost for the Labradar, where I shoot I had to have a tripod to use it and considering the cost of the labradar and the wind where I’m at, it was not going to be a $50 tripod. So I ordered one of the PVA comp 40 tripods which has not came in yet.
All that being said after reading several labradar vs magneto speed on here this was the conclusion I came up with:
- labradar is delicate and has to be handled somewhat carfully
-labradar has is finicky when aiming and does not have a good way to aim it
-magneto speed very reliable and durable
-magneto speed needs a mount or it can affect poi
-magneto speed is a huge supporter of the sport and Ryan Hey is an awesome guy.
Ok so I dwelled on all of the above and if I was going to get magneto speed I wanted a mount for it, so basically the cost would be pretty close to equal between MS v3 and labradar. Long story short I rolled the dice and went with the labradar, I say rolled the dice because in my opinion the aiming issues were the only thing that I could not decide if it was user issue or product issue. Everything on the MS works, no doubt and with the labradar there were mix reports. I had used a MS before and knew they worked and very easy to use.
I’ve had the labradar for a few weeks now but was unable to use it because the PVA tripod has not shipped yet. I finally decided I was going to figure out a way to try the labradar but no one I knew had a tripod handy and the wind was blowing +20 mph where I was so I wanted it secure. Well this is the solution I figured out
I was at my father and laws house and he had a Dillon vibratory case cleaner, which the screw that holds the lid was the correct size for the labradar so I decided to try it but knew aiming was gonna be a pain and probably would have trouble.
Well I used the notch to aim it at a target at 100 yds. If it didn’t pick up the shots I wasn’t too worried because I was just really trying it out and this was my varmint gun shooting factory ammo, so I wasn’t trying to collect any data.
First shot, read 3100 FPS and every shot I took, it picked up perfectly. Was using the trigger for activation. So using a less than ideal setup and factory aiming notch I was able to get the unit to pick up with only about 1-2 minute of set up time.
This is only one time using it but the issue that had me the most worried about using it was a non-issue. It should be even much less of an issue when I have the PVA tripod and RRS leveling head setup in hand. I wanted to write this because I have seen countless threads and YouTube videos about how the labradar is a piece of junk because you can’t aim it and it won’t pick up shots, yes they should have a better way to aim it but for me it was not an issue. Hopefully my opinion stays the same, I will update the thread when I get to use it more which should be soon because I have two rifles coming back from the smith soon with two barrels each in 6.5cm and 22cm to do load work up on.
All that being said after reading several labradar vs magneto speed on here this was the conclusion I came up with:
- labradar is delicate and has to be handled somewhat carfully
-labradar has is finicky when aiming and does not have a good way to aim it
-magneto speed very reliable and durable
-magneto speed needs a mount or it can affect poi
-magneto speed is a huge supporter of the sport and Ryan Hey is an awesome guy.
Ok so I dwelled on all of the above and if I was going to get magneto speed I wanted a mount for it, so basically the cost would be pretty close to equal between MS v3 and labradar. Long story short I rolled the dice and went with the labradar, I say rolled the dice because in my opinion the aiming issues were the only thing that I could not decide if it was user issue or product issue. Everything on the MS works, no doubt and with the labradar there were mix reports. I had used a MS before and knew they worked and very easy to use.
I’ve had the labradar for a few weeks now but was unable to use it because the PVA tripod has not shipped yet. I finally decided I was going to figure out a way to try the labradar but no one I knew had a tripod handy and the wind was blowing +20 mph where I was so I wanted it secure. Well this is the solution I figured out
I was at my father and laws house and he had a Dillon vibratory case cleaner, which the screw that holds the lid was the correct size for the labradar so I decided to try it but knew aiming was gonna be a pain and probably would have trouble.
Well I used the notch to aim it at a target at 100 yds. If it didn’t pick up the shots I wasn’t too worried because I was just really trying it out and this was my varmint gun shooting factory ammo, so I wasn’t trying to collect any data.
First shot, read 3100 FPS and every shot I took, it picked up perfectly. Was using the trigger for activation. So using a less than ideal setup and factory aiming notch I was able to get the unit to pick up with only about 1-2 minute of set up time.
This is only one time using it but the issue that had me the most worried about using it was a non-issue. It should be even much less of an issue when I have the PVA tripod and RRS leveling head setup in hand. I wanted to write this because I have seen countless threads and YouTube videos about how the labradar is a piece of junk because you can’t aim it and it won’t pick up shots, yes they should have a better way to aim it but for me it was not an issue. Hopefully my opinion stays the same, I will update the thread when I get to use it more which should be soon because I have two rifles coming back from the smith soon with two barrels each in 6.5cm and 22cm to do load work up on.