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Precision Rifle Gear New Athlon Rangecraft Chronograph-Garmin Xero Killer?

I tried e-mailing them and they got back to me saying it was an issue with the app and that I should keep an eye out for updates. It turns out they actually released an update of the app today and I installed it. Even with the update I still can't sync. I also tried uninstalling, reinstalling, and getting by phone's bluetooth to "forget" the device. I still have the same issue.
I e-mailed them back about it. They said they will call me about it tomorrow. Anyway, at least they are responsive if you e-mail them.
I also tried to see if I could install the app on my wife's computer. It isn't compatible with the app, unfortunately.

It seems like this is a big headache for them. They accidentally copied me on an e-mail where the person responding to their generic contact e-mail wrote, "Oh boy..." to the senior marketing manager in response to me telling them the sync didn't work after the update. Lol.

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OMG, that is hilarious. The number of periods........ I can feel his frustration.

I have to feel for gun companies when it comes to apps. In almost all cases these apps are contracted by the gun company with a third party software company and these software companies seem to have a very silicon value standard for performance and reliability. This standard is quite noticeably variant from that of the firearms industry where a malfunction of the industries namesake product often has fatal consequences. I don't think I have yet reviewed a product that had an associated software app that did not have some pretty major bugs in it. At this point, that is quite a lot of products and apps to have such a universally unimpressive software track record. I'll admit that when I an reviewing a product that has an app but does not require that app for it's function, such as a chronograph, I tend to put off that part of the review until near the end of the process as I so far have with the Athlon chrono. Apps are never my favorite part of a review and I feel for those in the industry who I can imagine have a substantially more unpleasant time with them than I do.
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ICE protest in Spokane WA

Saw that on the news. Apparently, they are slashing truck tires, spitting on cops and doing the usual. The mayor and city council are firmly communist. It looks like they are dreaming of spreading this crap over to CDA this weekend. Standing in the interstate up here will pretty much guarantee a quick and painful death unless the state patrol plans on helping the hate groups.

Yeah. They tried this shit a while ago in CDA. It didn't go well.