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  1. Varminterror

    Precision Rifle Gear Chronograph Testing: Gun Mount vs. Static

    Lol, thanks! I am really hopeful that all of these results can come in handy to help folks make decisions on how to spend their money. My “helper” is my son, he’ll be glad to hear someone say he looked 13, since he was only 11 at the time. A lot easier to take photos and keep all of the gear...
  2. Varminterror

    Precision Rifle Gear Chronograph Testing: Gun Mount vs. Static

    Not more ES, but greater difference in velocity, as the rifle's rearward acceleration during dwell time would be greater, and resulting velocity of the rifle, opposing the bullet velocity, greater. I'm planning another dataset with a higher recoil velocity rifle in the next few weeks for that...
  3. Varminterror

    ELR

    Bat Machine action Manners LRT2 stock Bartlein barrel TriggerTech Diamond Terminator T5 375 Cheytac 400grn Lazers Peterson Brass H50BMG Fed 215M’s Nightforce ATACR 7-35x Accutac HD-50 with Ski feet RyanCheneyELR Endgame bag If you can’t do it with that, it isn’t the rifle.
  4. Varminterror

    ELR

    Best advice I can offer is to NOT try to reinvent the wheel, and to NOT try to force any gear/rifle/cartridge which isn’t already placing at or winning matches into ELR service. There are few things which are less productive than showing up to the Indy 500 in a Minivan, and showing up to an ELR...
  5. Varminterror

    Seekins HIT Long Action!?

    I’m waiting for a peek at the 338 LM.
  6. Varminterror

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

    Generally, for the optical chronographs on the market over the last few decades, this has been the standard for performance. The problem largely lies in the reality we're living in 2025, which has "advanced units" being released on the market, and the fact manufacturers are issuing...
  7. Varminterror

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

    Buckle up, ski bunnies, we're going on a trip. I think the firmware updates have partially fixed the offsets I experienced, and I hope future firmware updates completely eliminate them. My first few days on the line with the Athlons against other brands saw teens to 20's high or low, on every...
  8. Varminterror

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

    @Turkeytider - Addressing your 2 posts here based on the 2 posed or implied questions: 1) How has Athlon responded to these results? 2) Can the Athlon work for some shooters as it is? I'll try to be succinct as possible here: 1) How has Athlon responded to my results? First off, reiterating...
  9. Varminterror

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

    I can state directly, and have shared the datasets publicly, which suggest both consistency and accuracy compared to the other brands is a problem for the 3 Athlon units I have used, 2 of which have been tested for thousands of rounds side by side with multiple units of the other brands. About...
  10. Varminterror

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

    This has been a relatively common, recurring experience for me, after several sessions repeating side by side comparisons for hundreds of rounds. “Kind of interfering” doesn’t happen in this partial fashion - at least for the adjacent radars. Either we have co-channel interference or we don’t...
  11. Varminterror

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

    That is the correct app. In the “hamburger” menu at top right, you can select “connect device,” and go through a couple steps (within the settings app to connect to the device via Bluetooth, and through the Athlon Ballistics app) to connect the device to your phone. Once connected, again in the...
  12. Varminterror

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

    The communicated "precision" for the Garmins, as well as the LabRadar LX's and the Athlons, is supposed to be +/-0.1% for rifle cartridges (I'm not terribly certain why the precision specification would quadruple for slower projectiles, other than a potential for lower integrity frequency shift...
  13. Varminterror

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

    I'm sorry - I wasn't very clear before - the 1.0.74 is the app version on the phone, but within the manage device tab, looking at the DEVICE firmware itself, the app will show the firmware version installed on the chronograph, 1.40.XX.X Two of my Athlon units had issues with notably high...
  14. Varminterror

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

    What is the firmware version displayed in your app (not on the unit itself)?
  15. Varminterror

    Long range build advice

    Direct thread. QD on the brake mount is ok, but not as repeatable as the DT.
  16. Varminterror

    Sturm Ruger has bought Anderson Manufacturing

    Eh, that's really just a way of letting Anderson dealers which suddenly can't deal the product any longer remain a resource for their consumers. The vendors won't be able to provide warranty work or replacement Anderson parts, but they'll be able to provide service and parts from whatever other...
  17. Varminterror

    Long range build advice

    Much easier to start from this position with a 338 Lapua. That can be rebarreled to 300 Norma any time thereafter, but will be easier to feed out of the gate as a 338 Lapua.
  18. Varminterror

    Long range build advice

    My ELR Heavy rifle is a 36" Bartlein with a 1.7" shank on a 1.75" Bat Model L in a Manners LRT-2 chambered in 375 Cheytac. It's 38lbs all in (Ko2M legal). I'm finishing up my ELR Light Rifle on a Bat CT action and 1.4" shank 30" Bartlein chambered for 300 Norma in a Manners F-Class. My ELR Tac...
  19. Varminterror

    Long range build advice

    ...... As I stated, his build list looks like a PRS rifle build list, just in a long action magnum cartridge... So if he's not talking about PRS matches and doesn't respectively need a PRS rifle, his build list shouldn't look quite so much like a PRS rifle... We can shoot long distance and ELR...
  20. Varminterror

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

    Placing the unit "a couple feet from the barrel" is definitely outside of spec for the unit. They'll often pick up shots wider than the 5-15" (or 4-10") specs state, but of course, we're risking more cross-fire capture the wider is the beam.
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