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  1. @4:08 You said you haven't changed your settings yet on the Labradar and you got a reading from the hunting rifle. That explains why you didn't get a reading from the pistol earlier — the Labradar has selectable speed ranges (handgun, rifle, archery) that correspond to 600 fps to 1600 fps, 1600 fps to 3900 fps, and 66 fps to 600 fps, respectively. You also need to set the distance between the barrel and Labradar correctly (6", 12", 18").

  2. I've never seen an issue with accuracy on my magneto speed…. If you are cherry picking groups yes but over a significant sample size I have not personally seen a shift.

  3. Remington used to manufacture these for .30-06. If I remember correctly, it is very hard to get accurate results from these saboted bullets. Also, be aware that they may be illegal in some areas because they do not create ballistic marks on the bullet.

  4. I HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR YOU:
    3D print a sabot for .50BMG and put a 7.62mm bullet in the sabot, the most long, graceful, smooth, streamlined, boat-tailed bullet (solid copper if you can get it) in the universe.

    You will need smaller-grain powder to make sure the burn keeps up with the speed of the projectile, or you will be chucking lots of unburned cordite out the end of your barrel due to the mv being over a mile per second. Use cordite tuned in grain size for a 15-20 inch barrel. You will NOT build up excessive chamber pressure, because the super-light sabot and bullet will move far down the barrel much faster than a much-fatter and much-heavier .50BMG.

    Heck, step right up and put it in a 48" barrel actual .50BMG barrel!

    Don't worry about insufficient bullet stability, as the bullet at 5280fps will be turning FAR faster than the normal .50 BMG round!

    Maybe use a mix of normal, large-grain .50BMG powder and smaller-grain shorter-barrel powder.

    Will you originate and execute the world's first 1 MILE PER SECOND challenge?

    Imagine the insane accuracy of a bullet that crosses 1000 yards in about 0.6 seconds. You may need a specially-shaped super-long-ogive bullet to ensure you comply with area rule better than a normal-ogive bullet.

    Imagine a bullet that, if fired straight level, will only fall 62.5 inches in 1000 yards.

    A benchrest-shooting revolution!

    That is approximately 108,000 g forces of acceleration. You may need a super-rigid alloy for the bullet

    You will only have 0.00075 seconds to burn the entire powder charge if you want it burned entirely by about halfway up the barrel.. What powders do you know that will burn at that rate?

    The FACT is that two-mile sniping is only not done because people have been too lazy to advance the science, just like we could have had 747's in the garden of Eden, but, alas.

  5. i usually testfire with my springer air rifle to be sure that the chronograph is working. if a labradar needs more sound use a 22lr.
    when you have limited amounts of handloads to test you dont want errors, and when you test the expensive cartridges.

  6. Er Bulletseeker? It’s awesome, clips to your rifle, and talks to your phone via Bluetooth, non of that tripod stand and no external trigger either. Oh and if you’re interested it will work on an indoor range. You could probably clip it to a pistol as well.

  7. The craziest cartridge and bullet combo i have seen and so wanted to try was a .50BMG cartridge with a sabot .30 caliber bullet of about 230 grain weight. The estimated velocity was about 5050-5150fps if i remember correctly.

  8. Concerning accuracy testing and velocity testing at the same time with the Magneto Speed or Sporter. Yes you can, you can buy system to mount them via a picatinny or arca rail on the stock of the rifle. So, you see no POI change. I bought one of the first models out, but it was rather bulky. I, then, built a few of them which are rather lightweight and not bulky at all.

  9. I laughed when your LabRadar didn't read. Those things are SO finicky. Biggest waste of money I've put into my channel. Sure it can work if you carefully dial everything in, but it's too finicky for my time.

  10. Dude I’m sorry your wrong. I get my .204 ruger hand loads to 5,000 all the time. Been doing this for years. And your making a bullet to go that fast in a expensive way. Why not just max your .204 out and get 5,000 feet a second Hahahha

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