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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote trigger29 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/01/2016 at 09:23
In all honesty...... you probably wouldn't regret it.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Steelbenz Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/01/2016 at 09:56
I will give one negative on the magnetospeed and how I know you don't want to shoot groups with it is I was working up a H4350 load for my 6.5CM and shot groups while having the bayonet attached. Got a 5 shot group that was .3 MOA, had ES of 26 and a SD of 9. Felt like that was "The Load" and loaded up some more. Shot it at 500 yards, now without the magnetospeed and had 2 MOA vertical stringing group. Checked the load again with the chrono and yup same 2708fps with an SD of 8. The bayonet changed the barrel harmonics that much.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Alan Robertson Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/01/2016 at 10:44
Hunt with your magnetospeed attached.
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I never hunt with that rifle. Just my ARs.
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Alan, for some reason your comment cracked me up Excellent
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I'm going to do it...

Seemed like a good idea...

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Bigdaddy0381 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/03/2016 at 08:28
so your getting a radar huh.... It will help A LOT when you start loading for all those AR's you have.

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Originally posted by Bigdaddy0381 Bigdaddy0381 wrote:

so your getting a radar huh.... It will help A LOT when you start loading for all those AR's you have.

hunting with the magnetospeed...

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But, I like radar...
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Jason and I tried the radar with his suppressed .338 Lapua. Just got all kinds of funky numbers in terms of BC measured.  Looks like a good loud BANG is the best way to trigger the radar to get muzzle velocities. Will need to repeat with the muzzle brake and use ear muffs and ear plugs and warn the county that the noise they hear is not artillery.Nuke
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote nralifer Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/12/2016 at 06:45
One thing about the radar, it eats up a lot of batteries.  We got a rechargeable  Pocket Juice battery pack from Walmart for about $25 and were able to run the radar for 4 hrs straight and only used 25% of the power on that pack. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Kickboxer Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November/12/2016 at 09:39
Originally posted by nralifer nralifer wrote:

Jason and I tried the radar with his suppressed .338 Lapua. Just got all kinds of funky numbers in terms of BC measured.  Looks like a good loud BANG is the best way to trigger the radar to get muzzle velocities. Will need to repeat with the muzzle brake and use ear muffs and ear plugs and warn the county that the noise they hear is not artillery.Nuke

As I stated earlier in this, using a microphone for a trigger initiation is an art… we spend hours adjusting ours (a little play on words there) at every test.  Angles required for max efficiency change due to atmospheric conditions, minor changes in systems locations, etc.  It should be possible to adjust the mic so that your trigger functions properly even with a suppressor (more difficult using subsonic ammo)… OR, you can just go to unsuppressed and save some time and effort, but you lose all the fun of experimentation… and that doesn't give you data about what is happening when suppressed.  You are getting reflected and diminished sound on exit which could create multiple triggers, and if subsonic you are not getting the sound barrier "pop".  Definitely more of a challenge.  Not sure what testing suppressed will buy you, other than the sheer joy of testing things…  
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Thanks for your comment, KickboxerExcellent  Very illuminating (no pun intended). Looks like we will need to use Jason's Lapua with the muzzle brake and hope it does not blow the radar off the table.
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