Oehler 35 vs Magnetospeed V-3 ? which one

[zo6junki]

Hey guys ,need help picking another chrony kind of tossed up between these two but haven't used either one of them,or should i just stick with another caldwell.
Lent it to a friend and it didn't come home in good shape she's got a big hole in her.
Magnetospeed looks cool and i like the idea of not having to line it up 15 feet in front of me,but how does it work with 338 LM
Thanks in advance

[bsumoba]

i used my magneto with a 338 edge...no problems. i like the fact that i can put it on the barrel and not have to set it up downrange.

only drawback is if you like to load develop over a chrono because the V3 will change your barrel harmonics.

me, i load develop the most accurate load for the gun, then chrono it. the speed is what it is.

[ADAM]

Lab radar

[MarkInFolsom]

Lab radar

Except it's always "Coming Soon", vaporware

[stilly]

LoL. Yeah, Labradar is tops in my book, but magneto speed it excellent for not having to deal with the various lighting conditions, plus it can be ran at an indoor range with no issues. Well, as long as you can attach it to your gun anyways...

[bsumoba]

lab radar from the reviews has a hard time with certain calibers. just be sure to look at the reviews. not sure if they fixed it or not. the concept is great, but I'm done with being the gineau pig for new products like this.

[Carcassonne]

I have a 35P. The only thing I don't like is the printer always jams. I always have to adjust the paper tape after every shot. It does work otherwise. I bought mine in the late 1980's. Certain things set it off without a bullet flying past the sensors. Fluorescent lights and automotive key fobs will cause the unit to cycle. When it happens it usually shows 0000 fps. I wish they would make a unit that attaches to a laptop or tablet instead of the printer.

I just read a review on the lab radar. It appears you have to input the bullet weight or something like that. Seems like too much of a hassle. My 35P can read anything including plastic airsoft pellets.


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[JMP]

Is this thread some kind of joke?

The Oehler is in a different league from the magneto

[micro911]

I used the Ohler 35P. It is the best unit in my opinion.

[zo6junki]

Is this thread some kind of joke?

The Oehler is in a different league from the magneto

is there a reason why, i read a lot of the bullet and ammo manufacturers use the Oehler, i like the printer but also like the ease of the magnetospeed .
great reviews on both units if you know something about the Oehler please elaborate
thanks for the replies guys

[kcstott]

is there a reason why, i read a lot of the bullet and ammo manufacturers use the Oehler, i like the printer but also like the ease of the magnetospeed .
great reviews on both units if you know something about the Oehler please elaborate
thanks for the replies guys

Ok a little bit of accuracy VS precision lesson.

Most all Chronos claim a 5% error rating or accuracy rating and even Oehler claims the same number

But in terms of sensitivity, stability, and lack or erroneous reading the Oehler is tops. in the world of Chronos Oehler is the best hands down. everything else is a novelty

Now that said all you Chrono users out there can just slap a piece of tape over the last two digits, your velocity should read like this 27XX fps 29XX fps
because 5% of 3000 fps is 150 fps so recording the tens FPS is a waste of energy

[stilly]

Ok a little bit of accuracy VS precision lesson.

Most all Chronos claim a 5% error rating or accuracy rating and even Oehler claims the same number

But in terms of sensitivity, stability, and lack or erroneous reading the Oehler is tops. in the world of Chronos Oehler is the best hands down. everything else is a novelty

Now that said all you Chrono users out there can just slap a piece of tape over the last two digits, your velocity should read like this 27XX fps 29XX fps
because 5% of 3000 fps is 150 fps so recording the tens FPS is a waste of energy

YEah, that is prolly as precise as you can get for telling the TRUTH and yeah, OEHLER is certainly a very good scientific chrono.

Too accurate for reloading I dare say...

I know that as a reloader, I wanted consistency and having a chrono that used sunlight only gave me issues being consistent. SO I decided that my next would be a labradar... Oehler? Please do not make me laugh. I will take a miligram measuring digital scale, but just give me something that shows me in the ballparka nd is fairly accurate, but at least WORKS and if I can get it to work inside with no issues, EVEN BETTER.

But yeah, Oehler is tops, I figured that was a given, so I decided to not answer that way. It means more to me to be able to test my rounds at the range indoors since I can not always go to stealea peakachu.

[kcstott]

I'm sorry but you shouldn't be working up nor testing loads at a public range.

And they make inferred screens for a reason.

Your scale idea well, yeah since everything is measured volumetricly anyway what's the difference.

I do hand weigh my match grade rifle ammo though.

[LynnJr]

The Oehler chronographs are the gold standard because of there proof channel.
They take 2 velocity readings not just one and if both readings are not similar it doesn't record it.
The accuracy is not 5% as was posted earlier.
1 FT 2 FT 4 FT 8 FT
1000 FPS 5 fps 3 fps 1 fps 1 fps
2000 FPS 10 fps 5 fps 3 fps 2 fps
3000 FPS 16 fps 8 fps 4 fps 2 fps
4000 FPS 21 fps 10 fps 5 fps 3 fps
This is the accuracy at the various screen spacings

[N21911S]

I used an Oehler 33 for more than 25 years. Great machine usually but can be influenced by muzzle blast and lighting conditions. The real problem was setting the screens at a public ranges. I got tired of that and bought a Magnetospeed Sportster. Haven't missed a shot since. I really like the ability to e-mail the results home from the range. But, you can't shoot groups with it. Tks, Bill