VenomBallistics
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I added an Athlon Optics Rangecraft radar chrono to the range bag.
IN the course of testing ammo in a newly overhauled 10/22, it seemed as good a time as any to get aquatinted with it.
Setup is simple. Turn it on, create a new session, set it next to your rifle, and start spreading metal. Creating sessions for each load takes only a bit longer than a mag change, so it's easy to live with through the load development process.
It's remarkably reliable. Out of some 200 rounds fired, it missed nothing.
As a standalone device, it's a proper piece of range kit. It's easy, intuitive and unobtrusive. There's no real reason not to use it.
But wait... There's more
There's an app for that.
Results from your sessions can be imported into the Athlon Optics ballistic app where the numbers get crunched and nifty range cards are generated.
Lovely right?
Yes... It does work, however this process is not as simple or intuitive as it's standalone use.
Bluetooth pairing, connecting, data transfer and the file creation is a bit bothersome.
You fill in the technical specs of your rifle, then create a load under that rifle, plugging in all it specs before connecting to the Rangecraft, syncing it's data, taking your best guess what session is correct, importing that data to overwrite the information you had to plug in manually to create the load, then render the results.
Yeah ... That part...
It's nowhere near as elegant as it's standalone use.
Of all the individual sessions fired, I only bothered to import three of the most accurate. Perhaps a future version of the app will be less clumsy. But again, as a standalone device, it's everything you ever wanted in such an instrument without risking blowing holes in it.
IN the course of testing ammo in a newly overhauled 10/22, it seemed as good a time as any to get aquatinted with it.
Setup is simple. Turn it on, create a new session, set it next to your rifle, and start spreading metal. Creating sessions for each load takes only a bit longer than a mag change, so it's easy to live with through the load development process.
It's remarkably reliable. Out of some 200 rounds fired, it missed nothing.
As a standalone device, it's a proper piece of range kit. It's easy, intuitive and unobtrusive. There's no real reason not to use it.
But wait... There's more
There's an app for that.
Results from your sessions can be imported into the Athlon Optics ballistic app where the numbers get crunched and nifty range cards are generated.
Lovely right?
Yes... It does work, however this process is not as simple or intuitive as it's standalone use.
Bluetooth pairing, connecting, data transfer and the file creation is a bit bothersome.
You fill in the technical specs of your rifle, then create a load under that rifle, plugging in all it specs before connecting to the Rangecraft, syncing it's data, taking your best guess what session is correct, importing that data to overwrite the information you had to plug in manually to create the load, then render the results.
Yeah ... That part...
It's nowhere near as elegant as it's standalone use.
Of all the individual sessions fired, I only bothered to import three of the most accurate. Perhaps a future version of the app will be less clumsy. But again, as a standalone device, it's everything you ever wanted in such an instrument without risking blowing holes in it.
