Garmin’s first miss!
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I just thought of something…
I have a plastic impact protector cover over it (don't remember the name) that may have caused some of the issue with the small bullets.
Again though, It has caught 100% of everything else…and that is A LOT of rounds since I bought it!
So… I'm still very happy with it!
I'll remove the cover when I try it on fast 22's next time.
I have a plastic impact protector cover over it (don't remember the name) that may have caused some of the issue with the small bullets.
Again though, It has caught 100% of everything else…and that is A LOT of rounds since I bought it!
So… I'm still very happy with it!
I'll remove the cover when I try it on fast 22's next time.
DustThroughaFan
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Mine has missed two shots to date since I've had it. Both .30 cal projectiles. Last outing, I fired ten shots and when I opened the app to review the data, I had two bonus shots. Not sure where they came from.
Citified
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Funny story. When I first got my Garmin and set it up, I thought it wasn't working. Finally realized it was pointed backwards! I am not normally technologically changed but on that day…. Never missed a shot since up to 4759 fps on my 22-250AI. Haven't used my Magnetospeed since I got it.
waspocrew
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Time to ditch it and go with the new Athlon!
JK - maybe it needs a software update. Mine runs flawlessly and has no issue picking up my 22 CM.
JK - maybe it needs a software update. Mine runs flawlessly and has no issue picking up my 22 CM.
I've had misses once in a while on my 270 WSM running 130's at 3300 fps but not often.
Yup!! I have a friend's do the same thing....update was the instant fix...
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The only time I've had it miss during a normal shoot is with a small bullet going fast…small and fast like a .17 hornet.
The only other misses were shooter induced error. I've moved the unit with muzzle blast…that caused an error. I've shot it on the mount, with a few misses but garmin came out and said it wasn't recoil rated. So that's that.
I've shot it on unstable platforms, where the recoil as moved the structure supporting the gun and the garmin, which has also made a few misses.
But never just regular shooting regular bullets in a usual manner. It's been real fine like.
The only other misses were shooter induced error. I've moved the unit with muzzle blast…that caused an error. I've shot it on the mount, with a few misses but garmin came out and said it wasn't recoil rated. So that's that.
I've shot it on unstable platforms, where the recoil as moved the structure supporting the gun and the garmin, which has also made a few misses.
But never just regular shooting regular bullets in a usual manner. It's been real fine like.
Homebrewer
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No shots missed on my 22 CM with 80gr Berger VLD's running 3495-3516 fps ES.
Idaho Trecker
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I've found the kryptonite to my garmin and another. The 270 cal 175 grain sierra gamechanger will not read no matter what I do. Shot past it no less than 20 shots and between 2 garmins I've had 1 reading total. Other than that it has never missed a shot. Not sure what it is about that bullet but it will not read 99% of the time.
That's the same anomaly I've experienced with 75 and 80 Eldm. Read 3 in 20 or so on two different trips.
It read 77 SMK a high percentage of times although not 100%.
Beautiful weather today so I went shoot another 45 rounds of 308 and 7mm-08 and, again it caught 100%
blksno
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considering they haven't had issues picking up .20 cal bullets at +4500 fps...I'd say it's an anomaly... you or your machine.
I've had no issue with 17, 20 or 22 cal bullets running between 4300 and 4800 fps. I did have one hiccup that I still haven't figured out where two shots were not showing up in the app on my iphone. I later discovered that they were showing on my ipad which was in the truck at the range but not turned on. Go figure.
