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I dumped my old LR for a Garmin because I missed a lot of shots with the old LR. At this point, the Garmin has been absolutely great for me, but I am intrigued by the Caldwells ability to generate BC. I'm curious, for any of you who have used it, does it really accurately give you true BC?
You can't measure velocity over a long enough range to get an accurate BC with a commercial radar system. Either use the box BC and tune your solution using measured drops or use something with AB's calculator and use a CDM. CDMs are produced with a much larger radar system that costs tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, and can track bullets to several hundred yards.

It's useful to provide a starting point for bullets that don't have a listed BC. I use my Labradar to calculate BC for cast bullets and it's reasonably close. It's not better than what's listed on the box for anything else.
 
You can't measure velocity over a long enough range to get an accurate BC with a commercial radar system. Either use the box BC and tune your solution using measured drops or use something with AB's calculator and use a CDM. CDMs are produced with a much larger radar system that costs tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, and can track bullets to several hundred yards.

It's useful to provide a starting point for bullets that don't have a listed BC. I use my Labradar to calculate BC for cast bullets and it's reasonably close. It's not better than what's listed on the box for anything else.
Agreed! As I understand it, the Velociradar (<$500 - US company but unit is probably made in China?) measures 10 data points to calculate the BC within 100 yards using CHIRP RADAR technology, and the FX (<$900 - Swedish company but unit is made in Taiwan) measures 4 data points, but I am not sure at what distance (I saw references up to 300 yards but I am not clear on that) using Doppler RADAR technology. Technology and innovations come a long way for end-users to try and enjoy. Choice, choices, choices ...
 
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