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There is a business that sells replacement powder hopper that are made of Pyrex instead of plastic which should by all means stop any static electricity from building up on the powder in the hopper so that powder bridging in the drop down portion should be a thing of the past. Static electricity is a Handloader's nightmare. So get a DRAM WORX - Pyrex Replacement Hoppers. Oh, and replace the plastic down spout with a metal one too. As a matter of FACT one should not use any plastic tools that come in contact with the powder to be on the safe side of things. Speer Handloading Manual Number 15, page 41: Static electricity and the Reloader 1. Static electricity can be highly hazardous for the reloader. 2. primers are most sensitive to static charges. The energy is enough to ignite primer dust in and around priming tools. The dust can ignite and propagate to all the primers in the tube [or tray]. The result is a serious explosion. This is the reason to keep those tubes [and trays] clean! 3. Static charges prefer low humidity environments. take some simple precautions. a. Use a humidifier. b. remove carpets from reloading areas. This is the prime source of static energy accidents. c. Clean the reloading area on a schedule. Routine cleaning removes residues of primers and propellants that can react to static energy. d. Use an anti-static product[s]. Handbook of Metallic Cartridge Reloading, Edward Matunas, page 14: Most plastic funnels tend to build up a static charge that cause powder to cling to them. Reloader's Guide - Complete, Fully Illustrated Step-By-Step Guide to Handloading Ammunition, page 129, under Common Reloading Problems: Plastic powder funnels often pick up a fair amount of static electricity ... ... ... this is annoying because powder granules stick to the side of the funnel, and you have to keep tapping the funnel to remove the last granule of powder. [Yes, one big hassle. And tapping on the funnel for the next 50 years could give one Reloader's Wrist! I kid you not.] The ABCs of Reloading 10th Edition, page 161: Environmental Conditions conditions that can compromise your safety or loaded ammunition's integrity. static electricity which is never a good thing around powder. Lyman 51st Handloading Handbook, pages 30 and 40: Lyman lab technicians have observed a potential serious phenomenon involving mechanical powder scales, plastic loading blocks, Styrofoam packaging, and other objects made of plastic. These materials sometimes retain static electric charge, enough to create an electro-static field of varying radii. This electro-static field has proven capable of causing radical deflection of uncharged and zeroed scales. Dependent upon circumstances, powder in the scale pan tends to dampen the amount of deflection by varying degrees. We strongly urge that the loading bench be cleared before setting up the scale. Then replace equipment one piece at a time while observing the scale pointer. Any item that causes a scale deflection should be removed from the reloading bench. Metallic Cartridge reloading, Robert S. L. Anderson, page 11: One deadly enemy of the handloader is static electricity, which lurks constantly around anything plastic. An aluminum powder funnel avoids the problem of static electricity generated by the sliding of powder granules across its inner face. However, only Pacific makes aluminum powder funnels. The other makers use plastic, and these can cause erratic powder charges, some of which are excessive. Modern Reloading Second Edition Richard Lee Revised 2021, page 85: What are the causes of excessive pressure? "It seems that some shooters were experiencing hot loads from what should have been quite safe. With much detective work, they found the problem occurred only when loading from the bench and immediately firing the round. Ammunition loaded away from the range worked fine. They discovered that the normal jostling of travel reduced the pressure to correct levels. Accurate recommends that ammunition loaded at the shooting bench be rolled back and forth a couple of times to rearrange the powder granules." [Rolling the cartridges around releases the static charge in the powder due to the use of plastic powder thrower reservoirs, plastic dippers, plastic powder pans, plastic tricklers, plastic funnels, and even plastic loading blocks, as well as any and all plastic primer trays. One should also avoid plastic laminated counter tops too.] Static electricity and plastic reloading tools? Why do manufactures use plastic powder hoppers on a powder measurers when it causes static electricity to bridge the powder in the drop down spout, whereby causing light squib loads in some cases and then the next ones get a charger and a half that blows up the guns? This is a well known phenonium (mentioned by George C. Nonte and Robert A. Rinker in their books) and yet ALL the manufacturers of these powder measurers still go with plastic powder hoppers. Go figure. "Basic Handloading" by George C. Nonte Jr. page 43: "Use of an adjustable powder measure will greatly speed up the operation." page 45: "If you discover an error after forty or fifty rounds have been completed, there may be no way to identify the cartridges that contain the error." "Usually, a charge that bulks abnormally high or low will do so at the expense of the charge thrown immediately before or after it. A light charge in the case might mean that some powder remained in the drop tube, and so was probably added to the next charge thrown; an overcharge probably indicates that powder hung up in the drop tube from the pervious charge, making it less than it should be." "If it seems that I'm dwelling overmuch on powder charging, remember that this is the most critical of all the handloading operations to safety. You'll get no joy or profit from handloading if a mistake or an oversight causes a gun to be wrecked or a shooter to be hurt. Handloading is essentially a very safe practice, provided one adheres to the basic safety requirements and concentrates on the job at hand." Robert A. Rinker also tells the same thing as above in his book titled "Understanding Firearm Ballistics 6th Edition.

There is a business that sells replacement powder hopper that are made of Pyrex instead of plastic which should by all means stop any static electricity from building up on the powder in the hopper so that powder bridging in the drop down portion should be a thing of the past. Static electricity is a Handloader's nightmare. So get a DRAM WORX - Pyrex Replacement Hoppers. Oh, and replace the plastic down spout with a metal one too. As a matter of FACT one should not use any plastic tools that come in contact with the powder to be on the safe side of things. Speer Handloading Manual Number 15, page 41: Static electricity and the Reloader 1. Static electricity can be highly hazardous for the reloader. 2. primers are most sensitive to static charges. The energy is enough to ignite primer dust in and around priming tools. The dust can ignite and propagate to all the primers in the tube [or tray]. The result is a serious explosion. This is the reason to keep those tubes [and trays] clean! 3. Static charges prefer low humidity environments. take some simple precautions. a. Use a humidifier. b. remove carpets from reloading areas. This is the prime source of static energy accidents. c. Clean the reloading area on a schedule. Routine cleaning removes residues of primers and propellants that can react to static energy. d. Use an anti-static product[s]. Handbook of Metallic Cartridge Reloading, Edward Matunas, page 14: Most plastic funnels tend to build up a static charge that cause powder to cling to them. Reloader's Guide - Complete, Fully Illustrated Step-By-Step Guide to Handloading Ammunition, page 129, under Common Reloading Problems: Plastic powder funnels often pick up a fair amount of static electricity ... ... ... this is annoying because powder granules stick to the side of the funnel, and you have to keep tapping the funnel to remove the last granule of powder. [Yes, one big hassle. And tapping on the funnel for the next 50 years could give one Reloader's Wrist! I kid you not.] The ABCs of Reloading 10th Edition, page 161: Environmental Conditions conditions that can compromise your safety or loaded ammunition's integrity. static electricity which is never a good thing around powder. Lyman 51st Handloading Handbook, pages 30 and 40: Lyman lab technicians have observed a potential serious phenomenon involving mechanical powder scales, plastic loading blocks, Styrofoam packaging, and other objects made of plastic. These materials sometimes retain static electric charge, enough to create an electro-static field of varying radii. This electro-static field has proven capable of causing radical deflection of uncharged and zeroed scales. Dependent upon circumstances, powder in the scale pan tends to dampen the amount of deflection by varying degrees. We strongly urge that the loading bench be cleared before setting up the scale. Then replace equipment one piece at a time while observing the scale pointer. Any item that causes a scale deflection should be removed from the reloading bench. Metallic Cartridge reloading, Robert S. L. Anderson, page 11: One deadly enemy of the handloader is static electricity, which lurks constantly around anything plastic. An aluminum powder funnel avoids the problem of static electricity generated by the sliding of powder granules across its inner face. However, only Pacific makes aluminum powder funnels. The other makers use plastic, and these can cause erratic powder charges, some of which are excessive. Modern Reloading Second Edition Richard Lee Revised 2021, page 85: What are the causes of excessive pressure? "It seems that some shooters were experiencing hot loads from what should have been quite safe. With much detective work, they found the problem occurred only when loading from the bench and immediately firing the round. Ammunition loaded away from the range worked fine. They discovered that the normal jostling of travel reduced the pressure to correct levels. Accurate recommends that ammunition loaded at the shooting bench be rolled back and forth a couple of times to rearrange the powder granules." [Rolling the cartridges around releases the static charge in the powder due to the use of plastic powder thrower reservoirs, plastic dippers, plastic powder pans, plastic tricklers, plastic funnels, and even plastic loading blocks, as well as any and all plastic primer trays. One should also avoid plastic laminated counter tops too.] Static electricity and plastic reloading tools? Why do manufactures use plastic powder hoppers on a powder measurers when it causes static electricity to bridge the powder in the drop down spout, whereby causing light squib loads in some cases and then the next ones get a charger and a half that blows up the guns? This is a well known phenonium (mentioned by George C. Nonte and Robert A. Rinker in their books) and yet ALL the manufacturers of these powder measurers still go with plastic powder hoppers. Go figure. "Basic Handloading" by George C. Nonte Jr. page 43: "Use of an adjustable powder measure will greatly speed up the operation." page 45: "If you discover an error after forty or fifty rounds have been completed, there may be no way to identify the cartridges that contain the error." "Usually, a charge that bulks abnormally high or low will do so at the expense of the charge thrown immediately before or after it. A light charge in the case might mean that some powder remained in the drop tube, and so was probably added to the next charge thrown; an overcharge probably indicates that powder hung up in the drop tube from the pervious charge, making it less than it should be." "If it seems that I'm dwelling overmuch on powder charging, remember that this is the most critical of all the handloading operations to safety. You'll get no joy or profit from handloading if a mistake or an oversight causes a gun to be wrecked or a shooter to be hurt. Handloading is essentially a very safe practice, provided one adheres to the basic safety requirements and concentrates on the job at hand." Robert A. Rinker also tells the same thing as above in his book titled "Understanding Firearm Ballistics 6th Edition.

For a guy with OCD, this would never fly. The color should match. Love the concept.

Hola soy de España. Donde puedo comprar??

Yah, I did something similar on my Lee powder measure and it caused issues with load consistency. It shakes more grains in same amount of volume so you wind up with inconsistent loads. Took it off

Nice job.

Do you run it after filling the powder hopper or all the time while reloading?

Thank you Randall 💪 🇺🇸 😎

I invented a similar thing for my own press years ago. Allows very light charges of flake powder to be reliably and consistently dispensed. This is much neater and ready to go, looks like a winner.

Seems like a great idea, I might be picking up 2 to give it a try in a few days

Why such a big screen? But the picture is so small

Ordered on 1 Nov 24 from Midway, delivered 6 Nov 24. Played with the unit and app followed by first round of range testing on 14 Nov 24. As previously noted, very familiar with using radar chronographs. Initial impressions: I don't care for the alignment/sighting peep hole arrangement. Unlike the MK Machining unit I bought for my original LabRadar which works very well, the one on the Velociradar is tiny. To use it to properly align the unit with my tired old eyes,I had to be extremely close. It required me to be a bit of a contortionist. This, however, may get easier with some uses. The acoustic trigger worked with unsuppressed 22LR but did trigger with shots from adjacent bench shooters and would not trigger on suppressed 22LR. I expected it would not so not a disappointment. The recoil trigger was a disappointment. When used on a suppressed 22LR semiautomatic, there was just not enough recoil to cause the unit to trigger. (This condition of low recoil use is noted on page 14 of the manual.) If the trigger sensitivity could be adjusted, as is with the big LabRadar, this most likely would not be an issue. Still need to test with a 22LR bolt action.

Is it plastic?

What a great gadget to top off my bag of long-range shooting equipment. My range equipment started with a Bullseye camera system that I use on 100yd targets, my LongShot 100yd-1000yd system, and my LongShot 100yd-2mile camera system for real long shooting. I thought that I had all of my bases covered until I saw "Who-de-who's video from the 2024 Shot show ",and have been trying to get my hands on one ever since. This thing is beast of all chronograph systems, physically close to an older Labrador in length and width but not as thick. However, it all ends there as this unit takes over everything else including giving you speed at different points of yards, and your ballistic coefficients (G1, G7 ).

Ty for this video. I was about to chuck my unit for another Dillon, but I found the convenience of going to most local stores and getting parts appealing versus ordering everything.

Nice video for this new technology hitting the market! I shoot mostly handguns and using indoor ranges. I tried out a Garmin C1 Pro and was getting errors from other lanes who were shooting and adding to my session string. How does this model work inside an enclosed space for 1) eliminating session error from other lanes?, 2) Does the recoil trigger work with Handguns and where would be the best way to mount it, should there the cable/cord be long enough? Thanks for all responses!

I am a gadget guy who loves to test, contrast, and compare. Have the original Lab Radar, the Labrador LX, the Garmin Xero C1, and just ordered the Velociradar from Midway (should be here Wednesday). Also have a caldwell optical and a magneto speed v3) I purchased each with my own money. Can't wait to test the velociradar. Some things I already note: Only the Garmin and the Velociradar calculate the STD DEV correctly using STDEVP function. All the others use the STDEV function which results in a higher than actual STD DEV. The original Labrador will give you speed at discrete distances using the sd card in a computer as it gives a return for each pulse which if I remember correctly is every 4 milliseconds which can then be used to calculate the BC if you want to. (I have never bothered with that)

Ferguson, what state are you in?

I have an issue with .308 cases. It seems like the plate is not in the correct hight. The cases are not picked up properly by the shell plate. Can you give me some advice on how to slightly raise the shell plate? Thank you for your help in advance.

How has this been the past month? you still liking it? I plan to get one mainly for my PCP air gun, once in stores. Just curious if you still like it

Very helpful video. However, you never made any recommendation about the Zerk fitting. Should you buy a grease gun and inject that zerk ever? Or can you just rub some grease on the exposed ram?

The guys who bought Garmins aren't likely to switch. A year too late.

So, where's the X-10...

Hi, I'm enjoying your videos quite a bit while assembling my new X-10. Does anyone know if the relocation kit sold now (10/2024) includes the new bearings? My press was made in March 2023 so I am pretty sure I have the 8.0 bushings. Will FA send out new ones on request?

Is there any dremmeling or sanding of the case plunger that can be done to avoid the jamming? There is hardly any adjustment of the grey plastic piece. I believe it is in a "neutral" position, but I keep having cases jam when they're supposed to cycle to station 2. It is driving me crazy.

Reads to slow for me

RCBS offers their rock chucker with the uniflow powder dropper on a regular as a kit for around $189 to $219 depending on the sale. Also, it's not made in China.

At about 6:00 you show your cut case for adjusting the swage and say that there are commercial versions available. Do you have a link for where to find them as I cannot find them in a search online?

If it works as good as my last Caldwell...I'll pass!

When does it suppose to be released

I've been reloading for about 10 years. Still can't stand the ubiquitous heavy metal guitar music used to open most gun/reloading type videos.

The only advantage this has over the Garmin is the fact it can measure BC but most people aren't developing their own projectiles and will just get the BC off the manufacturer's website. I know for sure most people aren't going to lug a huge brick like this to the range.

Screen looks very clear and bright from the close ups. I would be curious to see how it reacts to indoor pistol shooting and discharges from other shooter’s how sensitive it is to those rounds. I did have a Garmin C1 Pro however, I returned it because it would pick up the other rounds going off inside the range and mess up my string. I am also surprised on screen size since there are displays for computer building for displaying system information at least double the size for $50.00. However, all about arrangement on the system board and getting it all to fit for over all size of the Chronograph.

Nice range

Utilize the big screen

I don't understand the Big screen, little usage

Great review Randall! I am hearing many guys using this to get true G7 BC's as well

Is it capable of measuring shotshell pellets? I'm assuming it can do slugs easily but the advertisements and instruction manual that I can find don't specify slugs or pellets, only shotgun.

Does it measure G7 BC?

People like you who take the time to make a video to share their knowledge and help other people make the world a better place! God Bless you! Awesome video for my new to me LNL AP.

It looks like the Pro Chucker 7 system but it's done in a smarter way: with metal and a grooved wheel instead of a plastic bar. Good Video.

Excellent video. Very informative.

Nice

What ya got?

Why do back off first 2 dies?

When are there gonna be more primer sensors available?

Question please, using mixed bass there are variations in the length of the brass. That results in varying COAL. What’s the fix for this when loading 9mm ?

That looks to be a real pain in the backside!

@ 7 mins; why is there no seal around the plunger? Thats just bad design.