Shot timers

[TradLife406]

What's a decent shot timer for doing hunting drills? Maybe a little pistol too. Thinking one could be a big help. But don't want to drop $400 on one.

My kids are usually my shot timer ha, but it'd be nice to get an actual one.

Thanks Fam

 

[Formidilosus]

CED7000

 

[Nine Banger]

I've had this one for a while, par times, etc. are easy enough; not perfect but it works.

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I also have a tiny one for dry fire too, I'm surprised I haven't misplaced it yet. AMG Labs Sidekick. It's great for what it is.

 

[TradLife406]

CED7000

Thanks! Will it pick up dry fire "clicks"?

 

[Formidilosus]

Thanks! Will it pick up dry fire "clicks"?

You can set the sensitivity to do so.

 

[WoodlandCritter]

Pact Club III can be had for ~100$. Not the most feature rich, but good for what it is.

 

[Hunter07]

Thanks! Will it pick up dry fire "clicks"?

CED700 would not, pac III would not either, they are not sensitive enough.
If you want to save and get real timer the best value would be AMG Lab Sidekick, under $50 for older one and $65 for newer BT version. It will do everything you need and can sense dryfire click on anything out there.
Not sure what hunting drills you run but newer Sidekick BT version has dedicated hunter matches timer too.

 

[Sponge]

the IPSC shot timer app does alright for indoor dry fire as long as there is no background noise.
At the sensitivity level that will consistently pick up a dry fire, it will also pick up the holster draw from kydex (sometimes) and nearly always picks up safety disengagement on my 1911 with a somewhat stiff and loud safety. If someone is talking next to you, at dry fire sensitivity it will pick that up and register it.
Reducing sensitivity to not pick up those ancillary noises will sometimes cause it to miss dry fire.
I've never used it for live fire.

 

[SixStrings]

You can set the sensitivity to do so.

Can confirm this. Using it with Tikkas this way all the time, but you have to keep the timer very close to the action (<1.5 ft).

 

[mtnbound]

What's a decent shot timer for doing hunting drills? Maybe a little pistol too. Thinking one could be a big help. But don't want to drop $400 on one.

My kids are usually my shot timer ha, but it'd be nice to get an actual one.

Thanks Fam

I have used CED7000 but had back-to-back battery failures with 2 units, so I switched to the Range Tech BT Timer. I have not tried it to see whether it will pick up dry-fire practice, but I will.

 

[SixStrings]

the IPSC shot timer app does alright for indoor dry fire

I had the exact same experience regarding its Sensitivity. Unfortunately, I found that the dry fire and live fire times are not accurate, sometimes not even close and even the par time function is not working correctly. Using the par times I believed to be able to do a 1.2s Draw with very good accuracy until I got the CED7000. I then realized it was more like a 1.6s Draw. The shorter the par times, the less accurate.
For par times I eventually just made myself pre-made audio clips and found that to take care of most of my needs until I got the CED.

had back-to-back battery failures with 2 units

dang.

 

[Feral Jared]

I've got a CED7000 I'd part with

 

[Sponge]

I had the exact same experience regarding its Sensitivity. Unfortunately, I found that the dry fire and live fire times are not accurate, sometimes not even close and even the par time function is not working correctly. Using the par times I believed to be able to do a 1.2s Draw with very good accuracy until I got the CED7000. I then realized it was more like a 1.6s Draw. The shorter the par times, the less accurate.
For par times I eventually just made myself pre-made audio clips and found that to take care of most of my needs until I got the CED.

I've noticed the resolution on the app timer is not great, only catches times at something like 0.2s intervals. Your experience with the overall accuracy of the timer is interesting. I've got a CED7000 on order...I'm interested to compare, I'll be a sad panda if I find out my draw times are artificially low.

 

[SixStrings]

I'll be a sad panda if I find out my draw times are artificially low.

you cant imagine the pain I felt.
But there are youtube videos to test this with:

can also recommend this channel: