VelociRadar Chronograph

The Caldwell VelociRadar uses Chirp (FMCW) radar instead of pulsed Doppler, which is what lets it track the bullet far enough downrange to derive both a ballistic coefficient and a custom drop chart from a single shot. Most chronographs hand you a muzzle velocity and stop. The VelociRadar hands you muzzle velocity, BC, and a yard-by-yard drop chart out to 100 inches of total drop, then exports that to the Caldwell app for storage and comparison across rifles and loads. The interface is the friendliest radar UI on the market: large rubber buttons, traditional menu layout, no touchy gestures. The trade-off is the unit is bigger and heavier than the Garmin and Athlon, and Shooting Illustrated noted mixed results on shotgun slugs and pellets.