TargetTalk

I have down loaded the instructions and am just trying to digest a few things before taking the plunge.

During the calibration process it tells you to take a shot that appears in the inner circle. Does that shot have to appear perfect to you through the sights or are you just interested in the results on the screen.

Apologies if this is a silly question but if I take a dry fire shot and it seems to me low right, do I correct the POI on the screen to coincide with my perceived POI?
Thanks in advance.
Mark

If your calibration shot is not what you would call a ten, simply take a second or third one. After you accept a calibration shot and shoot sighters you can click sights like normal or drag the last shot to wherever you want it to be. You can also recalibrate at any time.

Scatt will be very overwhelming at first, but is worth it. The first challenge will be getting the lighting right.

Many thanks. So I guess the best calibration shots are almost bench rested to ensure that the perfect shot picture is the one that aligns with the X.
Just doing the numbers on the purchase!

I'm having my fair share of SCATT issues as well, and am curious what you mean by "getting the lighting right." Can you elaborate on what the "right lighting" might be?

Because SCATT uses infra red sensors, it is sensible to use lights that don't generate heat (like incandescent bulbs or halogens). These can reportedly cause the SCATT to produce varying points of aim.
Similarly, things like radiators don't help...

I use a low wattage fluorescent bulb in close to light the target - I imagine LEDs would work well too.

Getting the right colour temperature is a bit tricky.

Our range uses hot air blowers in the winter and if you bench rest the rifle with SCATT you can get a hold pattern that is two or three larger than you would expect, JUST due to the thermal mirage as the warm air is drawn downrange.
That surprised the hell out of me when I first saw it.

K.

If you are shooting air rifle and feeling brave (and using it on the range) you can always put a pellet down range and "calibrate" to that. You do need to be certain that the shot will still be in the black if you let a bad shot off though. Otherwise it may get a little exspensive.

Alan

The shot in the calibration setting is only to ensure that the sender is alligned enough to see the target, as long as the dot appears in the calibration window then its seeing it, when you fire it then accepts the two components and you can switch off the calibration window.

The placement on the main screen is irrelavent as you can then drag the shot on screen to where its required. With air I often use a live shot as a reference with new shooters who's call of a good shot is suspect and then drag on the screen to match the live hole.

BigAl wrote:If you are shooting air rifle and feeling brave (and using it on the range) you can always put a pellet down range and "calibrate" to that. You do need to be certain that the shot will still be in the black if you let a bad shot off though. Otherwise it may get a little exspensive.

Alan

You can afford to be an awful lot worse than that before you'll get anywhere near the sensors. I use my scatt with air pistol shooters all the time - live fire - and I've never worried about or experienced frame hits.

Rob.

I guess as I only have one pure target pistol ( GSP Expert) I will be taking the sensor on and off and will have to re calibrate on every fitting!

400driver wrote:I guess as I only have one pure target pistol ( GSP Expert) I will be taking the sensor on and off and will have to re calibrate on every fitting!

We have a Scatt at the club I shoot at. I've only used it a few times, but it only takes a couple of minutes to mount the sensor on the barrel, do the necessary calibration and be "shooting".

For rifle shooting there is an additional target holder made from plastic to hold on of the 70mm square ISSF air rifle targets (I think that's about the size anyway). This holder is made from ABS, and if I had been live firing through it last night when I double loaded the rifle the two pellets would have hit that holder. Probably not too expensive to replace, but still something one would rather avoid if possible.

Alan

Thanks Alan for the information.

400driver wrote:I guess as I only have one pure target pistol ( GSP Expert) I will be taking the sensor on and off and will have to re calibrate on every fitting!

As mentioned above it really isn't any hassle. With the older serial Scatts it can be more fiddly especially switching between rifle and pistol, but with the USB models it takes a couple of minutes.

Rob.