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  1. 20 hours ago, Popsbengo said:

    😁 No offence or criticism was intended, these pesky forums are not the best means of communication sometimes (well, by me at least..),  just chucking in a view.  Price is an indicator of quality but sometimes branding gets in the way!  Good research btw

    I do recommend people learn and understand the limits and methods of correct torque tightening -  lube is often ignored and it's way more important than the tolerance of tools (we could go into soft vs hard joints and time/relaxation etc but it's all on the interweb).

    No worries, I know exactly what you mean about forums. I've already put the Wera torque tools on my shopping list and have lost several hours today reading articles talking about initial preload, relaxation and residual preload.😊

  2. Sorry my bad, I was just trying to point the original message poster to some information that may have been useful.

    Did a bit digging on other products mentioned in this post and this is what I can find.

    Wheeler FAT wrench manufactured in China comes with calibration sheet (wheeler’s website says The FAT Wrench Bits are built to last and are made from S2 tool steel and hardened to 56-56 Rockwell “C”.) £79.95 @ Optics Warehouse (I bought the digital version of this and hated it, a friend has the manual one and thinks it great)

    Vortex torque wrench manufactured in Taiwan comes with calibration sheet (I think it’s also covered by the Vortex lifetime warranty.) £96.95 @ Optics Warehouse

    The fix it sticks website say that all Fix It Sticks products are designed, engineered and tested in Chicago, IL and manufactured to exacting standards at high-end facilities in Taiwan. (recommended by Spuhr and sold on the Spuhr website) I think the cheapest way to cover the 18 and 50 inch pounds would be to buy 3 separate items 1 x wrench and 2 x small torque limiters (3 x ÂŁ42) total ÂŁ126 @ fixitsticks.com

    Wera torque tools manufactured in Bystřice Czech Republic and calibrated in Wuppertal Germany again I think the cheapest way to cover the 18 and 50 inch pounds would be to buy the Series 7400 Kraftform adjustable torque screwdriver (1.2-3.0 Nm) £68.95 and the Series 7400 Kraftform pistol grip, adjustable torque screwdriver (4.0-8.8 Nm) £100 total £168.95 both are available on amazon uk

     

     

    So the 3 other products are all shooting supplies branded Chinese tat and only one of them comes within the £90 pound budget. So it looks like the best advice would be to save up some extra cash and learn about lubrication.

     

    Disclaimer, I’m not an engineer or have I ever claimed to be one and I’m certainly no expert on lubrication. :) 

  3. Just done some more checking and it looks like Weatherflow may be separating some of the functionality.

    Please note: The blue WEATHERmeter (WFANO-02) currently works with many popular ballistics calculator apps, however, we recommend the WEATHERmeter for Precision Shooting (WFPSM-02) as some ballistics apps in the future may only support a version of the firmware contained on the shooting specific device. 

    Taken from https://weatherflow.com/weather-meter-for-shooting/#1486520584352-7d835a16-28b7

     

     

  4. Firstly I made a mistake when I said it gives altitude, it's pressure, temp and humidity as well as wind speed and direction. It fills in all this info in the free Weatherflow app and you can save this information in the same app.

    Strelok Pro has the option to auto populate this info from the Weathermeter but it didn't work for me so I just used the information from the Weatherflow app.

  5. It works well with Strelok Pro but I wanted it to help me learn my wind calls. As other people have pointed out it only tells you what's going on with the wind near you and not down range, but don't for get it also gives altitude, temp and humidity.

    I've also just picked up a book called 'The Wind Book for Rifle Shooters' so hopefully with the two of them and lots of on range practice I'll improve.

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