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As instructors, do you use an actual timer or do you just wing it with a whistle and a watch? Im wanting to use a timer, but Im not finding anything that looks like its manually programmable or its a chronograph. Any recommendations?

Thanks

Steve

Don't try to make this more difficult on your self than it is. Its not a swimming competition. Analog watch with a second hand works fine. Cheap digital watch if you want to get more fancy. If you can count one-thousand-one, one-thousand-two, that works also.

Ok, whistle and a watch then.

+1 on what Linda said. Without multiple instructors on the line, you'll probably have far more important things to be watching than a watch.

Greybeard wrote:+1 on what Linda said. Without multiple instructors on the line, you'll probably have far more important things to be watching than a watch.

Very true. One of the reasons I wanted a decent countdown timer was for the loud audible beep that lets the shooters know when to start and when to stop.

What works for us is a $6.00 Wally World "travel size" alarm clock with a second hand. Mounted at the very top of partition that separates the shooting stalls.

Toughest part is getting the "hair trigger" for the noisemaker set just right for that 1 shot in 2 seconds drill.

I count. You will be amazed how close you can come with a little practice.

gpeloq wrote:I count. You will be amazed how close you can come with a little practice.

me, too. If it's close enough for the DPS, it's close enough for me. It's not hard to be right on.

Just about all of the shot timers will let you set a "par time" which is what you would use. Check out CED (Competitive Edge Dynamics).