My watch missed shots… what do I do now?

We’ve handed watches to many many shooters and here are the situations that usually caused errors:

#1 – Watch band is too loose. It doesn’t need to be be deadly tight. Make it tight enough that the watch doesn’t move when you shake your arm. 

#2 – Watch band placed upside down on wrist (it needs to be on top of wrist, not facing down). Like the picture above. 

#3 – Watch placed on non-trigger hand. We trained it to recognize shots based on how they feel on the trigger side of the gun. Make sure what and you pull the trigger is where the watch is worn and what is shown on the front page of the watch app.  Touch the hand on the watch app to change it. 

#4 – Weapon type is set to wrong type (pistol instead or rifle or vice versa). To change this just touch the picture of the gun, and change it. Use “Other” for shotgun. 

When test users have reported errors, these steps cleaned up 99% of them. If you are still having trouble after going this this troubleshooting list, email us at [email protected].

Is this as accurate as a traditional shot timer?

Most shot timers do .01 level accuracy. Internally we do .006, and adjust to the closest .1. We’ve compared results side by side with multiple shot timers of different and same brands. Interestingly, Recoil was as accurate to existing brands as they were to each other, even within the same make/model. It’s accurate.  

In terms of “split times”. We generally run a min-split of around .10, like most shot timers. We can go faster, but it’s generally not needed. And we run .14s all day just fine.

Why not use a traditional shot timer?

• You can time your shots around other shooters (e.g on a firing line, indoor range, or in a team situation)

• Timing from your watch is more convenient

• You don’t have to worry about echoes or shooting indoors

• Traditional shot timers are easy to fool

• Most shot timers can’t save all your shot times and show you shooting stats

What if I switch from rifle to pistol?

For now, you have to choose one or the other or go into acoustic mode (as with weak hand shooting).  We are working on an integrated neural network model that can identify both rifle and pistol shots, and discern which was which. 

does it handle light loads or modified guns?

Yes, most of the time. It’s trained on centerfire pistol and rifle rounds. YMMV on rimfire in either. It works, but will miss shots from time to time. 

We’ve not yet encountered a compensated or suppressed or competition gun it didn’t work fine on.
If it’s having trouble with yours make sure to hit the thumbs down button so the AI can learn from the data.

Does it handle single-handed shooting?

Yep, as long as your watch is on the hand that is pulling the trigger. If you need to switch to shooting with your non-watch hand during a drill, the timer won’t be able to “feel” the shots and you’ll need to turn on the audio in settings so it can work like a traditional timer.