Shooting Chrony Info

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|I'm in the market for a Shooting Chrony to aid with my reloading. I just want to make sure I got this straight. Rated from bottom to top would be:
F1. Alpha. Beta. Gamma.
With Gamma being the best, and master indicates that it includes the remote display. Is there any more to it than that?
 
What don't you guys like about the shooting chrony? Anything specific or just that it sets up in front of you so it is possible to shoot it.
 
I have a Shooting Chrony with the remote display. It has stood me well for over 10 years. The only reason I would like to trade it in for a Magneto Speed is our range's rifle shack is now high enough above the floor of the range that I can no longer practically put the chrony out in front of the firing line. I'll have to crony any rifle ammo using one of the pistol bays. It would be nice to have the Crony printer to go with it but I haven't found one cheap enough for me to purchase and use.

Buy a Shooting Chrony, get one with the remote display/control, buy and use a cheap camera tripod to mount it on (hint check out Kijiji for a cheap used one), and don't worry about it. You can spend a lot more on a chrony if you like but unless you're going to use it once a month, every month, every year, save a few bucks and know the Chrony will do the job. It'll just take a few more minutes to set up and tear down and it probably won't work indoors under fluorescent lighting - you'll need to buy the lamp kit or jury rig a battery powered lamp kit.
 
Fusilier said:
I have a Shooting Chrony with the remote display. It has stood me well for over 10 years. The only reason I would like to trade it in for a Magneto Speed is our range's rifle shack is now high enough above the floor of the range that I can no longer practically put the chrony out in front of the firing line. I'll have to crony any rifle ammo using one of the pistol bays. It would be nice to have the Crony printer to go with it but I haven't found one cheap enough for me to purchase and use.

Buy a Shooting Chrony, get one with the remote display/control, buy and use a cheap camera tripod to mount it on (hint check out Kijiji for a cheap used one), and don't worry about it. You can spend a lot more on a chrony if you like but unless you're going to use it once a month, every month, every year, save a few bucks and know the Chrony will do the job. It'll just take a few more minutes to set up and tear down and it probably won't work indoors under fluorescent lighting - you'll need to buy the lamp kit or jury rig a battery powered lamp kit.
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If I can make sure not to shoot it that's the path I would go.. would just like to check my loads and once done it's use would not be frequent..
 
One would expect attaching that chuck of weight to the end of the barrel would result in a change of POI; otherwise why bother bedding the action for a free floating barrel. Recall reading somewhere it does change POI but fortunately it is a consistent change.
PitBull1973 said:
No why would it?
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I don't use a chrony for load development, I test loads till I find the most accurate load that doesn't give me pressure signs then I chrony them to add to my load data and to use in my ballistics program.
I don't really care what my muzzle velocity is, it doesn't matter as long as you keep loading hotter till you see pressure signs to know you have found your high accuracy node somewhere below where you see pressure signs.
Hotter and faster is just harder on your brass, the accurate load is usually 80-90% of the book maximum charge. Not always though, my 223 bolt action likes them hot.
Point is that it's a tool but it isn't something you need to have to make an accurate consistent load.

The magnetospeed will be more consistent and accurate but it most definitely will affect poi, anything touching the barrel will affect barrel harmonics and will change poi, some rifles will be affected more than others but it will always do something. Doesn't matter though since you don't need to chrony every load you shoot.
 
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