Shooting Chrony

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Ive been looking for a chrono mostly for my own curiosity and for tracking reload data.

I mainly shoot pistols but some rifle.

I have been eyeing up a beta chrony it seems to be priced decently with all the features i would need for now.

Does anybody have any experience with this chrono ir have a recomendation for another option in the sub $300 range?

Thank you in advance for any opinions
 
Got the caldwell, it plugs into smartphones and gives a lot of calculations (averages, max spread, SD, etc...) and you can save, email or text the results.
A bit picky on sun, so I've puted the chrono on a tall box so the direct sunlight cannot shine into the two "windows" that detects the bullet filght. Not sure if this will work with a pistol shooting environment, as the chrony is usually deployed on a tripod...

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I use a Chrony. It may not work against a blue sky. Works perfectly against a cloudy sky. The sky screens can be installed if you have to use it on a sunny day.

It is critical that you do not get too close. Not closer than 10 feet with a pistol; 15 feet with a rifle. I shoot both at 20 feet and think results are better.
 
I have the blue Beta(I think that's what it;s called)gives me what I need to know and the screen sits with me rather than on the chrony, attached with a phone chord. I have had no issues.
 
The only problem I had with mine was when it suddenly quit working. But then again a lot of things stop working when you shoot them so I can't really blame that on the chrony. It was the tripods fault.
 
I bought a gamma model used on EE,works great.
One improvement I made after reading another members recommendation,Don't use the metal rods for the sunscreens but use wooden dowels instead,just in case a bullet hits one
and brakes the plastic case.
Another tip I found here on the forum is to narrow the slots over the sensors with a couple of strips of black electrical tape to cut down on sensitivity of sunlight.
Did it on mine and seems to work.
 
I have a Chrony and at first I was a bit skeptical about the accuracy, and disappointed in the dropped readings. However I had the opportunity to set up two Chrony models in series and compare the results. What I found was that these devices are sensitive to muzzle blast. You have to get them as far out as the cord allows from the muzzle. And when you do, the results of both Chrony's that I had in series were virtually identical. I've since become quite confident that they give very accurate readings -- providing you get them away from the muzzle blast.
 
I have a shooting Chrony and use it whenever I work up new loads. Get one with the phone cord remote indicator that you can have on the bench when you're shooting. I wish they had a way to connect to a smart phone or tablet but i don't mind writing the numbers down as I don't Chrony that many loads.

Bring your sun screens, an extra battery and a cheap tripod and you're all set.
 
Ron AKA said:
I have a Chrony and at first I was a bit skeptical about the accuracy, and disappointed in the dropped readings. However I had the opportunity to set up two Chrony models in series and compare the results. What I found was that these devices are sensitive to muzzle blast. You have to get them as far out as the cord allows from the muzzle. And when you do, the results of both Chrony's that I had in series were virtually identical. I've since become quite confident that they give very accurate readings -- providing you get them away from the muzzle blast.
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What is th distance you are seting u your Chronograph?
I put mine at 10 feet, seems to be OK... But now I have a doubt, never double checked mine eith another chrony.

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I believe the Chrony is fairly accurate based on recordings of a string while shooting at 350meters.

I took my actual drop in inches at 350 meters and used that to add or subtract to the ballistic app program's reported drop, which trued the MV in the ballistic app for my actual drops out to 400 m.

The recalculated MV that the ballistic app listed, to give me the actual real world drops I was seeing, was exactly the same MV as the Beta Chrony reported for that string.

So the ballistic app and Chrony agreed on the same MV and actual drops.
 
I've used 2 shooting chronys and now have a pro-chrono fron budget shooters supply. I was often frustrated with errors with the chrony brand and haven't had a single error in over 200 rounds with the pro-chrono.

The caldwell looks like a pro-chrono with a different name on it. The cel phone link is available for the pro-chrono as well. Even though they seem like plastic toys compared to the chrony and its all metal construction they are much more reliable where it counts... recording velocities. When I decided to replace my chrony I checked around and the consensus of non advertising reviews was that the pro-chrono was much more reliable. It reads accurately over a larger area and let's me set up so I'm shooting higher over the chronograph greatly reducing the chance of hitting it with a bullet.

How do you do load development? If you're only testing 1 rifle at a time consider the magnetosoeed. All optical chronograph all sensitive to lighting conditions. I cycle through multiple rifles in a range session, shooting 1 while the other 2-or 3 are cooling and I'm recording all velocities. I didn't want to be constantly swapping the magnetosoeed around. For anyone only checking velocity on one rifle at a time the magnetosoeed is the way to go.
 
I've got one of the basic Chrony models.

Depending on the sky conditions, it will throw up lots of errors, which can be a real p.i.t.a., when you are trying to test a handload.

With the right conditions, there's no issues.

I saw a guy at the range with a Magneto-Speed. That thing looked pretty cool.
 
Swapping guns without adjusting the chrony height is a potential problem and is also inconvenient somewhat like swapping a magenetospeed around. It's also how most tripod mounted chronys get wounded. lol
 
Chrony tips.

If you are using a scoped gun, remember that the barrel is an inch or 2 below what you see - so aim high.

Drinking straws make good upright aiming rods.

Tape a spare battery to the inside of the Chrony.
 
Ganderite said:
Chrony tips.

If you are using a scoped gun, remember that the barrel is an inch or 2 below what you see - so aim high.

Drinking straws make good upright aiming rods.

Tape a spare battery to the inside of the Chrony.
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Talking about spare battery,if you shoot in really cold weather and the 9 volt does not have enough power,it can be powered with

a battery holder with 8 AA batteries thus supplying 12v,works great.
 
My Master Beta Chrony (tee hee) seems (based on my real world drops) to be reading ~100fps slow.

I need to find someone with something a little better to verify though :(
 
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