How many here have killed a chronograph?
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Shovel
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Looks just like mine did after putting a scope on top of a H-Bar handle. Line of sight stayed the same, barrel was a lot lower though.
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The prospect of a ricochet from that 2 inches of steel placed 15 feet down range would scare me. I think I would rather hit the Chrono another 50 times. BTW If I aimed at one of those wire supports, I would not hit one in 1000 tries.
After three Chrono's bought a Labradar.
After three Chrono's bought a Labradar.
LiveLife
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You are supposed to angle the steel plate so bullet deflects away from the shooter.
Electrod47
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Shot my first Chrony shortly after I got it. Bought another one and it worked so bad....I shot it on purpose!...Got a ProChrony with Bluetooth...What a gem. I take great pains NOT to harm it.
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that’s what I’m rocking!!!
I've hit the sensor casings of my Pact Model 1 XP a few times. Luckily the replacements weren't too expensive. But go figure, I forget to change the battery for the next range trip after I replaced them, so I was getting very erratic readings from it.
Or this?
I shot it a couple years ago. The company has since gone out of business. The lenses were undamaged, so I rebuilt the sensor housings.
I'm ready to see if was a successful repair.
dh1633pm
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The question shouldn’t be who did, but who hasn’t. Shot my dad’s with a low 223 shot. Just touched the top a little. Still works.
nettlle
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That'll buff out.
Blue68f100
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You know you don't have to put the bullet 0.001" over the top. I set mine up so the path will be 3-4" over the top.
bigpower491
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My ex took out the skyscreen post on the old Gamma Master Chrony of mine with a Savage 11 .223. Took it and the tri pod right over. Easy enough to make a new post...couple years later my buddy flinched with his 3 inch 12GA slug gun and somehow blasted the 2 piece post on the starboard side and put it thru the front plate. Just missed taking out the front eye. I'll give that now defunct company credit....that darn thing still works, and as well as it ever did, for its age and those 2 major upsets.
I need to go to bloody revolvers anonymous so I can spring for a new Ohler
I need to go to bloody revolvers anonymous so I can spring for a new Ohler
redcon1
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I managed to hit one of the metal rods on my F1 shooting chrony and though it wasn't completely killed, it was wounded enough that I just replaced it with a magentospeed which was much much better. and I'm extremely careful with that device.
bigpower491
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And unfortunately cannot locate parts that fell off....but they're gone....
And this hole? I notice it about the same time I noticed the parts missing. What kinda product you selling here?
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that’s how you do it!!! and with a 1873 Colt .45 too!!! oooh yeah
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I returned my shot up Chrono to Amazon. Shot it on its 1st outing. Free shipping & return… their policy not mine
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I thought about them but I use my Chrony for bow and black powder too. I guess I could rig up something for the muzzle loader but I don’t see how a Magnetospeed’s going to work for a bow. Not sure what I’ll do if the Chrony F1 goes toes up. Maybe just drive to the Bear Archery factory and see if they will tune my bow.
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yeah, it works really well for some things, OK for others, and not at all for some things. For most rifles, it seems to work really well though which is what I mostly worry about. I may wind up buying a different chrono for those applications where it just doesn't work if I feel the need to but I haven't yet or at least not enough to justify the expense. I could try resurrecting my F1 but I really came to dislike it towards the end. I may have shot it on purpose a little bit in fact.I thought about them but I use my Chrony for bow and black powder too. I guess I could rig up something for the muzzle loader but I don’t see how a Magnetospeed’s going to work for a bow. Not sure what I’ll do if the Chrony F1 goes toes up. Maybe just drive to the Bear Archery factory and see if they will tune my bow.
Ah, the metal rods do not count since wood dowels are an easy replacement. You have not shot your chronograph unless you destroyed the the electronics.
redcon1
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As I recall, when I hit the rod, it was with a 69 gr hpbt and it hit hard enough that the electronics came flying out of the chassis but they weren't destroyed to the point where I couldn't have fixed it had I been really determined to do so. I had spent the whole afternoon trying to adjust the thing on the tripod and the sun shades and everything else and I kept getting error codes and I was finally like "oh look, I shot it. Thank God."Ah, the metal rods do not count since wood dowels are an easy replacement. You have not shot your chronograph unless you destroyed the the electronics.
I think I still have it laying around here somewhere but I really like my magnetospeed and have no intention of fixing the shooting chrony. I have some 110 gr V maxes and some AA2520 on the way and I'm really looking forward to...carefully developing that load from a safe starting point...and maybe seeing what a 110 gr v max does to a ripe pineapple at 3,400 fps.
troy fairweather
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I bullet proofed mine
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