Bulletstarter
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I have been shooting and reloading since the 60's. I started with and still have an Oehler 33 with unshot screens that still works. However I bought an F1 MASTER Chrony for convenience. I was disappointed in the unreliability of it and bought the lighted shades. They worked fine on cloudy days but only God has control of the weather. Most of the days I want to shoot, the sun is out in all its glory. I taught and built all kinds of digital electronics. So I built a number of different screens to no avail. One day I had a "DAH" moment and found a solution to shoot in all kinds of light conditions. I simply made a frame and turned the whole Chrony unit upside down! The sensor is looking DOWN at the led lights and never misses a reading. If anyone asks, I will upload some pictures.
As I get older, I have more time to make things convenient for myself. I put a 12 volt lawn and garden battery in a plastic battery box and mounted 3 switches and 3 cigarette lighter outlets on the side. I bought a 9 v output cigarette lighter plug-in to power my chrony, a regular 12 v to power the led lights, and a third 5 v plug-in to power old cell phones. When I'm shooting my 20 practical, I mount a cell phone on my scope and another on my spotting scope. No parallax on the rifle and great picture on the spotting scope for my older eyes. I'm 73 and having the most fun ever working up new loads. Just started loading 45 long colt black powder and am having a blast! I really like this forum! Very informative!
I have made the boxes and modified the Chronys for several friends and they talked me into posting this.
PS: Now my Grandkids love to hunt prairie dogs with their cell phones mounted. They record the shots (and misses) and send to their buddies. My 20 practicals and 20 vartarg work great with cell phones but not 300 mag!!
As I get older, I have more time to make things convenient for myself. I put a 12 volt lawn and garden battery in a plastic battery box and mounted 3 switches and 3 cigarette lighter outlets on the side. I bought a 9 v output cigarette lighter plug-in to power my chrony, a regular 12 v to power the led lights, and a third 5 v plug-in to power old cell phones. When I'm shooting my 20 practical, I mount a cell phone on my scope and another on my spotting scope. No parallax on the rifle and great picture on the spotting scope for my older eyes. I'm 73 and having the most fun ever working up new loads. Just started loading 45 long colt black powder and am having a blast! I really like this forum! Very informative!
I have made the boxes and modified the Chronys for several friends and they talked me into posting this.
PS: Now my Grandkids love to hunt prairie dogs with their cell phones mounted. They record the shots (and misses) and send to their buddies. My 20 practicals and 20 vartarg work great with cell phones but not 300 mag!!