Chronograph

[Timney]

I use the Chrony F1, works perfect for my needs, can't complain..

 

[Muir]

(YAWN!!!!!) You need to get out more. Velocity along with a Ballistic Calculator works perfectly for me. As for trying to shoot through/over a chrono out too 100 yards, very smart and a good reason so many are for sale as spares.

"Meat and taters is all I eat! Good enuff for me Pa soze it's good enuff fer Me. Cooking fancier food?? Might upset the stummock. Can't have that....No! Thass the reason they sell so much by carbonate of sody, Ya know??"

Good grief! But I guess it depends on how precise you want to be... ~Muir

 

[swarovski]

If you cant put shots through the middle of a 1 foot triangle at 100yds give up shooting

 

[Mutley]

Muir, Enlighten me as to how my "meat and tatties" is going to be enhanced by your "fancier food" and how this is going to improve my 100 yard ragged holes, and accurate dialing from 100 too 600 yards.

If you cant put shots through the middle of a 1 foot triangle at 100yds give up shooting

There are plenty who couldnt, If only the Chrony were that easy to use, the area you have to pass the bullet through is a lot smaller than the triangled area, light condition, diffusers, metal rods, jeez, just bolt the thing on and safely get on with it. Its cheap for a reason.

 

[Muir]

Muir, Enlighten me as to how my "meat and tatties" is going to be enhanced by your "fancier food" and how this is going to improve my 100 yard ragged holes, and accurate dialing from 100 too 600 yards.





There are plenty who couldnt, If only the Chrony were that easy to use, the area you have to pass the bullet through is a lot smaller than the triangled area, light condition, diffusers, metal rods, jeez, just bolt the thing on and safely get on with it. Its cheap for a reason.

Relax, Amigo. I'm just funnin with you -teasing the complacent tone of your post.

I agree. The window needed for a reading is fairly small but I've done it with 1.5 MOA rifles. For the purposes of establishing a reasonably accurate BC, fifty yards will work fine and the numbers you get will be better than nothing. If you get good results with velocity and a ballistics table that's great, but the reality is that more often than not, published BC's aren't accurate with regard to a particular shooter's environment or the velocity's being utilized.

For deer hunting, I really don't care about drop tables and such. I sight in 2-3" high at 100 and hold dead on the rib cage to 250. Smack. Dead deer. Guys on this site seem to have a different approach and value 'dialing in' their scope for different ranges. When you spend the time and money chronographing loads it would be nice to know something other than just the speed. Truly accurate drop tables are available to you if you own a chronograph and make use of it.

I do shoot dual chrono distances for varmint shooting. I like to shoot prairiedogs and they are a very small target shot at long distances. Precise drop tables -tailored to altitude and speed and temperature- save a lot of guess work. But yes, I also shoot them because i don't have a life and like doing such things. As pitiful as that might sound, I do learn a lot in the process. ~Muir

 

[TSG]

Have F1 myself and is great cheep and cheerful.
Just made a remote button for it (£3 worth of components) and managed to have it connected to my PC using a cable from evilbay
-next step is bluetooth connection to my phone

 

[enfieldspares]

I have the CRONY. Depending on how near the M1 you are in Bedfordshire you could drive up to Norman Clark. Or John Bradshaw may have them?

 

[paul o']

mageto speed is all you need they last longer

 

[Paulc]

I have a v3 superb bit of kit especially if you can read bore sight through chronograph.
rgds Paul