Chronograph

[longnkrnch]

Can anyone recommend a good chrono? One that's accurate durable and user friendly. I have looked at reviews on several and can't seem to find one that is consistently rated good.

[Mort]

I have a ProChrono Digital and I love it. Simple, accurate and almost no errors in just about any outside light conditions.

[Texas Sheepdawg]

Chrony F1 I like having the digital readout up on the bench. Also, Hoot has a schematic on how to build a switch cord that will open up the F1 to some pretty useful functions.

[pitted bore]

Here you go. Be the first on your block:

Your own personal ballistic Doppler radar

Introduced at SHOT show 2014.
--Bob
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[kobraken]

Just bought the F1. I love it,it's so easy to use it isn't even funny. Ken

[Hoot]

Here you go. Be the first on your block:

Your own personal ballistic Doppler radar

Introduced at SHOT show 2014.
--Bob

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That's neat! I wonder how tight the beam is? On our rifle range, there are 8 shooting tables spaced 5 ft apart center to center and 14 target boards at 100 yards spaced 4 ft apart center to center. I've had the shock wave from adjacent shooters, 1 or 2 stations away trip my optical chrony on dusty or heavy pollen, high humidity days. Aside from that, I imagine it's not cheap. Hows that old car tenet go?

If it's cheap and reliable, it's not fast.
If its cheap and fast, its not reliable.
If its reliable and fast, its not cheap.

Hoot

[pitted bore]

... I imagine it's not cheap. ...

Rumor reported from the SHOT show is that each unit of the radar detector will run about $500. I only know the rumor.

This is about equal to the cost of upper end light-screen-type consumer chronographs. There have been times when, my chrono having gone belly up during a lengthy session with several serial tests half finished, I would have been an easy sale for this item assuming it functions as advertised.

--Bob

[Texas Sheepdawg]

Mod switch

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Here's the mod for the Chrony F1. Real simple
And cheap to build. I love mine.
Here's the link with schematics and further details.
http://noplabs.com/chrony/remotecontrol.html

[wildcatter]

... I imagine it's not cheap. ...

Rumor reported from the SHOT show is that each unit of the radar detector will run about $500. I only know the rumor.

This is about equal to the cost of upper end light-screen-type consumer chronographs. There have been times when, my chrono having gone belly up during a lengthy session with several serial tests half finished, I would have been an easy sale for this item assuming it functions as advertised.

--Bob

I talked to them about six months ago and $500 was the price point. Which means $1000 when it's finally available, which means sometime next year.

The reason for going to something like this is so you can readily obtain data at the target and it's range is only 100yds, I wanted 200yds and 300 would be better. But then start piling up stacks of $100 bills. I worked on one that had a 3000yd plus range (This was at the US Military Yuma Ballistics Range. (Now they have Doppler-Radar, that it's max range is measured in Miles for Artillery) and gave you data every millimeter, to the max range, but I understand that now days, that thing cost's $500,000 and more and forget about the Artillery Model.

The various professional ballistics labs, with 300yd underground ranges and will sport a Doppler Radar and those will start at $100,000 and go up.

So, I have my hopes up that the technology is starting to catch up to our needs..

..t

[Texas Sheepdawg]

The Chrony F1 is on sale at Midway USA today.