Comments on: Embarrassing Moments: Shooting Chrony Bites the Dust

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 19 May 2015 14:03:29 +0000

I’ll never use a laser bore sighter. They’re pointless (when you can site with the bore) and useless (typically not bright enough to see in full daylight). I’ve seen more Elmer Fud barrel explosions are our range from laser bore sighter a than anything else.

Even my 10/22’s have bore cleaning holes which I use for sighting. All else failing, I will get close with factory scope setting and use the 1 shot zero method (aiming for an inanimate object down range then moving my sites to the POI).

Anyway, at least now you can buy an Oehler =D

By: William

William — Tue, 19 May 2015 13:51:33 +0000

Send it in for warranty.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 17 May 2015 20:50:39 +0000

Now you must be aware of the shot that shook the world; this thread seems to be appropriate.

One fine day, a shooter of some notoriety was running in his barrel at the local range. It was a brand new barrel and so he was doing some load development at the same time as the shoot and clean routine.

Well, he pulled the trigger on the eighth shot. The cleaning rod shot through the Chrony taking both down range at a rapid rate of knots and bulging the brand new barrel.

Despite swearing the witness to secrecy, news of this incident spread rapidly despite his denials. So fervent were these denials that the quickest way to get him to walk away from a group was to ask what speed a cleaning rod does out of a 308 barrel…..

By: Thud

Thud — Sun, 17 May 2015 19:34:59 +0000

I never did it myself, But someone told me about it.

By: Gerald

Gerald — Sun, 17 May 2015 16:44:31 +0000

I loan my chrony out about every chance I get with the aforementioned caveat, “you shoot it, you bought it”.
I want a magneto speed.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 00:29:40 +0000

I have been using a Chrony for 20 years and have never come close to shooting it. The first model took a hit from a stray gas check and a friend fixed it – it gave up the ghost for good 2-3 years ago.

By: Nat Lambeth

Nat Lambeth — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:41:10 +0000

All I can say looks like operator error.
I don’t think they warrantee bullet strikes, and no you can’t borrow my chronograph.

By: Art

Art — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:38:39 +0000

Check the 2nd picture down in this article for an aide that prevents blasting your Chrono to pieces:

http://riflemansjournal.blogspot.com/2010/04/basics-chronographing-effectively.html

By: Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:02:11 +0000

I took another brand chronograph to a public range one day. Lots of guys wanted to see how fast their bullets were going and to a man, they all wanted me to do the shooting so as to not be responsible for the sky screens. I was able to shoot quite a few rifles with ammo included that day. I took a shot with each gun to verify point of aim before shooting over the screens.

By: Gord O

Gord O — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:42:07 +0000

Just 1 comment….if you haven’t shot your chrony YET..
You’re just not using it enough.
and
regarding buddies who want to shoot over your chrony
…you shoot it ,,,ya bought it.