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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Gutpile on July 17, 2010, 06:26:59 PM

Title: Chrony's are just plain coooooooolll
Post by: Gutpile on July 17, 2010, 06:26:59 PM: ~~The wifey~~ santa gave me a chrony a couple of years ago and the first time I used it it wouldn't work so it just sat in my shop until today. I used it with a fellow member and his bro in law and it was a real eye opener. It was especially cool on the handgun loads.

Weird thing though. I own two 260's. One with a 20" barrel and the other with a 24" tube. The 20 incher was faster. Not by much but it was consistantly faster by 15 or so fps with the exact same load. So much for the 50 fps per inch. :chuckle:

My swede shoots exactly the same as my 260 but with a lighter bullet. Was glad to know the speed on it.

OH DAMN!!!! Matt!!! We didn't shoot the 45 acp's through it.

ANyways no real point to this post but they are a pretty freaking cool toy so you really know how fast your loads are.

One hint for first timers.............................. Place the unit AT LEAST 10 feet away. On the first shot it was almost as if we shot the unit. The muzzle blast sent pieces flying. :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Chrony's are just plain coooooooolll
Post by: MichaelD on July 17, 2010, 06:39:31 PM: Picked up one myself with some Cabelas gift certificates from my birthday. I have chrono'd everything from my bows, bbguns, rifles, pistols, muzzyloader, to my little girl throwing a baseball over it. :chuckle: Lots of fun, but a lot of good data to use when making changes to loads, bullets, arrows, rests, cams, etc.
Title: Re: Chrony's are just plain coooooooolll
Post by: carpsniperg2 on July 17, 2010, 06:43:08 PM: they are sweet but i get in yelling matches sometimes with the one i barrow from my buddy :chuckle: bugger won't recall sometimes and i get tired of wastin ammo :chuckle:
Title: Re: Chrony's are just plain coooooooolll
Post by: high country on July 18, 2010, 07:33:28 AM: I myself spent yesterday on the chrony...I am about dialed witn my new sako. they are a necessary tool IMO
Title: Re: Chrony's are just plain coooooooolll
Post by: MHWASH on July 18, 2010, 09:19:03 PM: Quote from: Gutpile on July 17, 2010, 06:26:59 PM

~~OH DAMN!!!! Matt!!! We didn't shoot the 45 acp's through it.~~

There's always next time.
Title: Re: Chrony's are just plain coooooooolll
Post by: Jamieb on July 18, 2010, 09:37:48 PM: Crony's are cool but theyre also very useful tools that every handloader should have.
Velocity=pressure
Title: Re: Chrony's are just plain coooooooolll
Post by: Bofire on July 19, 2010, 01:08:36 PM: :)They sure break alot of hearts for guys favorite loads. :chuckle:
Carl
Title: Re: Chrony's are just plain coooooooolll
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on July 19, 2010, 01:14:31 PM: Quote from: Bofire on July 19, 2010, 01:08:36 PM
:)They sure break alot of hearts for guys favorite loads. :chuckle:
Carl

Nope! Using a chrony is just how to develope a favorite load. 190gn Hornady BTSP@ 3125fps.

-Steve
Title: Re: Chrony's are just plain coooooooolll
Post by: NRA4LIFE on July 20, 2010, 01:37:16 PM: They're cool until you misalign them......... A buddy of mine did that. I thought it was pretty funny myself.
Title: Re: Chrony's are just plain coooooooolll
Post by: C-Money on July 20, 2010, 01:48:03 PM: I need to get one! :)