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Chronographs: What to do?
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<blockquote data-quote="GLTaylor" data-source="post: 1795965" data-attributes="member: 111593"><p>I have been shooting and loading for nearly 50 years now. I have learned so much since starting to watch this forum. I am questioning some things I thought I knew and learning a ton. Great fun! Thanks to all!</p><p>My current question is about chronographs. I am on my second chronograph (shot the first one years ago). I don't use it a lot, just when working up a load for one of my rifles. I usually shoot loads until I find a promising one, then check velocity, ES, SD, etc. to run the velocity and get my initial come-ups for distance. Mine is a simple optical instrument = a Chrony something.</p><p>It is a pain in the rump some days if the light isn't right and sometimes I have to re-set it once or twice during a string, when I get an "error" reading. </p><p>From what I have read, the general opinion is that these may not be completely reliable, or a frequent pain in the rear.</p><p>I have looked at a Lab Radar. They seem to be rather pricey and may be a bit complicated to set up. Recently there was another article about not using one brand of chronograph during sight in (which I don't generally do anyway).</p><p>I'm not running a laboratory here. This is for occasional use and the budget is not unlimited.</p><p>Please give me your opinions and recommendations. What say you?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GLTaylor, post: 1795965, member: 111593"] I have been shooting and loading for nearly 50 years now. I have learned so much since starting to watch this forum. I am questioning some things I thought I knew and learning a ton. Great fun! Thanks to all! My current question is about chronographs. I am on my second chronograph (shot the first one years ago). I don't use it a lot, just when working up a load for one of my rifles. I usually shoot loads until I find a promising one, then check velocity, ES, SD, etc. to run the velocity and get my initial come-ups for distance. Mine is a simple optical instrument = a Chrony something. It is a pain in the rump some days if the light isn't right and sometimes I have to re-set it once or twice during a string, when I get an "error" reading. From what I have read, the general opinion is that these may not be completely reliable, or a frequent pain in the rear. I have looked at a Lab Radar. They seem to be rather pricey and may be a bit complicated to set up. Recently there was another article about not using one brand of chronograph during sight in (which I don't generally do anyway). I'm not running a laboratory here. This is for occasional use and the budget is not unlimited. Please give me your opinions and recommendations. What say you? [/QUOTE]
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