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How to check a Chronograph?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wile E Coyote" data-source="post: 566081" data-attributes="member: 28381"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 9px">Earlier today I ran across a thread here on LRH about Chronographs and I'm hoping someone could help me sort out a problem I'm having with my Beta Master Shooting Chrony, a rifle and load combo. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 9px">My question is how to prove the calibration of the chronograph? </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 9px">I recently did shoot across 2 other chronographs on 2 different occasions. First time, all were within a few FPS of each other. The second time, a few weeks later, there was a very wide difference – off by hundreds of FPS. My Chronograph was the slowest. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 9px">A Tech at Shooting Chrony suggested that I could get some factory ammo with a "known" velocity, shoot it and see the results. Seemed reasonable, so I did just that with the rifle in question (a 7 mag) and several others in different calibers. While each was somewhat consistent (factory ammo), they were not what was advertised and off by more than I would have expected. Some were faster while others were slower. My conclusion here is nothing proven or dis-proven with this test. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p>Could anyone help?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wile E Coyote, post: 566081, member: 28381"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1]Earlier today I ran across a thread here on LRH about Chronographs and I'm hoping someone could help me sort out a problem I'm having with my Beta Master Shooting Chrony, a rifle and load combo. [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1]My question is how to prove the calibration of the chronograph? [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1]I recently did shoot across 2 other chronographs on 2 different occasions. First time, all were within a few FPS of each other. The second time, a few weeks later, there was a very wide difference – off by hundreds of FPS. My Chronograph was the slowest. [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1] [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=1]A Tech at Shooting Chrony suggested that I could get some factory ammo with a "known" velocity, shoot it and see the results. Seemed reasonable, so I did just that with the rifle in question (a 7 mag) and several others in different calibers. While each was somewhat consistent (factory ammo), they were not what was advertised and off by more than I would have expected. Some were faster while others were slower. My conclusion here is nothing proven or dis-proven with this test. [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] Could anyone help? [/QUOTE]
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