A Chrono Question

[ElmerThud]

I've had a Chrony F1 for many years ... it's been shot & repaired a few times by 'friends' who really knew how to shoot better than they did when using my kit...ah well, :roll: what can you do?

Now it's been shot and finished & I'm about to buy a new one..haven't yet decided on another Chrony, ProChrono or Caldwell...nothing too lavish.

But here's the question. I usually set the chrono up on a tripod as near to eight feet from the muzzle as I can measure...but is that the right distance?

Do other users set the chrono further away, or closer, or do I have it about right?
Cheers, ET

 

[jimbires]

I'm usually around 12 feet . if I set up much closer I blow the sky screens off , when shooting my rifles that don't have muzzle brakes .

 

[Rol_P]

After getting some crazy reading on my Chrony I called the company and was told to increase my muzzle to unit distance. Now I set up 15 ft from the muzzle with good results.

 

[DrMike]

Routinely, I set my Chrony at 12 feet. Occasionally, especially if I intend on doing ballistic calculations, I will set it at 10 feet. Same for the Oehler. Now that I've begun using the LabRadar, it is set even with the muzzle. Nice!

 

[Guy Miner]

Believe the instructions for my CED mentioned 12 - 15 feet. That works well.

Once I fired a .300 mag load over a friend's Chrony, at about 8 feet... The muzzle blast blew the whole thing, tripod and all, over! :shock:

Guy

 

[ElmerThud]

Thanks folks, I appreciate your replies. I haven't had any issues with blast pushing the tripod over & such, nor disfunctional readings, but wondered what distance others use.
I need to buy a new chrono now .... Chrony is dead, long live Chrony....as long as it doesn't get shot again!

 

[Silent Sam]

Be brave. Set it up right in front of your target.

 

[ElmerThud]

Be brave. Set it up right in front of your target.

Never thought of doing that, it's a great idea....but, it'll only be me shooting it under that condition.
No ooooooh can I have a go? Chancer's :lol:

 

[Silent Sam]

I was only half joking...After you have a good muzzle velocity # setting it up downrange makes a lot of sense. I have a CED w/ a large digital readout and can see the #s with the scope from the bench. You are actually probably less likely to hit it downrange than up close assuming you know where your load is hitting.

 

[Partisan]

I setup my ProChrono when I was using it at 10-12 ft. It worked well as long as the light was right. I had a Chrony before and it was flaky at any distance.
These days I use a MagnetoSpeed V1 and it eliminates all those concerns. The MagnetoSpeed Sporter is around $179 discounted. Although that's probably a bit more than the OP had in mind.

 

[ElmerThud]

I setup my ProChrono when I was using it at 10-12 ft. It worked well as long as the light was right. I had a Chrony before and it was flaky at any distance.
These days I use a MagnetoSpeed V1 and it eliminates all those concerns. The MagnetoSpeed Sporter is around $179 discounted. Although that's probably a bit more than the OP had in mind.

It's a much more expensive item in UK Partisan, your 179$ becomes around £150GBP
But the price of the unit in UK is $280 / £195GBP

 

[Divernhunter]

I set up my Oehler at 20 feet