Joined the "I shot my chrony" club [Archive]

Ed Barrett

03-03-2013, 11:02 PM

Try replacing the metal supports with wood dowels. Cheap to replace and won't cause any damage to the box if hit.

Luckily, the only damage is I have one shade support in the next county...

Could have been much worse![smilie=1:

Artful

03-03-2013, 11:05 PM

Yep - wooden ones rule, and make spares - helps to paint the "zone" on the sticks as well

xs11jack

03-04-2013, 12:04 AM

I got mine back running again with parts from DTKnowles for a very reasonable price. Good Man!
Jack

rockrat

03-04-2013, 11:30 AM

I think the "club" is alot bigger than many people want to admit to.

300winmag

03-04-2013, 11:34 AM

I am a member!!!!!!!

DRNurse1

03-04-2013, 11:35 AM

Someone here suggested straws to replace the aluminum shade holders. My local DD has 12 inch straws that are orange.:)

Someone here also suggested a steel plate on a plant hanger in front of the Chrony. I am doing this now, but would have rather bought powder or primers with the $$ I needed to replace my Chrony.

Welcome to the club.

deep creek

03-04-2013, 11:38 AM

Shot mine last year made a good hit didnt go far left a good trail of pieces and parts! I recomend 460 grn pp boolits for chrony shootin.:roll:

dagger dog

03-04-2013, 11:41 AM

Ain't been there haven't done that YET !!!!!got to remember the wood dowel thing.

P.K.

03-04-2013, 11:42 AM

There have to be enough folks here now to start a rating system on the "kills." :-D

Wells

03-04-2013, 11:59 AM

Been there done that and they don't sell a tee shirt,welcome to the club.
Wells

Edubya

03-04-2013, 12:17 PM

The chrony grave yard is almost as big as Arlington National by now. So far, mine has only been wounded a couple of times. I use the wooden Shish Kabobs (sp?) skewers as crutches for the shades.

EW

Gunslinger1911

03-04-2013, 12:20 PM

LOL, two time member here ! (I'm a little slow). Two Chrony's, two kills. Three hits, though - (38 super not recomended for clean kills unless vitals are hit)

Last one hit with a max load of WC820 under a 580g boolet from 500 S&W. No worries about tracking , DOA, gibblets all ovwr the place !

JonB_in_Glencoe

03-04-2013, 12:24 PM

Hello, My name is Jon and I am a recovering chronykiller !

45nut

03-04-2013, 12:31 PM

I was hoping this wasn't a post from the person I just sent a chrony out too...

I recommend weedeater line, just cut a length and make a loop of the brightly colored line.

Chili

03-04-2013, 12:35 PM

There are two types of chrony owners, those who have shot their chrony and those who WILL shoot their chrony.

Smitty's Retired

03-04-2013, 01:55 PM

There are two types of chrony owners, those who have shot their chrony and those who WILL shoot their chrony. No, there is a third kind. Those who have set up their Chrony's and watched their nephew with a brand new scoped Mini14 place a bullet right through the digital screen because said nephew did not tell you he had not sighted in his scope yet. But my fault, because I did not ask.

Welcome to the club Sweetpea, but technically you are not yet a Chrony Killer. You are a Shade Trimmer 1st Class.:bigsmyl2:

Sweetpea

03-04-2013, 10:46 PM

Welcome to the club Sweetpea, but technically you are not yet a Chrony Killer. You are a Shade Trimmer 1st Class.:bigsmyl2:

Yeah, well... I was using my blackhawk in 41 mag with 250gr boolits...

A direct hit surely would have been a DRT!:(

2muchstuf

03-04-2013, 11:06 PM

Got mine too.
First time with 2 gas checks.
Next time with 230gr RN .
Just the shade support though.
Guess I'm a shade trimmer too.

It was just a little embarrassing though when my son borrowed it.
2

Phoenix

03-04-2013, 11:10 PM

I am hoping I don't join said club but I have to chony some shotgun loads soon and I know those can be bad news.

Glad you didn't destroy it.

elginrunner

03-05-2013, 12:31 AM

I got my chrony that I'd had for about ten years, when I got my first ar15... seems the bbl is a little lower than the sights :(

Kull

03-05-2013, 12:53 AM

I've done it, once. The chrony I shot was giving me fits and in frustration and lacking patience I finally pulled one low. Hated that frak'n chronograph. The image of it and the tripod going *** over tea kettle makes me laugh though.

dudits

03-05-2013, 12:53 AM

when chronys act up they need obedience training!!!

GaryN

03-05-2013, 02:45 AM

Make sure and buy extra skyscreens when you order them. You will eventually use them. I belong to the club also.

AricTheRed

03-05-2013, 03:01 AM

In addition to listening to NPR...

I blasted my Ohler 35P the first time out. It really was my last string of fire when I drilled two of the skyscreens with my CB 44mag 275gr HP's. right before that cylinder full I'd been clocking the cup points at about 1400fps. the most amazing thing is that the unit worked after. big chunks missing from the third screen. .432" holes in the middle one. Boy was I glad I'd spent $600 on my chronograph.

Wait a sec, I just shot $600 worth of test equipment? Well any way, it still worked, and for less than $80 I was able to make it look like new and have some spare parts.

Maybe Chronographs are like WWII bomber crews and should be retired after surviving 25 sorties?

Ed Barrett

03-05-2013, 09:29 PM

Have not shot the guts in mine yet, but had a real scare a few years ago. I was testing out some 45-70 loads with surplus powder. Fired and watched the Chrono and tripod go over. When I picked it up and looked at it I saw the front was indented with marks that matched the IMR 5010 that I was using. Kept that Crono for a few more years and then sold it to a fellow who always wanted it, and bought a new one with a printer.

Revolver

03-05-2013, 10:12 PM

I tried to join but failed. Maybe this year.

http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j407/mainejunker/chrono-bungee_zpsd29907fe.gif

Combat Diver

03-05-2013, 10:23 PM

I'm still using my 2 old Chrony's. Need to make some new cardboard shade holders. Newest one took a 265gr .41 bullet to the back timer last month. :(

CD

km101

03-05-2013, 10:40 PM

There are two types of chrony owners, those who have shot their chrony and those who WILL shoot their chrony.

You beat me to it!!!

I guess I'm a Shade Trimmer 2nd Class? I hit the support twice. I have replaced with wood dowels (and epoxied the socket), but the plastic straw suggestion may have some merit!

It is amazing how easily you can forget to check alignment and position of your Chrony before you start shooting!

I wonder who holds the record for the Most Chronys Shot? Not a record that I would want/could afford to hold. :Fire:

Ozarki

03-05-2013, 11:32 PM

I blew mine away with a 180 gr self cast .40 S&W. It was ugly

geargnasher

03-06-2013, 12:19 AM

Now we need a "Chrony Killer" usergroup label........

Haven't shot mine, YET, but I've shot AT it a whole bunch.

Gear

L1A1Rocker

03-06-2013, 12:43 AM

I really hate these threads. It just reminds me that I have not shot my chrony. . . YET.

Chili

03-06-2013, 01:49 PM

No, there is a third kind. Those who have set up their Chrony's and watched their nephew with a brand new scoped Mini14 place a bullet right through the digital screen because said nephew did not tell you he had not sighted in his scope yet. But my fault, because I did not ask.

Ouch.....that sucks. You didn't even get a chance to kill it yourself! Times are bad when a man is denied the right to kill his own chrony.

Love Life

03-06-2013, 03:20 PM

a 175 gr SMK fired at 2600 FPS has enough killing power to kill a chrony with one shot. The 8x57 firing a 170 gr rn over a max dose of IMR4895 or BLC-2 has equal killing power on the elusive chronograph. I have not tested handguns...yet.

Smitty's Retired

03-06-2013, 03:40 PM

Ouch.....that sucks. You didn't even get a chance to kill it yourself! Times are bad when a man is denied the right to kill his own chrony.

Yeah, it was pretty surreal when it happend tho. I had the Chrony mounted on a camera tripod. His first shot, the whole thing rocked back on the two rear legs and just kind of tilted on backwards real slow and fell on over. My nephew and I looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh. I said, "You Got it man!" That was the only thing I thought of at the time.

P.K.

03-06-2013, 03:45 PM

Yeah, it was pretty surreal when it happend tho. I had the Chrony mounted on a camera tripod. His first shot, the whole thing rocked back on the two rear legs and just kind of tilted on backwards real slow and fell on over. My nephew and I looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh. I said, "You Got it man!" That was the only thing I thought of at the time.

I don't know why but I just thought of C3-PO screaming "I'm Doomed!!!!":bigsmyl2:

GaryN

03-06-2013, 06:05 PM

One of my problems has been testing things like shotguns and muzzleloaders with sabots. The wad from a shotgun shell took out one skyscreen. A sabot from my muzzleloader took out another. I don't even use sabots. But I had a few and thought I would play around with them.

shooterg

03-06-2013, 07:11 PM

There really oughta be a T-shirt for Club Chrony members....

w0fms

03-06-2013, 07:35 PM

I've been too afraid to take my new chronograph to the range. ;) I'm thinking that I'm going to put one of those 5-gal buckets full of shredded tires in front of it before the first time out...

firefly1957

03-06-2013, 07:50 PM

I have only wounded mine......so far!

No_1

03-06-2013, 07:56 PM

Hi,
My Name is Robert and I shot my Chrony. When I first saw threads like these I said "No, no not me. I could never shoot my chrony" but soon realized I was nothing more than another chrony killer in denial..... :roll:

Fortunate for me they have a great trade-in program. For $79.00 + $12.50 S&H + my old chrony as a trade in they will send a brand spanking new one to me. I will save a few bucks over the actual cost and that is all it takes to make me happy.:)

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DRNurse1

03-07-2013, 03:41 AM

I had mine for about 10 years when I tried to chrono my .45ACP ball rounds. I forgot that I had zeroed my sights and the first round hit the backstop but missed the Chrony. Normal folks would have stopped trying to chrono and sighted in their pistol, but I have never been accused of normalcy. Turns out my Kentucky windage skills are pretty good laterally but just a little low. Scored an X on the front screen and caught enough of the back sensor to scatter it all the way to the back stop. Chrony fixed it up in less than a month. Good company.

Hey, if any of you Chrony killers needs more fodder, they will upgrade the box (Beta version) for less than the cost of a new device. Make me an offer shipped to your door.

coleman

03-07-2013, 04:58 AM

When i got mine last year I made a angle iron holder with a 3/4 plate at a steep angle to deflect any bullets I said to myself this will protect it! Well the 30-06 bullet hit the very top of the 3/4" plate and sent a very small fragment into the top of the screen, it still worked but couldn't read top of the numbers. I sent it in to be fixed in 1 week they called for my CC# $44 total bill, I got it back the next week. After looking at the invoice it only cost $26 in parts and labor the rest was shipping $18 to send it back. I got some surplus powder in need to load up, so l will see what happens.