Best handgun to Shoot your Chronograph With

[BLTsandwedge]

Two weeks ago I had the pleaure of shooting my chronograph- twice. A shooting friend gave me one of NAA's micro .22LR revolvers to pull down some velocity figures. Having never fired one of those micro-guns, I didn't know that such a short sight radius means big variations on point-of-impact. I loaded four rounds (I don't know why four)- Lapua 22LR standard target rounds. The first round- 560fps. Second round- no reading. Third round- 227fps. Fourth round-544fps. After the third round I noticed that the chrony wobbled a bit- and the 227fps reading was bizarre.

Long story short, rounds two and three hit the protective plate that guards the first light meter on the chrony- giving the plate two significant dents. The third round (or a piece of it) somehow came off the plate at such an angle as to actually proceed over both light meters- giving the 227fps reading. On the way through it bent one of the front skyscreen posts a bit.

The chronograph now works flawlessly. It's the same Shooting Chrony Beta that I'd complained about earlier. I'm assuming this is how many of us adjust our chronographs- the question is, what's your favorite gun and load to shoot your chronograph with?

[tek4260]

I really need to build a heavy iron box with an angled front to protect mine. I know its coming......

[Glen]

A 180 grain .44 Special at ~1000 fps, right through the center of the front panel of a Chrony will make it very difficult to read the display.

[mike in co]

water pistol, maybe a rubberband gun

[1Shirt]

Well, I clipped one of the supports on my son in laws yesterday with my 357. Probably adequate!
1Shirt!

[Heavy lead]

Well I hit a guide rod one time with a 300 grain XTP Hornady with over 30 grains of 296 out of a 454 Casull and it exibited fine terminal performance and would highly recommend this combination for such activities.
Believe it or not the chrono survived, to be taken out by a gust of wind a couple of years later.

[Blammer]

my chrony is all safe & sound tucked away in storage, no chance of it getting shot!

[Frank]

BLTsandwedge said

The third round (or a piece of it) somehow came off the plate at such an angle as to actually proceed over both light meters- giving the 227fps reading. On the way through it bent one of the front skyscreen posts a bit.

When you sell it you can say it's an ombda shooter. Ombda = One Minute of Barn Door Angle.

[Maine1]

i find that a 10mm 200 gr XTP will slay the chrony very well..

[Longrange]

750 grain FMJBT out of a M107 takes care of them real good.

Of course it is not a hand gun.

[9.3X62AL]

A cast Lee 100 grain RN launched at 1350 FPS from a CZ-52 does stellar work on downrange-box-on-camera-tripod chronographs. DRT.

[AzShooter]

I've now hit my Pac Chrony 5 times with my Model 686, 627, 10, 29 and I let three friends borrow it and they hit it with .45s,.38supers and a couple of 9mms. There have been a lot of plastic parts flown off of it lots of dings and dents but it hasn't died yet.

I tell my friends they can shoot it but if they hit it it will cost them $30, that's the cost of repair. I now have a Chrony Beta for backup.

[RSOJim]

The blast from a 500 Boswell ten feet away does really well. Hasn't worked since.

[Lloyd Smale]

i put down the ageing ohler screensof my buddys with a 475 linebaugh and it made a very clean kill. Complete penetration and quick knock down.

[warf73]

Never got one with a pistol, the only one I've killed was with my 300WBY. Saddly it wasn't even my crony was a friends that instisted I needed to crony my rounds that I was loading. Needless to say 15 or so rounds into the testing session I got it dead middle. That one shot cost me 2 cronys, I replaced his and bought me one.
I've never killed one since.

[kenjuudo]

I killed my first one with a .380. Second one has survived a factory .303, ripped the chrony from the tripod mount and sent it end for end but it survived. I believe the soft aluminum block and the give in the 1/8" base absorbed alot of the hit.

[dragonrider]

A 38 super will punch a nice hole in the black plastic housing that holds the sensors of a Pact unit. My freind did that for me, his very first shot over a chronograph.

[BLTsandwedge]

So it's obvious to me that I just don't have enough heart and/or fortitude to do the job right. I've just gotta pump myself up an' git 'er done. I can't match Long Range's BMG but by the other posts it seems I can get something accomplished with the 629, a 429421 and a handful of 296. I'll give 'er a whirl this weekend.

Thanks gents......

[357maximum]

Is it just me or do some of you have a complete and total inability to shoot a group while using a chrony? For the life of me I cannot shoot a group with the chrony between me and the target.

A few years back I winged my ol mans chrony with my 357max and just folded one of the tin lips in.....whew. He gave me a little lecture on what I did to his stuff and we carried on shooting.

A week or so later I clipped a sky screen support with his 32/20, 32H&R mag Buckeye blackhawk.........same speech was given.

A month or so later he hit it dead nuts center with a 30 herret and it was DRT. All I did was repeat his his words to me and he got mad........no sense of humor I guess.

He now has one of them remote beta units......I now let him do all the over the chrony shots..........I lack the ability to be comfy with a chrony apparently. I just work up my loads according to groups.........and when I am happy I go over to his house and let him find out where I ended up. Saves me money and he feels like he is serving a purpose....win/win system.

[Lloyd Smale]

had to chuckle. Im the same way. I cant shoot groups over a chronograph either. i think its because im to worried about hitting the screens.

Is it just me or do some of you have a complete and total inability to shoot a group while using a chrony? For the life of me I cannot shoot a group with the chrony between me and the target.

A few years back I winged my ol mans chrony with my 357max and just folded one of the tin lips in.....whew. He gave me a little lecture on what I did to his stuff and we carried on shooting.

A week or so later I clipped a sky screen support with his 32/20, 32H&R mag Buckeye blackhawk.........same speech was given.

A month or so later he hit it dead nuts center with a 30 herret and it was DRT. All I did was repeat his his words to me and he got mad........no sense of humor I guess.

He now has one of them remote beta units......I now let him do all the over the chrony shots..........I lack the ability to be comfy with a chrony apparently. I just work up my loads according to groups.........and when I am happy I go over to his house and let him find out where I ended up. Saves me money and he feels like he is serving a purpose....win/win system.