Chrony - The Firearms Forum

dbach · 09-11-2011, 05:59 PM

I'm a bit embarrased to admit this but ..... I bought a new Chronograph. the Chrony F1. I took it out today to break it in. I put 70 shots thru the rods (the aluminum rods that hold the difusers up). Shot number 71 didn't go so well. I hit the rod on the left with a S&W .40. The rod flew off to who knows where and the tripod fell over. I picked the thing up fearing the worse , but it looks like its going to be fine. I just need to pick some new rods up.

Has anyone else ever done that? I was very aware of the bullets path, I guess I just got complacent.

JLA · 09-11-2011, 06:08 PM

I have shot mine 3 times. all my rods are gone or bent and the diffusers are cracked. I just try to use it on cloudy days. or tape a white cutting board over it.

One time I hit it with a .44 mag and thot it was gone, but it still works..

312shooter · 09-11-2011, 06:11 PM

An old wise man at the range told me to go get wooden dowels before that happens, its very common actually. Good on ya for admitting your experiences (mistakes) so they can be learned from!

The Duke · 09-11-2011, 06:21 PM

If you use a chrony very often, its not a matter of "IF" but "WHEN"...

I bought a spare set when I purchased the thing...You should be able to use it though as the rods only provide support for the shade screen...Provided that yours works like mine and I have a Pact.. A wooden dowl or something like that should work to hold your screen in place until you get a replacement...Almost everyone I know that owns a chrony has popped the screen at least once.

dbennett48 · 09-11-2011, 06:58 PM

I killed a friend's crony about 15 years ago. I still feel stupid for doing it.

Dave

res45 · 09-11-2011, 07:21 PM

Just go to your local WallyWorld and pick up a pack of 12" bamboo skewers,a pack of 50 to 100 only cost about $3. Use as is or piece them together to make the length you need to replace the steel rods.

Made some body armor for my chrono from some scrap steel.

JLA · 09-11-2011, 09:42 PM

the bamboo skewers is a great idea. Thanks res!

gdmoody · 09-11-2011, 10:34 PM

My chrony is so old that it has cardboard "cutouts" and plastic pieces as defusers. The cardboard cutouts do have a few extra holes in them!

Bindernut · 09-12-2011, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by res45

Made some body armor for my chrono from some scrap steel.

Great tip on the bamboo skewers, and I like that shield! I'm gonna whip one of those up the next time I dig around on the scrap pile down at the farm.

I've been scared of putting a round through the body of my Chrony ever since I bought it.

Archie · 09-12-2011, 11:32 AM

While testing a .35 Whelen rifle, I not only shot a support rod, but I found one end of the rod, twisted into a hook shape, imbedded in the target.

Couldn't do that again if I worked at it.

Shot that Chrony as well. The bullet strike wasn't very far from the top edge. Far enough, as it turns out.

carver · 09-12-2011, 03:13 PM

Never owned one, and never shot over one. There is a guy down the road from me that makes custom bullets, http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/FFLDe...aspx?sid=57162 I took some of my hand loads down there once, and he shot them for me. I was loading 240gr Hornady XTP's to 1250fps, acording to the book. Acording to his crony I was right on the money with a velocity spread of only a few fps.

JLA · 09-12-2011, 04:46 PM

I had a guy at work bring me a cylinder full of .44 mags he had reloaded with 300 gr XTPs and H110. He said they were starting loads and he wanted to know what they were running. His S&W 29 has a 6" barrel and my ruger SBH had a 7.5 so i said id just run them thru mine and see, and he could sub 50 fps or so for the barrel length diff. Those mofos were running 1400 fps from my 7.5 and they freakin hurt to shoot. I fired 2 of them and returned the rest and told him to pull them and double check his powder charges. HE was using the LEE dippers and was using one that was a half CC too big for that combo. I told him to get a scale and a powder measure before he killed himself..

gcalloway · 10-04-2011, 09:32 AM

I learned the hard way that a chrony will not stand up to a direct hit from a 45/70 the rods were ok, but the body was a wreck.

09-11-2011, 05:59 PM	#1
dbach V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Trinity, TX Posts: 169	Chrony I'm a bit embarrased to admit this but ..... I bought a new Chronograph. the Chrony F1. I took it out today to break it in. I put 70 shots thru the rods (the aluminum rods that hold the difusers up). Shot number 71 didn't go so well. I hit the rod on the left with a S&W .40. The rod flew off to who knows where and the tripod fell over. I picked the thing up fearing the worse , but it looks like its going to be fine. I just need to pick some new rods up. Has anyone else ever done that? I was very aware of the bullets path, I guess I just got complacent. __________________ David Bachelder Trinity, TX Rookie Reloader but learning fast 9mm, 40S&W, 45ACP, 45 Colt, 38 Special, .357 Magnum, 38 S&W, .243, & 30-06 CHL ~ Texas -->

09-11-2011, 06:08 PM	#2
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,319	Re: Chrony I have shot mine 3 times. all my rods are gone or bent and the diffusers are cracked. I just try to use it on cloudy days. or tape a white cutting board over it. One time I hit it with a .44 mag and thot it was gone, but it still works.. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

09-11-2011, 06:11 PM	#3
312shooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Las Vegas NV Posts: 1,148	Re: Chrony An old wise man at the range told me to go get wooden dowels before that happens, its very common actually. Good on ya for admitting your experiences (mistakes) so they can be learned from! __________________ "Democracy is based on citizenship- perhaps the greatest gift the United States has given to the world- Power is vested in the people themselves, and government flows from the people" James M Henslin

09-11-2011, 06:21 PM	#4
The Duke Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NW Louisiana Posts: 813	Re: Chrony If you use a chrony very often, its not a matter of "IF" but "WHEN"... I bought a spare set when I purchased the thing...You should be able to use it though as the rods only provide support for the shade screen...Provided that yours works like mine and I have a Pact.. A wooden dowl or something like that should work to hold your screen in place until you get a replacement...Almost everyone I know that owns a chrony has popped the screen at least once. Last edited by The Duke; 09-11-2011 at 06:22 PM..

09-11-2011, 06:58 PM	#5
dbennett48 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ukiah, California Posts: 73	Re: Chrony I killed a friend's crony about 15 years ago. I still feel stupid for doing it. Dave __________________ The most important rule in a gunfight is: Always win – cheat if necessary. Two Glock 9mm's, Ruger LC9, Kimber Custom II .45ACP, Ruger 10/22, 12 ga. pump shotgun, and Rem .243 WIN. I reload all of my guns, except the shotgun.

09-11-2011, 07:21 PM	#6
res45 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 182	Re: Chrony Just go to your local WallyWorld and pick up a pack of 12" bamboo skewers,a pack of 50 to 100 only cost about $3. Use as is or piece them together to make the length you need to replace the steel rods. Made some body armor for my chrono from some scrap steel. Last edited by res45; 09-11-2011 at 07:23 PM..

09-11-2011, 09:42 PM	#7
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,319	Re: Chrony the bamboo skewers is a great idea. Thanks res! __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

09-11-2011, 10:34 PM	#8
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,354	Re: Chrony My chrony is so old that it has cardboard "cutouts" and plastic pieces as defusers. The cardboard cutouts do have a few extra holes in them! __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

09-12-2011, 11:32 AM	#10
Archie V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hastings, Nebraska; the Heartland! Posts: 294	Re: Chrony While testing a .35 Whelen rifle, I not only shot a support rod, but I found one end of the rod, twisted into a hook shape, imbedded in the target. Couldn't do that again if I worked at it. Shot that Chrony as well. The bullet strike wasn't very far from the top edge. Far enough, as it turns out. __________________ Be at Peace; go forth, spread enlightenment and joy to all. Wear clean underwear and take a gun. http://oldmanmontgomery.wordpress.com/ for my thoughts...

09-12-2011, 03:13 PM	#11
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,288	Re: Chrony Never owned one, and never shot over one. There is a guy down the road from me that makes custom bullets, http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/FFLDe...aspx?sid=57162 I took some of my hand loads down there once, and he shot them for me. I was loading 240gr Hornady XTP's to 1250fps, acording to the book. Acording to his crony I was right on the money with a velocity spread of only a few fps. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

09-12-2011, 04:46 PM	#12
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,319	Re: Chrony I had a guy at work bring me a cylinder full of .44 mags he had reloaded with 300 gr XTPs and H110. He said they were starting loads and he wanted to know what they were running. His S&W 29 has a 6" barrel and my ruger SBH had a 7.5 so i said id just run them thru mine and see, and he could sub 50 fps or so for the barrel length diff. Those mofos were running 1400 fps from my 7.5 and they freakin hurt to shoot. I fired 2 of them and returned the rest and told him to pull them and double check his powder charges. HE was using the LEE dippers and was using one that was a half CC too big for that combo. I told him to get a scale and a powder measure before he killed himself.. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

10-04-2011, 09:32 AM	#13
gcalloway V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Atlanta Posts: 88	Re: Chrony I learned the hard way that a chrony will not stand up to a direct hit from a 45/70 the rods were ok, but the body was a wreck. __________________ Success: Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success. - Henry Ford