I'm not sure what your version of " reasonably priced " thats subjective. Chronys that are worth the money they cost, that you can count on are Lab Radar & Magneto SpeedV3 or the Oehler 35P . I have a Caldwell & it acts up constantly in several diff ways, along with the app not communicating with it a lot. I would not recommend it.Who makes an accurate and reasonably priced chronograph. Thanks, Kevin
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I agree.I'm not sure what your version of " reasonably priced " thats subjective. Chronys that are worth the money they cost, that you can count on are Lab Radar & Magneto SpeedV3 or the Oehler 35P . I have a Caldwell & it acts up constantly in several diff ways, along with the app not communicating with it a lot. I would not recommend it.
my vote goes with THE pro Cron. I've had for one for several years and it never gave a problem, easy to set up on a tripod and wILL record arrows as good as muzzleloader bullets. it doesn't hook up to my phone or anything, but at 15 feet I can walk up there once in a while and see what it says if I can't see it with my field glasses. It records all the in full and it's still on there after all these years and I think it only uses 1- 9 Volt battery. I have posted below me what they are right now, and that's about what I paid for mine. This was on Amazon.Who makes an accurate and reasonably priced chronograph. Thanks, Kevin
The 3.5mm cord that connects the chrony to the screen ( a tablet ) is 25' long. So I know that when I set it with the middle of the cord on the ground that its 20' away from my muzzle & all my sabots fall between 15'-18' from the muzzle. So I get as accurate of a reading as its capable of giving me & my sabots are not going through the chrony. It is very important to have the correct distance between your muzzle & the chrony plugged into your ballistics data. Also the elevation of it needs to be to where the bullets are 4"-5" from the chrony, much higher & it will not read them. The sun/shade absolutely does affect how it works too.I have never had problems with over cast sky. The diffuser is orange in color and suppose to create an over cast condition. I have nicked one of the side supports holding the diffuser. That is extent of my damage and I have own the 35P since 1987. The 35P has a printer and the ink wheel needs to be changed every 30,000 lines and that has been replaced. I have had shooters setup their chronograph behind mine to compare results. My chronograph has always won. I get to the range at opening time. Most of the time there is no one there and I have plenty of time for setup. I designed the pictured tool to aid in setting up and making the readings as accurate as possible. I even measure the distance from the muzzle to the start screen so I can calculate the muzzle velocity using the ballistic program. I take great care in setup for accurate results. For my usage this chronograph has been perfect.
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the Caldwell.I'm not sure what your version of " reasonably priced " thats subjective. Chronys that are worth the money they cost, that you can count on are Lab Radar & Magneto SpeedV3 or the Oehler 35P . I have a Caldwell & it acts up constantly in several diff ways, along with the app not communicating with it a lot. I would not recommend it.
Thanksmy vote goes with THE pro Cron. I've had for one for several years and it never gave a problem, easy to set up on a tripod and wILL record arrows as good as muzzleloader bullets. it doesn't hook up to my phone or anything, but at 15 feet I can walk up there once in a while and see what it says if I can't see it with my field glasses. It records all the in full and it's still on there after all these years and I think it only uses 1- 9 Volt battery. I have posted below me what they are right now, and that's about what I paid for mine. This was on Amazon.
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My first chronograph was one called Tepeco, it was nothing but a micro measures in milliseconds that you had to space exactly so far apart and then shoot just so high above it and then look up the number that was given on a chart. It seemed as accurate as any I've seen, it was a Bearcat for set up as I had to build an adjustable length saw horse out of square tubing and metal boxes to put the timers in and then build my own runway about how high I was above the screens, but it did WORK. I would say this was probably about 1980, it was quite an advancement over the high-powered spendy ones as I think it cost maybe $75 at that time. Now I was never really interested in exact muzzle velocity where I would had to calculate back to the muzzle from about 15 feet. I'm not a gun crank or reloading crank but I was interested in knowing how my load compared to factory loads and the reloading manuals with different unmentionables. I started reloading in 1959 and the stuff available at that time was limited.
I've still got that old relic, but then I moved up a little better as I needed something that I could check archery on. My first one would only go down to 1000 feet per second and my bow is not quite that fast. In order to get down to 1000 feet per second I had to make the screens exactly 2 1/2 feet apart if I remember right. Once I achieved the loads I wanted in my hunting rifles, and the ones that other people were interested in, there wasn't much reason to keep on checking velocity. It does make more sense with a muzzle loader because you can vary the powder right at the range. It was all just for my personal enjoyment, never charged a single person.
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