Time to buy a Chronograph

[DeltaM]

I have the F1 rigged up inside an old storage building behind our house.  I consider it an entry level chrony.  I have to use incandescent bulbs as fluorescent bulbs flicker enough to mess it up.  If I had it to do over again, I'd get something with remote reading capability as putting the gun down, walking to read the thing after each shot is kind of a pain.  The F1's sweet spot is kind of small as well.  I nicked one of the uprights once.  After that, I put a couple blocks of wood in front of the eyes as I could see a wayward shot wrecking the thing if I got stupid with a shot.  I haven't hit the wood with over a 400 rounds, YET. I get an error message about one in 6 shots, most likely from muzzle blast.  For the $80.00 I paid for it, I guess you get what you pay for.

[billt]

I purchased the Competition Electronics Pro Digital Model. I chose it over the Shooting Chrony because it has a much larger shooting area over the sky screens. It is very light, and quick to set up. It holds something like 99 strings of fire in it's memory, and has a nice big easy to read LCD screen. It runs on a single 9 volt battery that will leak before you wear it out. It was right around $100.00. They do go on sale from time to time. I set it up on a camera tripod.

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