What he said. I had loads that ran spreads of 3 or 5 fps that when run over my magnetospeed were unacceptable 25-40 ES numbers. It sucks loading 100 rds and paying $50 just to find out they dont shoot like I thought.
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I saw quite a bit of variation, especially with velocities that were much lower than expected. I also borrowed a friends to compare, and found that both had inconsistencies. I am confident with the Magnetospeed, and keep my CE chrono for pistols and arrows.
For rifles go with the magneto speed. Labradars are a pain in the butt to set up. But for your needs OP the Prochrony should be fine.
Magnetospeed if you have the money for it. I bought one of the Caldwell chronographs a while ago that has built in LED lighting as that seemed to be the biggest issues for the light based chronographs. retail on it was around $160, and I got a bit of a deal on it, but haven't been able to get it out somewhere to test it out. hopefully the LED will help with the variability of the lights..
I have a CED with the optional light kit. It seems to work well. It also works well outside with or without the light kit.
I checked it against a friend’s Pro Chrony by putting one behind the other to allow reading from both chronys with each shot fired. The two were within 10fps of each other.
I think you get what you pay for; the more expensive newer Chrony is probably better than the cheaper ones. But, mine has worked well for me.
I checked it against a friend’s Pro Chrony by putting one behind the other to allow reading from both chronys with each shot fired. The two were within 10fps of each other.
I think you get what you pay for; the more expensive newer Chrony is probably better than the cheaper ones. But, mine has worked well for me.
There is a new doplar chrono. Labradar. Its easy and so nice. Check it out
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Thanks for the suggestions and info, guys. I didn't realize there was that much to chronographs, glad I asked!
Think I'll look into the competition electronics offerings since I'd only use it for verifying loads as mentioned and having fun with friends and family.
Think I'll look into the competition electronics offerings since I'd only use it for verifying loads as mentioned and having fun with friends and family.
No one even mentioned Oehler which is what most of the reloading companies use.
https://oehler-research.com/
https://oehler-research.com/
Best light based chrony around. Also the most expensive
