Which chronograph?

[sallee-bo]

Need opinions on best buy for the money.

 

[Deer Assassin]

i responded in general forum

 

[Jcalder]

Love my caldwell ballistic. The f-1 chrony was nice till I centered it

 

[DaveB]

I have a Chrony Beta. I like it. There are some downsides:
1) You better remember to secure the tripod legs to the ground. A light breeze will grab the shades and over it'll go. Believe me.
2) It does not connect to your PC. Or anything. This is very frustrating.
3) The shade legs are gray metal. You cannot see them in the scope. You will shoot them. Paint them Bright Orange. Really helps.
4) The cable attaching the display is just long enough that when shooting a 300 WinMag the muzzle blast will catch the shades and over it will go, please see #1.

I would not get any chronograph that did not connect up to a PC or tablet or something. I would like a keyboard input so's I can label cartridge info, range environment, the weather, you name it. Right now I write this stuff down by hand. Kludgy. Mistake prone.

 

[Jcalder]

I would not get any chronograph that did not connect up to a PC or tablet or something. I would like a keyboard input so's I can label cartridge info, range environment, the weather, you name it. Right now I write this stuff down by hand. Kludgy. Mistake prone.

The one advantage to the caldwell is they have an app and it allows you to punch all this info in it.

 

[DaveB]

Grafs and Midway were out of the Caldwell last I checked and Midsouth did not even show it at all.

I shoulda got one when they first came out.

 

[Jcalder]

Midway showed the caldwell kit for $114. It comes with more than what I got. Not sure if it's in stock tho

 

[mr.big]

I got a chance to use the new Magnetospeed last w/e and IDK what it cost but it works 1,000 times better than any of the Beta chronies I have had and or used and I have used a bunch,,it has a memory card like a digital camera to store info also,,but it reads in any condition and I like that,,

 

[Deer Assassin]

I got a chance to use the new Magnetospeed last w/e and IDK what it cost but it works 1,000 times better than any of the Beta chronies I have had and or used and I have used a bunch,,it has a memory card like a digital camera to store info also,,but it reads in any condition and I like that,,

like over 3 bills

 

[DaveB]

Yeah, $350.00 or thereabouts for the Magnetospeed.

I guess the good thing is you don't shoot it.

 

[7mm08]

I have a Chrony Beta. I like it. There are some downsides:
1) You better remember to secure the tripod legs to the ground. A light breeze will grab the shades and over it'll go. Believe me.
2) It does not connect to your PC. Or anything. This is very frustrating.
3) The shade legs are gray metal. You cannot see them in the scope. You will shoot them. Paint them Bright Orange. Really helps.
4) The cable attaching the display is just long enough that when shooting a 300 WinMag the muzzle blast will catch the shades and over it will go, please see #1.

I would not get any chronograph that did not connect up to a PC or tablet or something. I would like a keyboard input so's I can label cartridge info, range environment, the weather, you name it. Right now I write this stuff down by hand. Kludgy. Mistake prone.

I need a consult on my Chrony Beta. I find it confusing and the instructions are jibberish. I suffer from buyers remorse.

 

[DaveB]

7mm08 I am with you on the gibberish. As i know I will shoot mine again and it won't be a wound I am going to find a Chronograph that meets all my needs
1) I must be able to define the environment.
2) I must be able to define the load
3) I want it date and time smart
4) Others please chime in

 

[Jcalder]

I don't remember how the temp and all that gets there with the caldwell but it plugs into your phone. I also don't know how accurate it is. Hopefully after deer season I can get it out more and pay more attention instead of getting it out and shooting.

What the app looks like before getting started

Saved data

And saved data can be emailed and edited to some degree

 

[DaveB]

Jc, I'm liking what I see.

Is the information stored in comma or space delimited format?

Think i got my Christmas present lined up. Wonder if an app already exists to download the info, map it into a pre-defined structure, and then produce output? This is what I do for a living.

I do not own, and will not own, a smart phone. is there a spread sheet or database that is resident on the phone or is it sitting on some 'cloud' somewhere?
Anyone know?

 

[Jcalder]

Jc, I'm liking what I see.

Is the information stored in comma or space delimited format?

Think i got my Christmas present lined up. Wonder if an app already exists to download the info, map it into a pre-defined structure, and then produce output? This is what I do for a living.

I do not own, and will not own, a smart phone. is there a spread sheet or database that is resident on the phone or is it sitting on some 'cloud' somewhere?
Anyone know?

A lot of what you stated is gibberish to me. Way over my head lol. I think if you have a tablet you could make it work. I have the app for it on my iphone. They have an app for android operating system as well. Anything more than that I don't know. Obviously you are smarter than me in this field. I wonder if you couldn't come up with a program on a laptop.

 

[DaveB]

Jc--
Yep, I can and will come up with a laptop and desktop program. I do not mess with smart phones or tablets but I know a wizard who does.

I will take the data (it will always be arranged in a specific way) and insert the data into a database. Then I can manipulate the contents of the database to do what I want. Could also do it using a spreadsheet but there are limits to a spreadsheet I do not like working within.

When I get it working I'll spread it around to anyone who wants it. First step is to get my hands on the actual data. Last data I saw was just a print stream and while nice, I could not work with it at all. The physical structure must be consistent and a print stream is always variable.

Think I'll send an email to Caldwell. They might just give me the physical structure.

 

[Jcalder]

I emailed them when I had trouble with the app. The cord from the chrony to my phone went into the speaker port for headphones. I'm not sure where I was messing up but they sent out very detailed info. Not sure why it wasn't included in the instructions lol. They may even have a laptop or desktop version you can use. The only thing I might see that you would have to put in would be weather, altitude, barometric pressure..... Your current weather conditions.

 

[sallee-bo]

Man this thread sure got side tracked.

 

[DaveB]

Sorry Salle, my error for hijacking the thread.


The Caldwell chrony from all I have heard is a decent investment.

The Chrony Beta is what I have and I know it to be accurate to within 3 FPS.

 

[sallee-bo]

Thanks guys.