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Appears they are out of business??
Anyone know of a place that will repair them????
Thanks Tim
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I, have an old master chrony I'd sell cheap, pm me if interested.
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Quite a few you tube vids on their repair. Maybe some parts source info there? Plus parts units on Ebay.
I try to stay informed & totally missed this news. When did all this happen? Any reasons?
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Out of business? They are still selling on Amazon. I have one on my Christmas list
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The Shooters Chrony was and is a dreadful POS not worthy of spending a dime on.........
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The Shooters Chrony was and is a dreadful POS not worthy of spending a dime on......... This ^^^^^ In my experience (and I bought my first of 3 Shooting Chronys in the early 1990s) you be way ahead by spending $100 or so for a ProChrono Pal.
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Had one in the early 2000. Somehow it had 9 consecutive bullet strikes and ceased to power up. Had no desire to own another one.
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Junk. Would never buy another.
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The Shooters Chrony was and is a dreadful POS not worthy of spending a dime on......... This ^^^^^ In my experience (and I bought my first of 3 Shooting Chronys in the early 1990s) you be way ahead by spending $100 or so for a ProChrono Pal. Or the ProChrono DLX. I think it replaced the Digital and bluetooth's to your smartphone where you can store the bullet and velocities. Well worth the extra $25 IMO.
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Mine works ok if the lighting is overcast, midday, but always has a few non-computes in a string. I would never buy another one. Happy Trails and Merry Christmas 🎄
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Appears they are out of business??
Anyone know of a place that will repair them????
Thanks Tim Great Co. with great customer service. Yes, they stand behind their stuff. I got my first in 1990... after 28 years it had finally been beat up enough that I decided to get a new one (which cost less than the original in 1990). New one is just as good as the original.
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I’ve had one since early or mid-nineties. Not the greatest in bright, overhead sunlight, but has always worked well for me otherwise. I’m not looking for high-powered SPC , I just want to know how fast my bullets are going. Occasionally I get a funny reading, but usually everything is about where I figure it should be.
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Being how I paid about $50 for my Shooting Chrony over 30 years ago and it still works just fine - I can't really complain too much. But, it does work much better under a cloudy sky or shaded on a sunny day. Been thinking about replacing it with a ProChrono Pal but have not got around to it yet.
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I’ve on my second Shooting Chrony, which is over 20 years old and still working. The first succumbed to an errant .338 projectile....a short sad story! memtb
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Always good to hear about how great Shooting Chronys are, from people who've never compared their results to a real chronograph.
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Always good to hear about how great Shooting Chronys are, from people who've never compared their results to a real chronograph. Laughin' here.......... MM
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Always good to hear about how great Shooting Chronys are, from people who've never compared their results to a real chronograph. I set up a friend's Shooting Chrony directly behind my Oehler 35 screens. The Chrony readings were fairly reliable @ 100 ft/sec faster that the two readings provided by the Oehler. Out of curiosity I sent my Oehler back to the factory to have its accuracy verified. The unit bench tested within specs and gave proper reading when used with their test ammo which produces a known velocity. They also told me it's almost impossible to have a bad velocity output when the two read-outs coincide. I lost faith in the Chronys after that.
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I had a Pro Chrony, it did quite well when it did. Suddenly much better velocity readings than I expected. Have a Labradar now. Not going back. Ease of setup etc.
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Charlie - NY; Good evening to you sir, I hope the day treated you acceptably and this finds you and all that matter well. Thanks for sharing your Shooting Chrony testing, I appreciate you taking the time to do so. Back in the day when the Shooting Chrony first came out my good wife bought one for me and I used it with reasonable success ever since, but occasionally it'd have an odd reading day. This spring, I happened to bump into a shooting buddy at the range and he had a much newer version than mine, but he said he was regularly getting screwy readings from it so asked if we could piggy back the units for the sake of science and all. While I could go drag out my notes from range day, going off of my memory it went something like this.... The first rifle we tried was a .22 rimfire and his gave consistently slower velocities than mine did, but with a couple different types of ammo it seemed pretty consistent so we were both more or less okay. Then we tried his 17HRM and again his was slower than mine was and the spread was about the right percentage difference so we were still not terribly concerned. Up next I torched off a few test loads with my 6.5x55 and now mine was "a whole lot" slower than his and I knew something was up because I'd tried a new can of powder which resulted in enough pressure to loosen the primer pocket. Something was rotten in Denmark... Finally I ran my .308 Norma across them and again they didn't agree and the spread was more than 150fps as I recall. So after chatting about life and family, he said he was ordering a Magneto Speed, I intended to get a Pro Chrono and we were going to meet again for a re-run of the data! Thus far I've used the Pro Chrono about 3 or 4 times and am very pleased with it, but haven't piggy backed it with my old Shooting Chrony, I suppose just not seeing the point, you know? Anyways, that's how it all went for us up here across the medicine line with our chronograph science experiments this year. All the best to you all this Christmas Season. Dwayne
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Appears they are out of business??
Anyone know of a place that will repair them????
Thanks Tim Great Co. with great customer service. Yes, they stand behind their stuff. I got my first in 1990... after 28 years it had finally been beat up enough that I decided to get a new one (which cost less than the original in 1990). New one is just as good as the original. I just realized we’re talking about two different things. Mine is a Pro Chrono by Competition Electronics, which I’ve also tested against far more expensive chronographs and found it spot on. I’ve never used a “Shooting Chrony.”
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