chronograph info/suggestions

gunboyrobtmost

I'm looking for a digital readout (DRO) Chronograph to improve my reloading skills. Any suggestions or information would by helpful. Thanks.

dcs shooters

I bought a Chrony years ago, it's still working good. They are very good for the money.

Rocky Raab

Good on ya. You've just moved up a notch on the "seriousity" scale of reloading.

Chronographs are a bit like tackle boxes: if you buy just what you need, you'll outgrow it in no time. But if you buy the mostest biggest, you'll have more than you need. So think carefully about which bells and whistles you need, and then buy one step or two better than that. You'll immediately discover things you didn't KNOW you need.

Some important things: remote control (unless you shoot alone and can go downrange every few shots), a printer (or you'll forget to write down shots and lose them), and easily replaced or made sun shields (you WILL hit them!)

Be prepared fr a bit of frustration until you learn what lighting conditions your unit likes and doesn't. Also be ready to discover that your loads aren't as good as you thought they were, that even some inconsistent loads still shoot fine, and that you won't understand much of what you are learning.

Also be ready for sudden extra attention at the range. Half the maroons there won't know what "that thing" is, and the other half will want to shoot their guns over your unit. The first group are only tedious, the latter group are EXPENSIVE. Unless you want to watch some dorkhead blast your unit into smithereens and then walk away shrugging his shoulders, decide now to either not allow anybody else to shoot over your unit, or charge a massive cash-only deposit up front. Really. You only feel like a jerk until somebody hits it and won't pay up afterwards.

Ambrose

I have both an Oehler 35P and a PACT and use them together. Both are good but I favor the Oehler. If you ever have trouble with it (mine is almost 20 years old) you ship it to them and they fix it and send it back quickly and won't even let you pay for the return shipping. When I sent them a check for the shipping, together with a letter saying that I didn't think it right that it should cost them money to do me a favor, they sent it back with a letter stating they "didn't believe in taking advantage of our customers". I LIKE these people!

Hawk Carse

Oehler no longer makes consumer chronographs.

I have a CED with a lot of bells and whistles, but it has a lot of pieces to assemble for setup.

Rocky Raab

My dear friend Dr Ken Oehler is now retired. He and his lovely wife pretty much WERE the company but he is even more of a geezer than I am, and his health is worse. When Ken was no longer able to get the little printer heads for his M-35P he decided it was time to hang it up. He still has a small supply of parts like skyscreen shields, but that's it.