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sgt.mike
Set up the loads of Lever powder at 47grs for firing today expecting some great velocities and good results from the sorted by weight 310-165’s Lino.
Well Last week my son borrowed my 1903a3 for his friend to shoot (mistake seems his buddy ole friend ole pal over adjusted the Older Redfield scope past it’s limits, it has not returned to center, broken, durn it I liked that scope a lot) Well I asked when they got back did everything go ok did ya’ll mess with the scope …… Ohhh no Dad we did not mess with anything shot fine.
Pulled the first shot was greeted with
The Chronogragh refused to operate after this shot and the scope windage was screwed so far left ( did not find this out until I got home) that the reticle would not return. did I mention that they adjusted the scope beyonds its mechanical limits (LOL). I was not very happy. I fired 10 shots moving the target to 25 yards to “chase” the bullet yeahhhh NO dice not a bullet hole anywhere on target. The Chrono was centred to the rifle and the rest before placing the shot I seen the normal picture of the bullet passing between the rods at the appropriate level, just like the thousand other times that I have set this up.
After My son and I held a conversation ( after which my son was not happy as I was deep into his tail with him responding with “yes Sir, Sir Yes Sir”, I chewed on him worse than any recruit). I then stuck the Luepold on the 1903 that belongs to the ought six ( Rem 721) that I handed Goodsteel for the barrel yet to come in.
Looking at Shooting Chrony’s trade-in program for shot up and broken Chrony, price and offer does not look to bad, actually reasonable. Might just go that route and upgrade to a better one.
http://www.shootingchrony.com/products_TTIYC.htmNow to find another decent scope in the land of cheap Chinese crap optics and over priced junk….
sgt.mike
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Yep, would have liked to known just how fast those puppies was travelling though, 47grs of LEVERevolution should have been going pretty good in the velocity range :
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Recoil was not as strong as my Mexican Match loads of 47grs of 4064 with the 174’s, actually kind of pleasant.This morning it is funny except the loss of the scope as she is now retired, oh well I find something always do. Another leupold would do the trick (love the warranty, if it had been the leupold, shoot my only issue would be shipping back to them and waiting).
lar45
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daveridenour
Sarge,
I have a Shooting Chrony Master chronograph. A few years ago, a buddy of mine got one of those North American Arms Mini 22 revolvers with the folding grip. He wanted to use it for a pocket gun, so he wanted to see what velocities various types of 22 ammo would produce with it’s really short barrel. We took it to the range, and set up the chrony fairly close to the bench to minimize any chance of a mishap.
It wasn’t the first shot, but in the first string he managed to hit the sheet metal housing on the chrony. I had a pair of pliers in my box of tools, and we managed to get the housing pretty well straightened out, but it wouldn’t fold again up like it used to. The chrony is still working today, so I never bothered to get it replaced.
I think this is just further proof of Murphy’s Law in operation.
Dave
As long as we’re on the subject of the Chrony chronograph,
I have really enjoyed having one around and it’s a very valuble tool when working up loads…
Back in 94ish when I bought my first one, I was setting it up at the range and some guy wondered down to see what the piece was. He had an Oheler setup and didn’t think that the Chrony could compare, wasn’t going to be accurate and was a waste of time and money…
So, says I, why don’t we put them back to back and see what they say.
We tried a couple of handguns and some rifle rounds, don’t remember exactly which ones, to try and cover the high and low velocities. The readouts were exactly the same excpet for one time the Chrony was 1 fps off.
I’m not discounting the Oheler as a quality tool, but at half the price the Chrony can be a great deal.Some wise man once said: There are two types of people who use chronographs; “those who have shot them, and those who will shoot them”. I kinda’ go by that philosophy now.
I took two things away from my experience. One is that for me, anyway, the Shooting Chrony, when it can take a direct hit at point blank range from a .22, is good enough for my purposes. It seems like the old Timex watch commercials, when they said “it can take a lickin’ and keep on tickin’ “. The other is that for anyone considering using a short barreled .22 for defensive purposes, you might want to rethink that strategy.
Dave
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