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hi i have recently been looking for a good chronograh but dont want to spend an arm and a leg. can you suggest any good ones? ive been looking at Oehlers but I think they are to rich for my blood. any suggestions?

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I have used a "SHOOTING CHRONY" Beta version for sometime now and it works well for me. Seems to accurate as far as I can tell.
It has an extention phone cord that lets you read it out from several feet away.That is very handy.
Price was about $150 for mine.
Google a search for it and check it out.
Good luck

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I also have the “Shooting Chrony” Master Alpha version with the extension cord. It also works well to have the screen near you as Raptor mentioned. After getting one you find out how fast the loads really are...;)

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thanks guys ill definetly look at the model listed but i believe the oehler has a hand held also. not sure but will look further at both. ive used my gramps old oehler but i believe it needs to be fixed. he said its over 20yrs old. and well we are going to go together on one so maybe the oehelr wont be to bad that way but ill look at the shooting chron. thanks again.

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700BDL,
Trailer is right on.
I forgot to mention that mine is also a "Master" Beta version. Forgot the Master part.
They seem to work pretty well without too much expense.

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I've had good luck with my Shooting Chrony Beta Master. It's easy to set up and doesn't take up much room when stored away.

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The Pro Ghrono is a good one. I have had three different brands. The shooting ghrony was one brand. I don't recall the first one but it used the old paper screens. The Shooting Chrony worked well but the Pro Chrony is much less fussy about light conditions and such. Mine was about 120.00 but I have had it for about ten years so I don't know what they cost now.

www.competitionelectronics.com Mine is the ProChrono ditgital. 119.00

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I am looking as well, we share one but hasn't been working out to well from my perspective...[:@]. It's an Oehler, I found out they are no longer producing this equipment!!!

[align=left]FYI, taken from their website:[/align][align=left]Oehler has reluctantly suspended production of handloader equipment, including the Model 35. Our current inventory of handloader systems is depleted. Production of industrial equipment and technical support for all Oehler equipment continues. You can still get warranty service and parts.[/align][align=left][/align][align=left]I have used the basic chrony and worked fine, although no memory. [/align][align=left][/align][align=left][/align][align=left][/align][align=left][/align]

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I have a shooting chrony and its ok. sometimes you get a good reading, and sometimes not. I have had for for about 5 years, and wished I had the Oehler when I could get one.

But I notice alot of people getting the infarred units by CED millinium. They can be used in shaded or covered ranges. I might look into it.

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Oh yeah, from experience I can definitely recommend this one. The Competition Electronics ProChrono Digital is the BEST chrono on the market for the money! Very easy to operate and works flawlessly. You won't go wrong with it!
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=852429

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The one that I described above works in every light or shade condition I have tried it in. Its just not fussy about conditions and its very accurate as checked against four other brands. I sure have never regreted the purchses of this unit. In ten years, its never blinked once.

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I won't work under cover anymore than shooting chrony or top of the line oehler. It has to have natural CW light just like the rest James. They have one of those at the range also.

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James, I noticed you have a birthday coming up Thursday, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Now I would like to know more about your chronograph, like how much light it requires and how much shade effects it. I have a prochrono plus and it's very fussy about the degree of light that it will work with. It's usually got to be in partial shade to be dependable. This is why I worry more about my group size than velocity. I'm also more into punching paper than hunting, not by choice but because of some injuries I've been slow to recover from. But maybe I'll get to go bear hunting in a year or so! THANKS Glenn;

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yup.....agreed

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The Prochrono does not care one bit about light conditions. Heavy overcast, bright and sunny, high noon, sun down, sunrise, partly cloudy. You shoot, it reads it. I still have my shooting chrony as well but it just is not in the same ball park. I have yet, in ten years, found any condition in which it does not work. When you need readings it will work PERIOD.

My first Chronograph used the paper screens. you put in two and when it broke the wires it would read. However one of the guys got a 17 Remington and the bullets were so small that they would go between the circuit wires and wouldn.t break them. The papers were expensive as well and it cost about a buck and a half per shot. I then had a Pact which was a good machine but I sold it in harder times. The next was the shooting chrony and it worked when the conditions were just right but often I would have to come back later in the day or something because the light conditions were not right. I am tickled to death with this one and wouldn't trade it for anything else out there. Its cheap and it works every time.