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Posted: 8/19/2013 6:10:42 AM EDT
| Does anyone have a recommendation on a chrono that would work without external power at an indoor range for testing pistol loads? I know some of the models available sell lighting units to aid in use at indoor ranges, but at my range I do not have access to power so everything would need to be battery operated. Also, the unit would need to be relatively shallow in depth, as the "bench" at the range I use is only about 8 inches front to back. |
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get the pro chrono digital with indoor screens. get a car jump pack with a cig outlet and a 12v to 120volt converter. plug in the plug from the screens to converter and converter to battery pack and you have portable power.
its how i have mine set up for indoor range. |
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this would be my choice but only works on some handguns magnetospeed |
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I have heard good thing about the Magnetospeed
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I have one. It worked well in initial testing. Not sure there are any mounting Options for auto pistols. It mounts directly on the gun. |
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I have one. It worked well in initial testing. Not sure there are any mounting Options for auto pistols. It mounts directly on the gun. Quoted:
I have one. It worked well in initial testing. Not sure there are any mounting Options for auto pistols. It mounts directly on the gun. correct i have only seen it on long barrel revolvers |
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Artificial illumination cannot be flickering, so no CFLs, AC powered LEDs. The light must be incandescent or DC powered LED strings. Frosted glass or plastic translucent covering insures an evenly distributed light field.
Shooting Chrony offered a DC / LED light string solution at one time, but I do not know what happened to it. |
| I use incandescent night lights(about $1 each) ziptied to the screens on my Shooting Chrony. But as noted above you would need a power inverter to run on DC. I have a bunch of "white" bright LEDs that would probably work too which could be run by a 8 pack or two of AA batteries but I don't require AC free so I have not tried it. |
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The ProChrono works well for me at home and at the range.
The indoor lighting system is an add on, but works well for everything from arrows, to pellets, to highpower. It is a decent portable unit overall. https://www.competitionelectronics.com/view-shooting-products.html?page=shop.product_details&category_id=7&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=23 Also this one comes with an Infrared option, but I have not tried it. http://www.cedhk.com/shop/products/CED-Infrared-Screen-Set.html The Oehlers we use in the labs work with artificial lighting that we rigged up, but that was a real budget for DoD work. |
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