Okay guys, look, here are a couple of tips:
You want the bullet path over the Chrony to be about 3” directly over the sensors. So, you have to ADD to that 3 inches, the height from the weapon’s bore to the front sight. THIS VARIES FROM WEAPON TO WEAPON, scopes, raised irons, etc. all affect this measurement.
Once you have this measurement, set up your Chrony and using a ruler, measure the vertical distance you need above the Chrony sensors. Now, take a length of masking tape and string it level from one sun shade upright to the opposite upright at the height where you need to set your weapon’s front sight or scope crosshairs in order for a bullet to clear the Chrony sensors at 3”. Tear the tape in half and wind each half around the corresponding upright. Now you have a permanent reference point at each sunshade upright that you can use to establish your sight picture.
I do one better. Depending upon where you live and what time of day you like to shoot, you may not need to use the sunshades. I almost never need the sunshades. So, what I do is replace the steel uprights with 1/8” dowel rods. Guess what happens to the Chrony if you accidentally shoot a 1/8” dowel rod upright? Nothing. The dowel rod breaks, not the instrument. I have marked off a black band on my set of 1/8” dowel rods (using a “Sharpie”) so I have a permanent marker on my uprights for use in establishing my sight picture.
Stop shooting your Chronies…that’s just too damn expensive.