Shoot your Chrono- how to repair

[gifbohane]

I have shot my chrono enough times that I cannot repair the sun shades any longer.. the support legs to the sunshades have been replaced over and over.

Anyone have any "home depot" type replacements for the plastic sunshades?

BTW it is a Caldwell and works well... for a Hundred bucks.. maybe I get and ERR once or twice out of ten.

Creative ideas to replace the plastic sun shades?

 

[Bfh_auto]

I use coat hangers, paper and duct tape. I haven't shot mine, but the cold caused the shade to break when it blew over.

 

[bullseye308]

Try wooden dowels for the supports and milk jug plastic for the screens. May take some creative taping, but it works.

 

[Bat Rastard]

Glad to see I am not the only one that shoots his chronograph.

 

[GW Staar]

You can buy the following straight from Competition Electronics for only $14.50. Not sure how you can save much more than that at Home Depot. Wonder if you can somehow rig this kit onto the Caldwell???


OR.....You can buy a milky white suspended ceiling lighting lens at Home Depot, then use a table saw to slice it to size......but then you still have to mount or duct tape it to dowels or something.

No table saw? You can score plastic with a little formica scoring tool and bend and snap rather than using a table saw.
$5 at H.Dept

 

[alfsauve]

Glad to see I am not the only one that shoots his chronograph.

There are only two types of downrange chronographs. Those that have been shot and those that are going to be. Been there, done that.

 

[alfsauve]

If you insist on DIY repair, I think you can get 4'x8' sheet of diffuser plastic that goes in fluorescent ceiling light fixtures, fairly cheaply. Available in white or with the pebbled surface. If you work in a commercial building, ask maintenance for a broken one. Could just do one big umbrella of it instead of two strips.

 

[PhillySoldier]

I tried being cheap and not buying the Labradar. Got an Calwell instead. Shot it on its 2nd time out. Went home and ordered the Labradar anyway...

 

[gifbohane]

Guys-Thanks for all the advise.

 

[9mmepiphany]

Could just do one big umbrella of it instead of two strips.

If I had to DIY, that's what I would do

You can buy the following straight from Competition Electronics for only $14.50. Not sure how you can save much more than that at Home Depot.

That would be pretty hard to beat. I even have a CE Chrono...but I've only gotten a dinged support rod so far

OK...I stand corrected Airsoft shops are selling them for $8

 

[Doublehelix]

I tried being cheap and not buying the Labradar. Got an Calwell instead. Shot it on its 2nd time out. Went home and ordered the Labradar anyway...

Best move you ever made, right??? I love mine, and I love reading threads like this. Helps me to feel better about how much I paid for my Labradar!

 

[berettaprofessor]

I'll figure it out when I shoot mine someday. BTW, do those of you who have shot your Chrono just shoot between the triangle or do you shoot at a target aligned behind it. I use a target...and believe it helps me not shoot the chrony.

 

[Bat Rastard]

I try to shoot through the triangle.
When I have run amuck, I have flinched and pulled the shot low while trying to turn and see where the brass went.
Shoot first, then find the brass!

 

[Archie]

Does Caldwell sell a replace set of screens? I know Chrony does. (Don't ask how I know...)

 

[Rule3]

For chronographs that have not had the screens shot off yet, replaced the metal rods with wood dowels. Then if you shot them the wood just breaks (unlike metal) and doesn't take the whole chronograph with it,

Milk jug plastic for the diffusers.

Cover the whole unit with a umbrella puts the whole unit in "shade"? and doesn't shade just the sensors
so the bullet will not cross, shade, light, shade, for the unit to register properly?

 

[Ironicaintit]

wooden dowels is a good idea. when mine was bent up, I used some brazing rod of the right OD. my screens were fine....I like the milk jug idea though.
unfortunately, mine caught one that took out some of its more delicate bits'n'pieces.

 

[Curator]

Milk jug and shish-ka-bob sticks works for me. 3 out of 4 of my Chronys have been shot (dead) by my shooting buddies, I am still on my #4 waiting for the next errant shot! Magnetospeed looks better all the time!

 

[jmorris]

Shoot on a cloudy day, you don’t need them.