Found At The Range Today.................

[AJ]

Was at the local range this morning to shoot handguns with some friends. I went to throw some trash in the trashcan and found this chrono pictured below. Someone had a bad and costly day. Reminds me of the old adage of "Muzzle Awareness". Have never seen a chronograph shot up before. I have one that I got in a trade and used it once. I see folks on the rifle range using them quite a bit. Not so much on the pistol range. Guess whoever wasted about $150 or so with one shot. OOPs!!

 

[shawn mccarver]

Bad trigger discipline by someone perhaps?

 

[IAM Rand]

Scott from Kentucky Ballistics must have been there before you.

 

[FatDogEarl]

Oops!

 

[mckenney99]

Somebody forgot about the offset from the sights/scope and the bore and/or bullet path.
I shot more than one old Oehler Chronograph sky screen when I changed my aim to a lower target while doing load development.

 

[JayCeeNC]

Couple times at the range other shooters would ask, "Can I shoot my rifle thru your chrono?"
"Nope. But I'll shoot it for you."
That way if it's destroyed it's my fault, not somebody else's.

 

[LVSteve]

FAL with see through scope rings, I reckon.

 

[oldbrownhat]

...Have never seen a chronograph shot up before.

Oh, I've seen two Mine seemed to be particulatly attracted to the 9mm bore size, specifically 9.3 x 57 and then 9mm. The first disaster I remember; the second has left an indelible blank on my memory.

 

[ACORN]

I knew a guy that did the same to the hood of his Dodge Ramcharger

 

[SAFireman]

I wonder Amazon will accept it as a return?

 

[zeke]

yea, I'll admit to it. One reason for having cheap ones, although recently gave away 2 of them with spare parts.

 

[Dump1567]

I'll admit it. I shot a cheapo I had about 20 years ago. It still worked after that for a while.

I just recently picked-up another. It's a good reminder to pay attention.

 

[ACORN]

My first chronograph was an Oehler, 33 I think.
I set it up in the basement to try it out with my RWS pellet rifle.
I put the very first pellet through the sky screen.

 

[rockquarry]

If you do enough chronographing, you'll eventually shoot a chronograph or a component of a chronograph regardless of how careful you are. If you only chronograph a thousand or so rounds a year, it may never happen.