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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Picture Gallery » I finally did it...    View previous topic :: View next topic  I finally did it...   Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:37 pm AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6908 Location: "Out There" "It" being shoot my chronograph! Didn't think I'd ever do it, but I wasn't paying full attention (again ) and hit the casing immediately above and behind the rear sensor. Another half inch lower and I'd be buying a new sensor assembly or a new chronograph. The pictures are a bit fuzzy (still need to get the new camera) and this is after I got the pliers out and bent it almost back to where it started without taking it apart. Didn't think of taking pictures until afterwards. The pushed out part at the top of the pictures, towards the left. It's only about 1/8" pushed out at the moment- but started at a 1/2". Managed to knock the paint off that part as well. Also fortunately, it was a low power shot that hit it (around 490fps) from about 6' away. The message here? Don't shoot your tools! _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:25 am Alstone Moderator & Site Supporter Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 4139 Location: Linconshire, ENGLAND Hi Eric That could have cost you a packet, I should get some amour plate for the front of it. Have you tried cronying a shot as normal, then moving the crony down the range to the target, re-taking the shot and seeing what the diffrence in fps is, I should think you would get some intresting results ?. I would try it myself but my crony sits on the end of the barrel. AL   Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:25 am AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6908 Location: "Out There" I haven't done extensive testing with moving the chrony around- but a little bit just to see what differences might occur. As the chronograph is only measuring velocity, not energy, the projectiles are losing velocity the farther they travel. There are formulas to determine actual losses of both velocity and energy over distance- but this involves knowing the ballistic coefficient of the projectile, its exact weight and other fairly detailed bits- and as of yet I haven't gone down that road. It would be interesting to see in a more organized/structured manner how much velocity of lost from point (a) to point (b) and perhaps use this to judge if a given gun and projectile results in a shot that just falls off evenly and consistently, or sort of "arcs" through its path before dropping out. One day I'm going to have to break out the "Chairgun" software and actually use it for something, not just as more harddrive space taken up with little use! _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:55 pm StevieLaner7777 Moderator Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 1060 Location: Herefordshire, UK Same here Eric! I broke my F1 the other day: http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb9/StevieLaner7777/Funny%20Image%20of%20the%20Day/accident-F1.jpg Though it didn't take too long to fix! LOL Stevie _________________ "Who Dares Wins" - SAS 22nd Regiment Hereford.   Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:33 am AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6908 Location: "Out There" har har. Mine isn't an 'F1'- I have the 'Beta Master' unit. _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:58 pm StevieLaner7777 Moderator Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 1060 Location: Herefordshire, UK Hi Eric I was paying attention during the thread when you bought your chrony, I was just hoping no one else was! Guess you've spoilt it now though! Speaking of spoilers (Not the car spoilers), That's not even my keyboard, Mines a black Dell keyboard, Though I have broken keys before on other keyboards, Ever tried shooting a keyboard? lots of mess to clear up after though! Stevie _________________ "Who Dares Wins" - SAS 22nd Regiment Hereford.   Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:20 pm Alstone Moderator & Site Supporter Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 4139 Location: Linconshire, ENGLAND StevieLaner7777 wrote: Ever tried shooting a keyboard? lots of mess to clear up after though! Stevie I'd like to shoot some of the people on the keyboards, "spammers" etc. AL I finally did it...     Air Gun Home Forum Index » Picture Gallery You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum All times are GMT - 5 Hours   Page 1 of 1   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First  Select a forum Main Forums----------------AirGunHome Q&AGeneral Air Gun Questions and TopicsPicture GalleryTarget Shooting: Casual, Fun and CompetitionHunting, Pest Control, Varminting People/Events/Airgun Issue Discussion----------------Introduce YourselfThe BS TopicClubs/Events/Regional/Political Airgun Issues Maintenance, Modification and Reviews----------------RiflesPistolsAntique, Collector and Novelty AirgunsBB GunsPellets/AmmoOpticsAccessoriesAirgun Smithing Buy, Sell or Trade Forums----------------For SaleWant to Buy   Note: If you are seeing "Please enter your username and password to log in." 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