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    chronographing

    if i want to use a non paintball chrono how close to it should i be?

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    The manual for my Caldwell says you can be right at the first sensor. It's not a severe enough muzzle blast to throw off the reading.
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    I give my F-1 chrony a couple of feet. Part of that was from using CO2 markers where the gas from the muzzle would cause trouble. It is also a habit from real firearms, a few of which could rip the face of the display off if you got too close.

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    Yeah. Anything that can be read by the device can throw off the reading you get.

    If you use a chrono that uses light sensing, as long as you don't expell muzzel gas, then there won't be an issue if you are really close. If you expell a muzzle gas like CO2, then give it some distance.

    If the device measures reflection off a mass, then you have to be aware of any concenetrated air blast close to the device.
    Except for the Automag in front, its usually the man behind the equipment that counts.

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    I chrono at home before I go play with one of those little yellow baseball chronos and its always good when I get to the field.


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