If you are charged with driving on a suspended license in Virginia, the punishment can vary quite a bit depending upon how many prior offenses you may have had for driving suspended. If this is your 4th offense you may be in quite a bit of trouble. The Law The basic law for driving on […]

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There’s another new brewery in the area! 6 Bears & A Goat Brewing Company opened just a week ago and we made it out this weekend for a visit. The unusual name is a reference to the owners’ military service. The six Bears are retirees from the …

I overheard a young liberal talking about her student loans recently. She was adamant she wasn’t going to pay them. Another person who was advising her said “They never go away. Eventually, they will garnish your wages or your tax return.”Her reply was…

I got out for lunch a little later than usual on Friday. As such, the indoor range was quite crowded by the time I arrived. The constant firing was somewhat distracting, especially when you added in the brass coming over the walls and hitting me. Thoug…

The leftists around the country are becoming increasingly violent. Recent events in Berkeley are typical of what passes for “tolerance” and “peace” among the liberals and democrats.I find it hardly coincidental that the de facto leader of the left…

It’s the Friday before the big game, you’re hosting or attending a Super Bowl party and need to prepare a few appetizers. But what can you make that’s easy and delicious, yet not too time consuming? You’ve come to the right place! Just click on the lin…

Several years ago I picked up Chrony Alpha Master chronograph. Even though I don’t reload my own ammo, I thought it would be good to get an idea of power factor of the commercial ammo I buy. (Like brewing my own beer, reloading ammo is something I consider another hobby, neither of which I have much interest doing at this time.) Good intentions aside, the chronograph sat in my garage, unused.

Last weekend I went online to find the user manual and took the chronograph to the range to try it out. I set up the unit in front of a target at the berm and sat myself in a chair at about the 10 foot recommended distance.

I tested with two different guns, the SIG P239 and P226. Two different commercial ammo brands were put fired through both guns, Federal American Eagle 9mm 124 grain and Freedom Munitions 9mm 135 grain. I have previously recorded data for the American Eagle ammo through the P226 from several USPSA matches to use for comparison.

Starting out with the compact gun I was somewhat shocked by the readings, which were lower than the manufacturers’ claims. The readings were also quite varied, by as much as 50 fps between the high and low readings. Then I switched to the P226. Again, the numbers were inconsistent. But the most surprising finding was that the Chrony was giving readings that were 50 – 80 fps lower for the American Eagle ammo than the previous results from the match chronographs.

It could be that I am not conducting the testing correctly, or perhaps the equipment is not working as expected. I do have another sanctioned match coming up where I can get some more comparison data. I’ll try again with the Chrony unit in the future as well.

Despite not getting what I can consider reliable data, the testing did give an opportunity to get out to the range, even if for a short while. And that’s always a good thing.