Budget Gear Review: Caldwell Ballistic Precision Chronograph

By Terril James Herbert

The Caldwell Ballistic Precision Chronograph, or chrony, ready for work.. (Photo: Terril James Herbert)
When it comes to firearms, you usually get what you pay for. On occasion, if there is a quality entry into the market at a fair price, it will sell like wildfire. SCCY double-stack pistols, for example, have gotten popular over the last several years. They’re far better made for not much more money than the infamous, yet ubiquitous Hi-Point.
When it comes to gear, the same rules apply. Some optics are better than others, but sometimes a step up from the bottom-shelf stuff can give you much greater advantage with some comparisons to high end products. But when it comes to firearm data collection, chronographs are tricky. Any such item can be hard to come by and quality varies from item-to-item. A year ago, I took a chance on the least expensive chrono I could find: the Caldwell Ballistic Precision Chronograph.
Let’s back up a second. If you didn’t know, a chronograph measures the speed of a projectile, usually by using sunlight and a pair of shaded poles a certain distance from one another to calculate velocity. Why might that be important? Velocity, or speed, of a projectile

Source: Guns.com