Hi!

I just put my hand on an old cronograph from PACT ver 1.38 from 1987. My local shooting range dug it up from the basement and I was given the task to put it in shape.

The sensors are fixed on a homemade pieze of wood and the sensors are set exact 24 inches appart.

Just put a battery in it and it seems to work. Threw some charcoal bits through it, bit I can't get any readings from it. "It says "Memory empty".

Does anyone in here have the manual for it? And technical specs etc?

You might drop these guys a E-mail and see if they can help.
http://www.pact.com/

I don't know what the maximum time interval is between tripping the sensors, but you may not be throwing the charcoal through it fast enough.

Try shooting a .22 or an arrow through it, or use a sling shot.

Andy

Pact, Inc., is GREAT about answering questions. Their lifetime warrantee is real.

As an example, I took a very long vacation from IPSC as a result of being too busy at work and then being retired early (nice Guys at Dow). With retirement came plenty of time to hunt and the need to get some chrono data on rifle ammo. My chronos which had been purchased in the late 1980's no longer worked as they had been unused for 10 years.

No longer having a "big" income, I called them and asked if they could be refurbished. Their response was "Send them in for service ... it's free! Please send in to screen sensors too."

I did. They were returned having been serviced and calibrated. New sensors were supplied. The invoice read "No Charge".

Very impressive.

Hello Mike,
Really glad to hear about the service with PACT.
I have the same set up and printer device, etc. seems to be on the fritz and just thinking about giving them a call. I'll tend to it straight away. Later

press both buttons on the device and then release them. The display should read "chronograph mode running"
After that you will need to launch something a bit faster than anything thrown by hand to get it to accept it as a bullet. Try a pellet gun with pellets not BBs. You will have the best luck on getting readings on a cloudy day or with the shades on it. After the string of "shots" you press the "review" button to review all of your shots and if you want to exclude one that you know is in error you press the "edit" button.

Be sure that the first screen is plugged into the "start" jack and the second screen is plugged into the "stop" jack.

Thank you guys.

I'll take to the range on monday. If the weather is ok it will be tested. Bad weather forecast right now, but things might end up in a better way. I will tell how it went.

It did not work.
Shooting went far better.
Contacting Pact directly.
All for now....

I agree with mstarling on Pact, they are great. Same with Scales and disprnsers. What do you do with your Lymam or RCBS Scale/ Dispensers when they die. I guess you could find a number for the mfr. in China and see if they can fix it.