Ripp,
As I said in my post please don't yell I KNOW I'm in the minority on this forum,not that YOU were yelling just making a statement. I have, in the 50+ years I've been shooting and reloading, discovered a better means of learning where the round lands at distance by ACTUALLY shooting it at that distance. Your conclusion only applies if one is actually interested in shooting at very long distances. I am very poor at both judging range and wind so take very few shots at any long ranges. I shoot very regularly on the ranges around Tucson and I cannot remember ever seeing a chronograph in use over once. It would be interesting to see how many reloaders use them. I in no way say they are not useful and even vauable to reloaders but do question the NECESSITY of them. There have been many many rounds loaded without the use of one. Safely and successfully I believe. I rarely cite statistics on this or any forum first because I don't have them and second because the comments made on here are my own alone and not in any way meant to imply they are absolutes except in my own mind. I become more and more reluctant to post on here as I don't like to raise the hackles on anyone with my views on any subject.