Background
He was born on November 2, 1924 in Dallastown, Pennsylvania to Mabel (Markey) and Earl J. Chronister Senior Since 1952 he worked as an electrical contractor.
He was born on November 2, 1924 in Dallastown, Pennsylvania to Mabel (Markey) and Earl J. Chronister Senior Since 1952 he worked as an electrical contractor.
After suffering a heart attack in 1965, he took up long distance shooting in an effort to hunt at long range. Winning the state shooting championship in 1965 prompted Earl Chronister to get involved in researching long range shooting and testing bullets for the Sierra Bullet Company. The world record was broken by his protegee Robert Frey of Airville in 1993.