Without pictures...
it never happened. 
Too late, buddy. We have a professor that says you shot her chrono 40 years ago at a location she can't remember, at a party she doesn't remember, and in a year she can't exactly remember. There's no police report, and she only remembered this incident after snorting Unique with her psychiatrist, but never mind....
You're going down ! 
Well, now my wife is giving me a funny look for busting out laughing while she's trying to watch TV.
And shooting something out if front of you when you're shooting a scoped rifle isn't that difficult. I destroyed my cellphone one day. Clipped it to my shooter's bag so I could hear it if my wife called to ask where I was. Put three targets up at 25 yds. and loaded up the AR15. Shot the right target. Shot the center target. First shot on the left target my youngest son yells out, "Man!!! That was so cool!!!" I'm looking through the scope at the target asking what he's talking about as nothing special is on the target. He just repeats "Man that's cool!!", at a shout and I turn around to see him getting his cellphone out of his pocket. I, again and starting to get pissed (I hate having to repeat myself and after a couple times I'm nearly on the warpath) and he says, "I've gotta take a picture of that!" I ask what and he points at what's left of my cellphone hanging off the shooter's bag.
Didn't put a mark on the shooter's bag but there were pieces of cellphone spread out for about 10 to 12 yds. from the table/bench towards the target line. Nothing worth trying to save/get repaired except the battery.
I no longer set my shooter's bag on the bench when I go shooting.
It's not that hard.
I, too, bought a chrono. I took it out, set it up in the living room floor and then tore it down and put it back in the box. It's in the garage. some day I might take it shooting.
Painter. Just tell everyone you gave it a warning and it continued to not follow orders so you put it out of your misery.
