Not at all. It's a great scale. I will still use it. I'm just looking to save some time.
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Not at all. It's a great scale. I will still use it. I'm just looking to save some time.
i started doing the same with an auto tric where charge is .1-.3 under what i want depending on powder type. making sure no air is blowing on the scale to keep it a accurate as possible. started reusing my beam scale from '84 to get target charge.
This is my set up, has worked Great for the last 15 years.
RCBS powder throw.
RCBS 1500 Charge Master.
And a home made trickler.
If you are a Serious Br. or 1000yds hunter or a professional reloader for business like Lance then you probably want the Best. For me 600yds is my max distance on deer and bigger game.
Hope this helps.
RCBS powder throw.
RCBS 1500 Charge Master.
And a home made trickler.
If you are a Serious Br. or 1000yds hunter or a professional reloader for business like Lance then you probably want the Best. For me 600yds is my max distance on deer and bigger game.
Hope this helps.
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Does it come with the scale?
I found the old RCBS Chargemaster that has been updated and sitting as a back up. Will update yall when I get it.
lancetkenyon
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You can order it with or without.
M1A1ABRAMS
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$775.00 without scale. And I'd imagine tax n shipping would also need to be considered. Sure looks like a handy tool.
lancetkenyon
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It is a vicious cycle.Perhaps, but for what they want for one of them I can buy a lot of powder, primers and bullets.
Stick with the old, load less, shoot less, save money all around, have less fun.
Buy the new, load more, shoot more, spend way more money, have way more fun.
With a new powder throw, you either:
1. Load the same amount of ammo in way less time
2. Load way more ammo in the same amount of time
Either way, production vs time ratio goes way up. Time is money.
My Supertrickler has increased my loading production by 400% production or reduced my loading time by 400%. Take your pick on how you want to look at it. I can load 400 rounds in the same amount of time I used to load 100 rounds.
Here is an example. If I have brass prepped, but not primed, I can start my Supertrickler and start priming brass as I go. I can prime two brass to every 1 powder throw. So by the time I have 50 pieces primed and in the loading block, I also have 25 brass charged. I start seating bullets, and by the time I have 15 seated and measured, the remaining 25 pieces are charged. I finish seating and measuring CBTO. 50 rounds takes about 20 minutes. Which used to take me about 90 minutes to do 50 rounds.
The old way (throw on a Hornady Autocharge to .3gr under, then switch to an RCBS 5-0-5 and trickle up) would take me 90 seconds to throw, then seat the bullet and measure. while the Autocharge was throwing the next. I would have to wait for the Autocharge to finish after seating and measuring the CBTO, then transfer and trickle, seat, and so on. It worked fine, but was slow and laborious.
They are definitely NOT for everyone. But for someone who shoots a lot and loads even more, they are worth every penny. I shoot about 5600 rounds a year average of centerfire rifle. If I can accomplish in 6 hours what used to take me 12 hours a day on Sat and Sun, it is money well spent and has paid for itself.
It's not just the speed but the speed with accuracy. The magnetic force balance scales like the A&D are way better than the strain gauge scales. That being said I'm using a 30yo beam scale lol. Being retired time is something I have. If I shot competitions I would have one. I have the Hornady and it's junk. For the casual loader a tuned charge master is not bad.
Kmccord
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This is so true ∆∆∆. I have to tell myself every time I get ready to do something in our sport, don't choke George Washington, I cannot take it with me when I am gone, spend the extra and enjoy the process. I fight it each time
I guess I am not like most others. I love hunting and shooting although I am down to only turkey and deer hunting these days, but shooting is yet another story. The only competition I shoot these days are local GSSF pistol matches and I don't reload 9mm since it costs more to reload than to buy from Freedom or LAX ammo online. I load centerfire ammo for precision and to the whim of the rifle. I shoot 400 or 500 practice rounds between all of the rifles per year and usually only one or two for the rifle I decide to take deer hunting. Rimfire is another 400 or 500 rounds a year. Not as much shooting as I have done in the past, but enough to keep me in practice and happy. I load the centerfire to keep both me and the rifle I am loading for happy throughout the winter. Sitting in my chair, pulling the handle on the press, measuring precise loads, seating and crimping the bullets into each round keeps me constructively occupied and keeps me from going stir crazy until the weather warms up and the snow has melted. Anyway, for those of you who are not happy until you are loading 400 or 500 rounds a day, then turning them into noise, have fun doing what you enjoy while I do what I enjoy, which is shooting itty bitty groups at whatever range I decide to shoot at.
