Opinions needed

[bigdumboy]

Have some money squirreled away for some new reloading equipment. Question is what to buy annealer or some kind of electronic powder thrower. Look to improve reloading consistency. Thank you for any input

 

[DoneNOut]

I don't think annealer machines are worth the money when you can do it with a cordless drill with socket extension and a blowtorch.

I think the RCBS chargemaster is a good powder thrower. There are some on sale in the classifieds. One guy has 19 for sale. RCBS customer service is the best I've experienced. They warrantied a chargemaster that was 5yrs out of warranty for me. Gave me a new unit. So, I've had 2 units in 20yrs for the price of one.

 

[JiminAZ]

Well those are solutions to two different problems. Cracked brass and time spent hand trickling. I'd say fix whatever is a sore spot/problem in your process. Not sure either solves a consistency issue directly, and both can be done by hand without buying anything.

 

[Mason Blackmon]

I'd go for powder thrower. One of the first upgrades I added to my bench 6 years ago was a Lyman powder Thrower. Now I have a Rcbs charge master and a Lyman, makes life easy

 

[338 dude]

I don't think annealer machines are worth the money when you can do it with a cordless drill with socket extension and a blowtorch.

I think the RCBS chargemaster is a good powder thrower. There are some on sale in the classifieds. One guy has 19 for sale. RCBS customer service is the best I've experienced. They warrantied a chargemaster that was 5yrs out of warranty for me. Gave me a new unit. So, I've had 2 units in 20yrs for the price of one.

Another recommendation for the charge master. I have used one for eight years or so I use the Mcdonald straw trick and have tuned up the software and it actually works very well also mine was replaced once out of warranty their customer service is great

 

[338 dude]

I would also note that I do own an amp annealer and I recommend annealing your brass .although the amp is expensive compared to other methods there are also higher quality powder scales such as the auto throw auto trickle but they are four times the money as well

 

[FEENIX]

Well those are solutions to two different problems. Cracked brass and time spent hand trickling. I'd say fix whatever is a sore spot/problem in your process. Not sure either solves a consistency issue directly, and both can be done by hand without buying anything.

^^^This!^^^

 

[Dosh]

Perhaps the annealer first. I don't load enough at one time to need the power thrower and the beam scale with hand trickler is much more accurate. I have a electronic powder thrower but it only is used for large quantities of .223.

 

[Rick Richard]

My vote is for the upper end powder scale and thrower if you don't like to do it by hand.

 

[capona]

Get a thrower like the RCBS chargemaster 1500, and a good scale to verify those drops, and trickle up to final desired charge.

 

[The Oregonian]

Making recommendations is difficult when we don't know what you have now, what you want to improve, and what your budget is.

If you are just looking to scratch a reloading itch with money burning a hole in your pocket, I would probably look through this thread.

https://www.longrangehunting.com/threads/best-piece-of-reloading-of-equipment-u-have.221538/

 

[Roughrice]

I tried the Chargemaster Lite and so far has been great. Easy to use and stays on calibration pretty dang good.
Almost always within .1 grain or better when checked against scales.

 

[asd9055]

You can buy an elctronic powder dispencer and built and anealer...

 

[QuietTexan]

In general I agree with "fix what annoys you the most". With no additional info other than what you put into the one post.... get an Autotrickler V4.

What annoyed me the most was low quality electronic scales drifting, trickling up to a target weight, and always feeling like load weights were changing over a loading session. So I fixed that with the V4. It's faster and more accurate than I ever was any other way. Overkill, probably. Super duper easy, yes. High confidence, absolutely. Powder charge is definitely NOT the reason I miss anymore

My annoyance level peaked while trying to tune a Hornady Autocharge, and ending up using it to bulk drop for a second scale and Dandy trickler.