When I started reloading all those years ago I bought myself a set of RCBS 10/10 scales, an RCBS thrower and a trickler. I used this system for many years but it was slow.
I then got into LR and went down the accuracy rabbit hole. More money spent on brass prep tools and a scale that measured to 0.02gr. SD’s went down but it was still slow.
These days it’s back to deer only. I still like to work up loads that shoot very accurately, inside 0.5 MOA and very predictable to 400m, but I wanted to get an autotrickler and speed the whole process up.
I did look at the V3 or V4 but couldn’t bring myself to spend £1400 on the system. In the end I went “cheap” and spent £210 on a refurbished RCBS Chargemaster Lite.
It’s quick. Press the button, it drops a load, and by the time I have filled the cartridge and placed a bullet on top it has dropped another. About 90% of loads dropped are bang on, 10% of the time it goes 0.1gr over and I have to remove a couple of kernels with tweezers before carrying on.
I know it’s not measuring to 0.02gr, it’s only 0.1gr, but today I chronographed a new load for the 6.5x47 which was shooting very well. 5 shots with the highest at 3005fps, lowest at 2998fps, SD of 3.0.
For me that’s good enough. The system is a good compromise between speed and accuracy. If your shooting is mainly deer then it’s plenty good enough. Even shooting 1000m it would be good enough for most people.
Hope that helps someone who may be scratching their head over what to buy.
I then got into LR and went down the accuracy rabbit hole. More money spent on brass prep tools and a scale that measured to 0.02gr. SD’s went down but it was still slow.
These days it’s back to deer only. I still like to work up loads that shoot very accurately, inside 0.5 MOA and very predictable to 400m, but I wanted to get an autotrickler and speed the whole process up.
I did look at the V3 or V4 but couldn’t bring myself to spend £1400 on the system. In the end I went “cheap” and spent £210 on a refurbished RCBS Chargemaster Lite.
It’s quick. Press the button, it drops a load, and by the time I have filled the cartridge and placed a bullet on top it has dropped another. About 90% of loads dropped are bang on, 10% of the time it goes 0.1gr over and I have to remove a couple of kernels with tweezers before carrying on.
I know it’s not measuring to 0.02gr, it’s only 0.1gr, but today I chronographed a new load for the 6.5x47 which was shooting very well. 5 shots with the highest at 3005fps, lowest at 2998fps, SD of 3.0.
For me that’s good enough. The system is a good compromise between speed and accuracy. If your shooting is mainly deer then it’s plenty good enough. Even shooting 1000m it would be good enough for most people.
Hope that helps someone who may be scratching their head over what to buy.
