Which Digital powder dispenser
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Huh? ~Muir
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Odders
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I'm guessing he means when a couple or three more kernels fall into the pan on trickle mode & give an overweight charge. This is shown on the display & I've become a dab hand at pinching up the amount needed to get the load onto the correct weight (as in if the required weight is xx.x grains, that's what is in the pan).
It only happens maybe once in every 30-40 loads dispensed, so not an issue.
I use a Lyman Gen6 and very happy with it.
I see. Thanks.~Muir
That’s exactly what I mean mate
I am now using a charge master 1500 after RCBS sent me a replacement for a dodgy charge master lite.
The new 1500 is spot on
J
The new 1500 is spot on
J
Having heard very good things about the Chargemaster Lite I’ve picked one up but am yet to use it. Will report back with my findings!
No love for the volumetric measure?
In theory, if you load to weight at a certain altitude but decide to move to the other side of the earth at a different altitude, then your load data will not be the same.
Scales are just guessing the mass of what is above them dependant on conditions, but the volume of a solid (the powder) remains constant.
Benchrest guys use volumetric measures, match grade factory ammunition is loaded by volume too.
Not to mention volumetric measures don't rely on electricity.
In theory, if you load to weight at a certain altitude but decide to move to the other side of the earth at a different altitude, then your load data will not be the same.
Scales are just guessing the mass of what is above them dependant on conditions, but the volume of a solid (the powder) remains constant.
Benchrest guys use volumetric measures, match grade factory ammunition is loaded by volume too.
Not to mention volumetric measures don't rely on electricity.
Odders
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Volumetric has its own variable: powder settling/density. I know this can be minimised by using the correct technique but is it any more or less accurate than using charge weight?
Who knows? If you follow the theories of some supposed load development guru's there should be an optimal range that negates some inconsistency in the powder charge.
It is nice to know that our tools are tuned up to the nth degree, gives me confidence knowing that, but I do sometimes wonder if it is worth the time and effort.
On a slight tangent, an arrow company tested what degree of weight/mass variance would cause a measurable amount of deviation in groupings and score. The very best in the world struggled to see a difference with a 10 grain spread across a dozen arrows. That same arrow company sells arrow shafts that are sorted to within +/- 0.5 grain to the dozen.
Having assembled 100's of target arrows before, I reasoned that a freshly assembled dozen would maybe add 1 or 2 points to my score in competition with all things being equal. Whether this was real and tangible difference or something that my brain decided beforehand, not sure.
I have a Hornady Lock-N-Load Auto Charge Powder Dispenser and I can't say that I'm too impressed by it. Even on the slowest speed, it constantly dumps too much Hodgdon CFE223 powder as it is too fine to handle. I ended up going back to my old Lee perfect powder measure and RCBS trickler.
Found it ok with both IMR4350 and 4895 and it didn’t break the bank
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