Digital charge dispensers?

[deemus]

I have the Hornady. I like it, alot. I only use it on rifle loads, but its pretty sweet, and beats the hell out of dipping powder onto my scale. And I develop loads for all my rifles, so using the Lee Autodisk just does not cut it for those rifle loads. I can never get those to meter accurately to my desired charge. But this dispenser works great. I love mine.

 

[Vaquero]

I need to see one of these in action.

 

[Younggun]

I bought a used Hornady scale.

It's worked fine. I'm not concerned with the 1/10gr variation because it's only about .5% of the total charge weight.


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[deemus]

I need to see one of these in action.

It may take me a few days, but I can do this for you. I need to load some anyway. I will video the dispenser in action.

PM me your cell to text it to.

 

[TheDan]

I need to see one of these in action.

It's essentially an automatic powder trickler with a scale that stops trickling when a defined weight is reached.

Found a video:

 

[Vaquero]

Hmm.

 

[deemus]

It's essentially an automatic powder trickler with a scale that stops trickling when a defined weight is reached.]

That's a fair review. I have that issue with my Hornday too. But I have found ways around it, such as fast mode at first, then bump it. And other times I have used a plastic Lee powder scoop, and manually removed two or three strands of powder to get to the correct charge.

I was planning to decrease the charge slightly on my next batch, to see if that works too.

 

[Dawico]

That's a fair review. I have that issue with my Hornday too. But I have found ways around it, such as fast mode at first, then bump it. And other times I have used a plastic Lee powder scoop, and manually removed two or three strands of powder to get to the correct charge.

I was planning to decrease the charge slightly on my next batch, to see if that works too.

I jab the little brush in the powder to remove a few kernels. Works pretty well.

 

[TheDan]

I jab the little brush in the powder to remove a few kernels. Works pretty well.

That's a good tip!

 

[APynckel]

I like my RCBS Charmaster, but you need to give it a good steady current and keep the transducer warm for consistent throws.

 

[APynckel]

And yea, fraying a bristle off a brush and using that to trickle powder out works very well!

 

[xdmikey]

What's a transducer and how do you keep it warm?

I'm not teasing here!

I was at my buddy's place and got to see his chargemaster in action: very nice. I've heard all about the "fluorescent lighting playing havoc with them" etc but never about keeping them warm. His loading room is about 70, all the time.

It seems to have no issue with the machine.

Based on my latest experience with Hornady I'd go green in a second but their electrical stuff is not covered by the same warranty but it is a fair warranty all the same.

 

[Dawico]

What's a transducer and how do you keep it warm?

I'm not teasing here!

I was at my buddy's place and got to see his chargemaster in action: very nice. I've heard all about the "fluorescent lighting playing havoc with them" etc but never about keeping them warm. His loading room is about 70, all the time.

It seems to have no issue with the machine.

Based on my latest experience with Hornady I'd go green in a second but their electrical stuff is not covered by the same warranty but it is a fair warranty all the same.

Definitely go RCBS in my opinion.

About warming it up, I get mine out and plug it in and turn it on first thing. Then I get everything else out and ready.

Once I am ready I calibrate it, check a few known weights, and start going. Never had an issue.

 

[TheDan]

What's a transducer and how do you keep it warm?

A transducer is something that converts a physical change into an electrical signal or vice versa. Since it's measuring very small physical changes, the expanding and contracting of the transducer material based on ambient and induced temperatures can skew readings.

Keeping it "warm" isn't really necessary, but you do want the temp to stay constant. The reason why some scales drift a little over time is because they are heating up internally. Just re-zero it and keep on trucking...

 

[Vaquero]

I'm inclined to stay with volumetric dispensers at this point.

 

[lonestardiver]

You can use a volumetric dispenser to get close and then let the digital dispenser finish it off...speeds things up.

 

[Dawico]

I'm inclined to stay with volumetric dispensers at this point.

Old dog, new tricks.

 

[Vaquero]

Old dog, new tricks.

Old tricks are working for me. So far.

 

[TheDan]

Old tricks are working for me. So far.

If you use BP it makes it even easier. Just scoop it up with the case itself and ram the bullet on top