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Posted: 3/30/2015 7:47:17 PM EDT
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I bought a Hornady automeasure about a month ago and have used it for .223, .30-30, .308, .30-06 and .45-70 loads with no problems. I check it against my rcbs electronic scale and there has never been more than one tenth of a grain difference between them. I like my hornady. That said, I'm sure there are other good products out there and have heard good things about the lyman. Take care. Larry
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Posted: 3/30/2015 8:02:14 PM EDT
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I've got the chargemaster. It overcharges about 1/10 throws. I need to do the straw trick as I use mostly ball powder. I also have reprogrammed for faster dispensing. That said. I just bought a Harrell's precision powder measure to see if I can't speed up even a little more without losing any consistency.
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Posted: 3/30/2015 9:02:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've got the chargemaster. It overcharges about 1/10 throws. I need to do the straw trick as I use mostly ball powder. I also have reprogrammed for faster dispensing. That said. I just bought a Harrell's precision powder measure to see if I can't speed up even a little more without losing any consistency. The Harrell's powder measure was one of the best investments I have made to date. I wouldn't want to load with my old RCBS powder measure anymore. It's night and day difference. I was torn between an automated dispenser and the Harrell's measure, but after I read that 1/10 grain error was standard on most of the automated dispensers I went with a better powder measure. I can typically get 1/10 grain error with stick powder and obviously more accurate with ball powder. |
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Posted: 3/30/2015 10:15:31 PM EDT
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I have a hornady and it is on with my Dillon beam scale. Everytime I use it I will turn it on for about 15 minutes then calibrate it before the first drop. I then set it on fast speed with it going to trickle .6grains early.
I got tired of changing the powder between h1000 and varget so I bought a 2nd one and I had to return it to cabelas I never could get it to drop right. They replaced it with another and I had the same problems So I got my money back. I have used a RCBS and it seems like it is a very good unit. |
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Posted: 3/30/2015 10:26:08 PM EDT
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I have the chargemaster and it is awsome it does overthrow sometimes but it doesn't bother me. My friend has a Lyman and he said it is a pain to change powders but the chargemaster is very simple and I have never had to warm it up either
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Posted: 3/30/2015 10:58:32 PM EDT
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I thought the Lyman gen 6 looked nice until I saw how you had to empty out powder. That looked like a pain in the butt.
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Posted: 3/31/2015 1:16:34 AM EDT
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I thought the Lyman gen 6 looked nice until I saw how you had to empty out powder. That looked like a pain in the butt. I just got my Gen 6 set up last night...cleaning the powder out isn't that bad. You don't have to take it all the way down every time, some judicious tilting and brushing will get all the powder out. Takes about as much time as doing the initial warmup and calibration. |
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Posted: 3/31/2015 11:32:47 AM EDT
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I had a Hornady electric powder measure and it was slow took about 20-30 seconds for one charge and a lot of the charges where over. I went back to using my Redding Competition Model BR-30 Powder Measure it is a lot faster for loading bulk ammo.
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