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Posted: 11/24/2012 6:48:35 PM EDT
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I just bought the RCBS chargemaster on a Black Friday deal.
Very excited about it but ran into an issue....it says it shouldn't be used or stored in the cold. I have no problem storing it in the house, that's not a big deal. I'm banished to the garage though for my reloading setup. Needless to say winters in Chicago can be pretty damn cold. Anyone have any experience using it in the cold? Am I gonna have to use the powder drop in the house and then have to take em out side to seat bullet, etc.? Thanks Paul |
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I've used mine in a 40 degree garage. Now that I have sped things up, I charge my brass indoors. See the following mods:
http://www.primalrights.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4585&sid=2f898912cbc2e7f6c179c7da01ac3f30&start=10 I use settings 8.00, 2.00 and 0.50. |
| The people I know of that use them, (including myself), use them in outside rooms with no temp controll. Mine has worked fine in temps from 40-95 and humidity at 100%. I dont know what affect it will have on the machine or my reloading but my charges are always accurate and consistent. I always check zero and weight accuracy before I start. Never an issue. |
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The people I know of that use them, (including myself), use them in outside rooms with no temp controll. Mine has worked fine in temps from 40-95 and humidity at 100%. I dont know what affect it will have on the machine or my reloading but my charges are always accurate and consistent. I always check zero and weight accuracy before I start. Never an issue. This is what I was hoping. I can store inside fine but I really don't wanna have to go inside and outside of the house all the time while i'm reloading |
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I've used mine in a 40 degree garage. Now that I have sped things up, I charge my brass indoors. See the following mods: http://www.primalrights.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4585&sid=2f898912cbc2e7f6c179c7da01ac3f30&start=10 I use settings 8.00, 2.00 and 0.50. Looks like i'm gonna have to do the straw mod. I tried loading up some .45 with 4.4 grains of titegroup. It overthrew every one. I haven't even sped it up yet |
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Paul,
Sure, I have experience with this. Pack up all of her make-up, curling irons, rollers, hair clips, brushes, tooth brush, paste, shower items, toiletries and move her out to the garage with a five gallon bucket, shower curtain and bring your stuff inside. Cold temps will throw scale off until it warms inside. That's not my main concern though, condensation from warm to cold and back again. Seriously there needs to be some compromise there. Dies rust quickly when left in qarage as I'm sure you know. Of course, compromise isn't possible with some women. Mine calls every now and then to check up. She lives 3 blocks north and 1 street east now. 
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| I use a Uniflow. I do most reloading inside and I've noticed that if I don't let everything sit long enough to come to the same temperature, the charge weights will start to wander. Both the scale (digital) and the measure are inaccurate as they are changing temperature. I don't think it really matters much what the temperature is, just so long as it remains constant during your whole session. Of course, you'll also want to remember that rounds you loaded when your equipment was 20 degrees might not have the same charge as rounds loaded when your equipment was 90 degrees. |
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