Electronic Scales

[clemens]

Anyone using a Lyman electronic scale

 

[Cinchy]

Most my reloading equipment is Hornady, so around 10 years ago my Wife bought me a Hornady auto charge. If I remember right it was on sale for $169 bucks? When I first got it I had trouble with it throwing over weight charges. I contacted Hornady & they sent me a set of instructions on how to adjust the trickle, & that fixed the problem. A couple years ago I wondered just how accurate the unit was, after using it on several 1000 loads? I was also concerned what I would do if it quit working, & thought I needed a back up, so bought a Hornady bench scale. They have both been spot on with each other on charge weights, & have stayed consistent day to day. Now I see Hornady has a new Auto charge pro, I have been considering trying it, if they ever get in stock again.

 

[Slick8]

Great thread and timely.

I have an RCBS 505 and a charge master. I love the Chargemaster and have had no issues with it. I leave it plugged into a line conditioner and always calibrate before use. I also trickle with an Omega electric trickler.

I'm also very interested in the new RCBS Rangemaster for it's combined speed and accuracy.

I like the A&D FX120i but have a question, can you trickle into it or do you have to remove the pan for every weight check? Some of these models don't allow for trickling.

 

[358 WCF]

These electronic scales seem to be a PIA. Have had a couple from differnt manufractures. They do not seem to work well. My beam scales never fail me. Are younguys haveing trouble with them?

I have absolutely no trouble with them... maybe because I still use the RCBS 505 I bought almost 40 years ago for setting up my powder measures. The 505 works without a problem... always... even if the power goes out. I do pay close attention when using the scale, rezero before use, & have a few bullets set aside for check weights from time to time.

 

[Lapuatom]

These electronic scales seem to be a PIA. Have had a couple from differnt manufractures. They do not seem to work well. My beam scales never fail me. Are younguys haveing trouble with them?

I have a Sartorius lab scale. Sensitive to. 01 grain. Works great but keep air movement and cell phones away. Very sensative to these factors

 

[Lapuatom]

I am a retired biologist. I have a number of scales, mechanical and electronic. I use Adam MacDonald's trickler with A&D 120i. I have several Satorius electronic scales. One, reads in ten thousands of a gram, is technically more accurate, but I use the trickler A&D combination. I call it "Adam's Kernel Counter". With the powders we should be using, "Extreme" or new Accurate powders like R-16, R-23 or R-26, I am convinced that each charge has the same number of kernels. I loaded 2000MR last night, which is an American made ball powder and it might be 6 kernels different than the previous one. That powder could probably benefit from one of my Satorius scales.

I use the sartorius scale also. Very precise! Now, if I could get more precise in my shooting

 

[misterc01]

I sue Lyman DPS2 system to measure out and weigh my powder. I then check it with my RCBS balance 505 or Ohaus 1010, and if it is on the money, I load about ten cases, then recheck, If it is off, I recheck from the last ten to see where it drifted, correct it on the BB and proceed. Most of the time I can load everything without any drifting on the Lyman. Also have in inexpensive Hornady electronic scale mostly to weigh cases, and it is close enough.

 

[sturner]

I got a charge master lite but check every load with my 10/10
As soon as i can I will be owning a A and D
Or if I hit the lottery a Prometheus

 

[SilverbulletMAG]

It seems you have to get into an A&D FX-120i scale to get something repeatable and doesn't drift.

It looks like these are about $750

Depends on what you already have and if you just want the scale or the whole thing. The whole kit is $960 (discounted bundle price). You put $50 down to reserve a spot and then pay $910 once everything comes in (autotrickler seems to be the hold up). Took about 10 weeks.
But yes, to get any real appreciable benefit over a standard RCBS Chargemaster, you need to step up to something like this V3.

 

[sturner]

^^^
I thought it's 1400$ on area 419

 

[SilverbulletMAG]

^^^
I thought it's 1400$ on area 419

I ordered directly from Adam here - AutoTrickler V3 I don't see their whole kit listed anymore so they may have pulled it until they can catch up with existing orders. I paid $960 total, shipped to my door. Includes everything already put together (A&D 120i scale, modified cage, new style powder tray/pan, auto thrower, auto trickler, bluetooth, etc.).

 

[sturner]

Adam??

 

[sturner]

Got it thanks

 

[SilverbulletMAG]

Adam??

Adam McDonald. Guru behind the whole V3 setup, Shot marker system and a few other brilliant projects in the works. Recently teamed up with "Gavintube" as well. Email him at [email protected] Good dude.