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Best auto powder trickler?
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<blockquote data-quote="P7M13" data-source="post: 1919728" data-attributes="member: 94154"><p>What's the best? This is one of those things where, for the most part, you get what you pay for.</p><p>Twenty years ago, I programmed an autodropper machine to interface with an Ohaus scale. It delivered 0.1 grain accuracy every time, but took about 10 seconds between charges. Too slow for production work. I think my work cost about four grand. The Ohaus would have been about two.</p><p>For autodroppers, I had a RCBS Chargemaster Gen 1. Finicky ***. The feeder would stop feeding properly, and act funny. Overcharges were common. Gave it away (to someone who needed a scale).</p><p>Have a Hornady LnL Autocharge. Half the price of my RCBS. It's very useful. I like that I can program it's feed characteristics so I get zero overcharges. If I had a complaint, I don't care for it's keypad, or that it won't store my feed adjustments. Repeatability seems excellent when I check it with my beam scale.</p><p>When you're feeding cases with >70 grains, all autodroppers are slow, unless you want to spend >$600 for a feeder and scale. I'm not in that much of a rush. I load to relax, not to rush through filling cases.</p><p>While the RCBS couldn't do it, with the Hornady, I can drop in a spoonful of 85 grains of powder for a 94 grain charge, and the fast/trickle mode will do the remaining few grains.</p><p>For pistol or bulk ammo for the 30-30, 5.56 or 7.62, or anything that uses ball or flake powder where I don't care about a 1/2 grain, I'll use a Lyman or Hornady dropper. The lyman does NOT like stick powder, but it has excellent repeatability for flake or ball.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="P7M13, post: 1919728, member: 94154"] What's the best? This is one of those things where, for the most part, you get what you pay for. Twenty years ago, I programmed an autodropper machine to interface with an Ohaus scale. It delivered 0.1 grain accuracy every time, but took about 10 seconds between charges. Too slow for production work. I think my work cost about four grand. The Ohaus would have been about two. For autodroppers, I had a RCBS Chargemaster Gen 1. Finicky ***. The feeder would stop feeding properly, and act funny. Overcharges were common. Gave it away (to someone who needed a scale). Have a Hornady LnL Autocharge. Half the price of my RCBS. It's very useful. I like that I can program it's feed characteristics so I get zero overcharges. If I had a complaint, I don't care for it's keypad, or that it won't store my feed adjustments. Repeatability seems excellent when I check it with my beam scale. When you're feeding cases with >70 grains, all autodroppers are slow, unless you want to spend >$600 for a feeder and scale. I'm not in that much of a rush. I load to relax, not to rush through filling cases. While the RCBS couldn't do it, with the Hornady, I can drop in a spoonful of 85 grains of powder for a 94 grain charge, and the fast/trickle mode will do the remaining few grains. For pistol or bulk ammo for the 30-30, 5.56 or 7.62, or anything that uses ball or flake powder where I don't care about a 1/2 grain, I'll use a Lyman or Hornady dropper. The lyman does NOT like stick powder, but it has excellent repeatability for flake or ball. [/QUOTE]
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