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First time at the range with my reloads - no one died
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<blockquote data-quote="epoletna" data-source="post: 1898959" data-attributes="member: 87371"><p><em>When I first got my RCBS Chargemaster I checked it against n RCBS 10-10 balance beam reloading scale and decided the accuracy was no better on the balance beam scale. I have not gone back and re-checked that; perhaps I should.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, live and learn. I just loaded 20 rounds of a caliber that shall not be named here. Threw all the charges with my Chargemaster, then re-weighed on my RCBS 10-10 reloading scale.</p><p></p><p>Get this: out of 20 loads, only 2-3 were right on. Others were off by 1 to 4 tenths of a grain, most of them LOW. </p><p></p><p>I can't explain it, except my Chargemaster is 3-4 years old and maybe wearing out. Not the charging part: that just keeps throwing a charge until the scale tells it to stop. But the scale is apparently giving me spurious weights. I don't know if RCBS sells replacement scales, but I guess I should try. </p><p></p><p>So I have apparently been throwing charges of 46 grains for a year now trying to get my unnamed load to tighten up. But in fact, I guess I've been throwing charges of 45.6 grains to 46 grains, in a random pattern. It's hard to improve groups if my powder charge is not consistent.</p><p></p><p>I'll be using the balance beam schedule from now on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="epoletna, post: 1898959, member: 87371"] [I]When I first got my RCBS Chargemaster I checked it against n RCBS 10-10 balance beam reloading scale and decided the accuracy was no better on the balance beam scale. I have not gone back and re-checked that; perhaps I should.[/I] Well, live and learn. I just loaded 20 rounds of a caliber that shall not be named here. Threw all the charges with my Chargemaster, then re-weighed on my RCBS 10-10 reloading scale. Get this: out of 20 loads, only 2-3 were right on. Others were off by 1 to 4 tenths of a grain, most of them LOW. I can't explain it, except my Chargemaster is 3-4 years old and maybe wearing out. Not the charging part: that just keeps throwing a charge until the scale tells it to stop. But the scale is apparently giving me spurious weights. I don't know if RCBS sells replacement scales, but I guess I should try. So I have apparently been throwing charges of 46 grains for a year now trying to get my unnamed load to tighten up. But in fact, I guess I've been throwing charges of 45.6 grains to 46 grains, in a random pattern. It's hard to improve groups if my powder charge is not consistent. I'll be using the balance beam schedule from now on. [/QUOTE]
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