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I have two Belding and Mull Measures (one used for Black Powder only) and a dozen tubes set to different charges. Montana Vintage Arms makes a beautiful B&M clone that is only a little over $200. The measure tubes are more expensive, but I understand original B&M measure tubes will fit and can still be found. Keep the end of the measure tube wiped clean and insert it firmly into the measure and you can throw 4198 or IMR 4064 within a half of a tenth consistently. For scales I use an Ohaus made balance beam, and check it against an Ohaus Centigram scientific scale.
At 10 Benjamins it's double what the OP wants to spend. I'm all for buy once cry once and I like my V4, but there's things I miss from my Charge Master when using the V4.... "a green light does not a beep make" for one, the round count function is another, and yet another is the compactness of the CM. The V4 has a lot of pieces-parts, and we won't even talk about the V3 pieces-parts
Yes, I like quite like my Chargemaster Supreme.
Sure this is nothing new, but my RCBS I put a straw in the tube and it has really kept the unit from dropping to much to quickly, but I also check lots of my weights after the tin is full on another scale, and that one is very accurate, my RCBS has been a really good machine. and see their on sale some places now with free shippingI "fact check" my vintage RCBS Chargemaster with a TRX-925. When loading for a ladder I notice that some increments will dump within .02g. That's .1% of a 15 grain charge and a .03% of a 60 grain charge. Close enough. Then there are some charge weights where it'll dump .5 over. 3% of a 15gr charge and .8% of a 60 grain charge. Charge weight matters when it comes to error tolerance.
When it over dumps I just use my SAMMI spec NIST calibrated tea spoon or the RCBS powder pan and remove powder grains until the charge is at the right weight. I have clean room spec, SAMMI spec, NIST calibrated glass measuring cut to dump excess charges in. I got it at Walmart. Sometimes I try not to have a zero in the hundredths slot and sometimes I let +.02 be the limit. I never let a minus charge stand. I figure that if I'm going to be "fact checking" my RCBS I ought to do a good job of it, like, you know, those people... .
I let both scales "warm up" before a loading session. Idk, as far as I know it doesn't have vacuum tubes in it... ok seriously it (the sensor) is more stable if you let it sit for a few minutes after you turn it on. The TRX goes through a cal cycle every time so I turn on the RCBS, turn on and calibrate the TRX, make some coffee, then go to work.
It's surprising how much one little cylinder of H1000 weighs. Since the Chargemaster was a lot older I bought one of the fancy new RCBS, blootoof capable powder droppers. It was slower than my original and I hated it so I gave it to my son who I expect to reload more in the near future (starting to do some competitve shooting) and he'll probably hate it too.
If you want to see some big differences in powder drops "fact check" some .223 rounds loaded on a Dillon XL650 with a TRX-925.
If you want the cutting edge of scales the Prometheus is the shiz. "Call for pricing and availability" does not bode well for the wallet. It is very pretty and very accurate. It's also said to be fast.
Like the V4 auto tickler, who's is it, like to know and thanks for filling me in.
