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<blockquote data-quote="Fitch" data-source="post: 389330" data-attributes="member: 19372"><p>I use an RCBS ChargeMaster set to throw charges 0.3g short. I dump from the ChargeMaster into the pan of a 25 year old tan colored Ohaus 10-10 (which became the green RCBS 10-10) set with check weights at the nearest 1/2 grain and trickel to weight. I find I don't need to trickel at all way more often that I'd have thought. </p><p> </p><p>The RCBS CM is fast to set and ideal for pre-weighing load tests where there are just a few shots of each charge. </p><p> </p><p>I also have a Redding balance beam scale. When I was trying to find some of the causes for more extreme spread than I wanted I discovered the Redding scale had stopped working right. I weighed each charge on all three scales, RCBS 1500, Ohaus 10-10, and Redding. The Redding was always the odd man out so it was retired.</p><p> </p><p>I found out the ChargeMaster, my ChargeMaster anyway, can throw charges that are always within 0.3g but definitely not always within 0.1g - so I dump them into the 10-10 to check. </p><p> </p><p>It turns out using the second scale has caught a wrong setting now and then on the CM as well. </p><p> </p><p>Some folks won't use anything but an Ohler 35 because it makes two measurements, and pay 3X as much for the privilige. I use a CED Chronograph that measures velocity once but I measure every powder charge for my rifles on two scales one of which is set with check weights. Different stroks for different folks I guess. </p><p> </p><p>If I used ball powders I'd get a Harrel but none of my mechanical measures work well for stick powders and AA2460 is the only ball powder I use (and that in only one rifle) so the measure is set for that and left alone.</p><p> </p><p>Fitch</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fitch, post: 389330, member: 19372"] I use an RCBS ChargeMaster set to throw charges 0.3g short. I dump from the ChargeMaster into the pan of a 25 year old tan colored Ohaus 10-10 (which became the green RCBS 10-10) set with check weights at the nearest 1/2 grain and trickel to weight. I find I don't need to trickel at all way more often that I'd have thought. The RCBS CM is fast to set and ideal for pre-weighing load tests where there are just a few shots of each charge. I also have a Redding balance beam scale. When I was trying to find some of the causes for more extreme spread than I wanted I discovered the Redding scale had stopped working right. I weighed each charge on all three scales, RCBS 1500, Ohaus 10-10, and Redding. The Redding was always the odd man out so it was retired. I found out the ChargeMaster, my ChargeMaster anyway, can throw charges that are always within 0.3g but definitely not always within 0.1g - so I dump them into the 10-10 to check. It turns out using the second scale has caught a wrong setting now and then on the CM as well. Some folks won't use anything but an Ohler 35 because it makes two measurements, and pay 3X as much for the privilige. I use a CED Chronograph that measures velocity once but I measure every powder charge for my rifles on two scales one of which is set with check weights. Different stroks for different folks I guess. If I used ball powders I'd get a Harrel but none of my mechanical measures work well for stick powders and AA2460 is the only ball powder I use (and that in only one rifle) so the measure is set for that and left alone. Fitch [/QUOTE]
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