Lyman Gen6

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Is anyone using one of the newer Lyman Gen6 electric powder dispensers?
How do you like it? How does it measure?

I have been watching videos / reviews of them, from what I can tell they might give the chargemaster a run for the money.
But that is entirely based off the few videos I have seen so probably not an accurate assumption.
 
I've the Lyman. It tends to toss a tenth high, so I often set it a tenth low.

Not that I worry much about a tenth - just when I'm working up a load in a small case
 
Mark-II said:
I've the Lyman. It tends to toss a tenth high, so I often set it a tenth low.

Not that I worry much about a tenth - just when I'm working up a load in a small case
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Mine's the opposite, always .1 to .2 low. Not an issue as I weight each charge, but it does speed up throwing powder into cases.
 
My Gen 6 works great. Different powders respond differently. Most stick powders throw .1gr high in my experience, ball powder .1gr low. It's my first automatic dispenser and I can't imagine reloading without one now. I used to throw 90% and trickle up on a beam scale; the Gen 6 (or any auto dispenser for that matter) is so much faster.

The overwhelming majority of people wont notice a .1gr difference in rifle loads. I've talked to some pretty serious F-class and other long-range precision guys and they say for practice ammo, even at 1000yds, .1gr is acceptable. For competition ammo they tend to use more decimal places.

Pretty much all the auto electric dispensers get good reviews and the RCBS Charge Master is by far the most common I've seen. I chose the Gen 6 because at the time of purchase it was over $100 less and I'm working with limited desk space so the smaller footprint was a plus.
 
I just picked one up, man is it great, no more screwing with thrower or dippers set in to .1 below, triclke up on beam ,dump in case, next load ready to go no wait time .I tried seating bullet in between drops but I m not fast enough lol
 
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