Power Supply a the range.
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If you need them and without power available, some form of battery pack is probably your best bet. I haven't seen any USB powered scales so most everything is going to be either 9VDC or 12VDC. Both very common in the real world and relatively easy to set up for if you have the skills. Milwaukee M12 series has a little power adapter that would work easily for 12V. Devices to step down to 9V are common.
A UPS would work for a short time, but they are inefficient and you just won't get any working time out of them.
However, if it were me, I would just put together a powerless range setup. Beam scales or electronic pocket scale, some scoops and a trickler. You could buy the extra reloading gear for less than the battery cost. Leave the fancy stuff at home.
A UPS would work for a short time, but they are inefficient and you just won't get any working time out of them.
However, if it were me, I would just put together a powerless range setup. Beam scales or electronic pocket scale, some scoops and a trickler. You could buy the extra reloading gear for less than the battery cost. Leave the fancy stuff at home.
You’re not allowed to do shooting activities at your gun club? wtf?
Well of course we are but were not allowed to do repairs on the line and no were not allowed to load ammo on the line we do our loading at home makes much more sense then we dont have people waiting to shoot whike we have people doing load development at the range
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No power at our range so I just use a balance beam scale.
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I have a milwaukee m18 with what they call a “portable power supply”. I think its roughly 150 watts.
Was looking into "power pack" gizmos on Amazon lately, picked one ou that has USB A to C leads on it, held lots of power, will not ship to my location. Wanted one for my chrono, could maybe use it for a GPS and phone too. You would not believe the number of items I've hit on Amazon like that this year. Great price, super sale, will not ship. Had one order where only 1 of 7 items would ship. Been making me wonder if they want to sell anything anymore.
My trucks have 110 AC power but invertors could work too.
Neither come into play for me because my reloading bench is maybe 35 feet from a shooting bench. It’s entirely sane to load a few of something while a rifle is cooling off. Hen I need to stretch things out its 100 yards to another couple benches where 800 yards is ready to go. I could extend that to 1300; should get around to that someday.
Neither come into play for me because my reloading bench is maybe 35 feet from a shooting bench. It’s entirely sane to load a few of something while a rifle is cooling off. Hen I need to stretch things out its 100 yards to another couple benches where 800 yards is ready to go. I could extend that to 1300; should get around to that someday.
I just don't use power equipment to reload at the range. Have manual scales, powder dispenser, a press mounted on a 2x6, and held down with clamps, etc. Also an old wooden box to sit the scales in (turned on its side) to eliminate wind issues. Works fine, has for 30 plus years. - dan
Total waste of time to run an electronic scale at a range. Electronic scales need to warm up for an hour or so and then will be highly susceptible to air currents, temp fluctuations etc etc etc. There is a reason high end scales are enclosed.
That sounds more like a busy-range rule so you don't have people tying up a bench doing activities other than shooting while other folk are getting frustrated waiting for a chance to shoot. Probably nothing hazardous about load development or repairs themselves, but etiquette should have said to do those at quieter times when there are other benches open.
Used to load on the bench during matches, was only using one case, powder thrower, bullets were breech seated. Also used a Lee handpress to load at the range a few times, didn't own any electronic stuff at that time. I would use a Chargemaster in summer, none of the range facilities around here are warm enough in winter though.
Anybody loading at our range does not do so on the firing line, we have benches behind the line for that .
As far as repairs go, no one is allowed to handle guns while the range is closed with people down range, but while the line is hot , guns can be handled.
We regularly have shooters loading black powder muzzle loaders, black powder cartridge guns as well as shooters that do load development on smokeless stuff.
I have never seen anyone using an electronic scale at the range on the bench but have seen them in trailers.
the vast majority use beam scales than hand thrown measure like Harrels or Lymans
We have a pretty busy range, but things run smoothly.
Cat
Not a lot of us shooting breech seated bullets these days, but I do the exact same thing. We have target changes every 45 minutes so it's not like anyone is being held up as you can't run out and put up a target until next cease fire anyway.
Chris.
I don't doubt that.
Bart Sauter was using his ADX in a recent competition vid. I'll have to put the Chargemaster in a similar airtight box to make it feasible.
We can use the clubhouse at our range.
