Scale suggestions?
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Update.....I took the Lee scale back and while I was standing at the gun counter to be served, some guy walks up to me and asks if he can help me...turns out to be the store owner. 
I explained I wasn't happy with the Lee and that I wanted a RCBS "Rangemaster 750" for his price of $149. After looking around and having the counter staff look, its comes down to "They're out of stock" hmmm...then store owner guy says, "But I can sell you this Lyman 1000XP for $179. Basicly the same scale. (1/10 gr, electric adapter, 20 gram weight included, displays in grains and grams) I says "But I don't want to spend $179, I wanted the $149 scale. Guys on the net are raving about it" Long story short, he sells me the Lyman for $143. What a right on guy.
Now we'll see how consistant it is.
I explained I wasn't happy with the Lee and that I wanted a RCBS "Rangemaster 750" for his price of $149. After looking around and having the counter staff look, its comes down to "They're out of stock"
hmmm...then store owner guy says, "But I can sell you this Lyman 1000XP for $179. Basicly the same scale. (1/10 gr, electric adapter, 20 gram weight included, displays in grains and grams) I says "But I don't want to spend $179, I wanted the $149 scale. Guys on the net are raving about it" Long story short, he sells me the Lyman for $143. What a right on guy. Now we'll see how consistant it is.
Hi
Plug it in, let it warm up for half an hour. Zero it and calibrate it.
Leave it on and come back every couple of days. It should stay on zero pretty much forever. The calibration should hold for at least a week.
Bob
Does the air temp really affect it? Its in my basement on my bench but its about 60 to 65F. down there. Its 72F. in my living room.
I have no problem to bring the powder, cases, and scale up stairs and do it on the kitchen table.
(Ain't got no ol' biddy here to nag on me bout reloading in the kitchen)
I have no problem to bring the powder, cases, and scale up stairs and do it on the kitchen table.
(Ain't got no ol' biddy here to nag on me bout reloading in the kitchen
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Works like a charm. It will overthrow a load by .1-.2 grns now and then so I keep a small flat scoop handy to pull 6-8granules out when the powder clumps when trickling.
Does the air temp really affect it? Its in my basement on my bench but its about 60 to 65F. down there. Its 72F. in my living room.
I have no problem to bring the powder, cases, and scale up stairs and do it on the kitchen table.
(Ain't got no ol' biddy here to nag on me bout reloading in the kitchen
Since the cold weather has set in, and I normally load in the garage, I have brought my Chargemaster and seater press up to my computer desk as the instructions say that the load cell should not be in cold conditions. I don't know how cold it has to be to damage/affect the load cell but I am not going to take any chances with mine.
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I have three scales, two are balance beam (RCBS 10-10 and RCBS 304) They are accurate and have been in use for some time. About a year ago I bought a Chargemaster combo, and now my balance beam scales see less use. Like CyaN1de said, at first I would get a few .1-.2 gr overages, so I built a small adapter to go on the end of the powder delivery spout that has completely eliminated the variations. This scale/delivery combo now throws "dead on" charges every time, and is a time saver that I really like! Regards, Eagleye.
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
What does your adapter look like?
with any scale, you have to have a stable enviroment- temp dosn't matter as long as it's constant- ie don't take it from freezing to room temp and expect it to work right away- some of the cheaper plastic ones can warp, but the reason i don't reload outside is 1 i don't HAVE to, 2 i don't do a lot of load development- mostly stick with what's already set- but i did in the beginning- and my measures throw close enough for it not to matter, and it's a pita to pull a case out of sequence ( ido nothing but progressive) and 3 outside there's always a "ghost" breeze no matter where you locate
Started with a RCBS 10-10 and about 17 yrs ago bought a Redding No.2, about 4 years ago bought a RCBS Chargemaster combo dispenser and scale and have used it ever since but for a manual scale I still use my Redding.
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