Chargemaster

[ChrisF]

Does anyone use the RCBS CHARGEMASTER to load BPCR AMMO

[RD4570]

I use one, so far it’s been great.

[Woody]

I know several that do. I don't. Don't have a good reason to or not. Just never got around to it.

Woody

[ChrisF]

Woody what do you use

[Woody]

Either a RCBS Uniflow, a Redding, or a Belding and Mull and a RCBS digital scale. I keep thinking I'll give up the scale and just throw the powder by volume, but I just can't bring myself to get that "simple". I do know of at least one Master class shooter that does just that.

Woody

[ChrisF]

I use a Ohaus beam scale

[Woody]

Gravity is pretty constant.

Woody

[ChrisF]

Yup just very time consuming

[ChrisF]

Plus the price of the Chargemaster

[Tomklinger]

I've used one for years,it works great! It's slower than throwing powder though...
Tom Klingr

[ian45662]

I use one and I love it. Every once in a while I will compare it to my Redding balance beam scale. The charge master so far has always been 1/10th of a grain heavier than the beam so it seems to be throwing a consistent charge.

[Kurt]

I use this one. https://www.scheels.com/p/scheels-outfi ... 00477.html The first charge master I got was a Lyman and it ran good for about two years but it was a little slow so when it died I got the RCBS and the scales died in less then a year but at that time they would fix it yet but it a couple months later the drop died and they said they can't fix it because another vender builds them now and they can't get them fixed. I looked in a Scheel store coming home from a shoot and I saw the Scheel 1500 sitting on the shelf and I talked to one of the floor men comparing the RCBS they had and this unit and he said RCBS won't fix theirs if it goes down, the Scheel has a no BS warranty if it goes down no matter when or what went wrong bring it in and you will walk out with a new one off the shelf.
Well I took it home and started using it with their default settings and it dropped right on once in a while it would be off 1/10 gr but going through the instructions they sent with it it has many different speed adjustments for different powder types, ball, flake and so on. At first when I speeded it up it would not drop exactly what I wanted so it was a little learning curb getting it right but now I have it set so it is on or 1/10 gr off now and then and when the pan fills I seat the wad and compress it the pan will be full before I get the wad in and compressed.
Well I used this charger of over a year and when I was loading for the Q a storm rolled in and the charge master took a voltage spike. Well when I needed it most I went belly up so I got on the phone and ordered a new one because Scheel is over two hrs from me. A supple days later I had the new one and when I went past the Scheel store I took the broken one in and the Lady said go and get yourself a new one and bring it here. I walked out the door with a brand new one at no charge. That is a true no BS warranty.

Kurt

[ChrisF]

So the link you sent me is the one you own. It looks nice is it much faster than a beam scale? Where is Sheels located

[Kurt]

Chris up in the upper right hand corner is a store locator.
Yes I have two of those. The second unit is what I picked up at the store for exchange a couple years ago and it's still unopened.
Read the reviews before you decide which one to get. The bad reviews you read about missed over charges are I think mostly from users not setting the unit right. They want to speed it up and not getting the proper settings. I still use my manual powder drops like the Lyman 55 or the old saeco that will drop it with in 2/10's gr and that is close enough for a black powder load. I don't see any difference in accuracy with a 2/10's or even 3/10's variations using black powder. Getting it exact is just a security blanky thing

[cw50-70]

Sheels says it is accurate to + or - .1 gram - that is + or - 1.54 grains or up to a 3 grain spread of powder. Is that accurate enough for you?