RCBS Chargemaster Combo

[C.G.]

I was a little hesitant and skeptical about this unit, in spite of all the good reviews, but finally broke down and bought it. I could not pass up the price:

http://www.natchezss.com/brand.cfm?contentID=productDetail&ammoGroup=0&brand=RC&prodID=RC98923

The negatives:
It is supposed to be warmed up for 30 minutes before usage.
Every sixth or seventh throw would be over (not a major big deal throw it back in and usually the next would be dead on again).

Positives:
It cuts down the time loading cases with powder by more than half.
Very accurate even in small pistol loads. I kept checking it against my beam scale, and it was dead on.

Conclusion: Money well spent, wish I hadn't waited so long.

I will not be selling my beam scale, however, as some people do. I am a great believer in redundancy systems. That way one has two things to fix instead of one.

[napahunter]

But.. But...BUT The chargemaster is the best.. Thats what everyone say. It's never off. I bought the lyman 1200. Not to say it's better, same 30 min warm up, but it's never off. Basically it's apples to oranges. I'm just glad someone has posted the truth about the chargemaster. thank you and it's sure eaiser to reload with either one

[lazuris]

I've never had to let mine warm up ever. I calibrate it every time i use it and then start throwing charges. I'll always check the first several throws to another scale both electronic and beam and its dead on. Every so often i'll sample a throw just to check it out. Its always been spot on. What powder are you using? I only use my chargemaster on rifle loads, mostly RL15 and RL22. Perhaps the smaller ball powders are causing over loads as the trickle at the end moves more ball vs stick per bump.

[C.G.]

I've never had to let mine warm up ever. I calibrate it every time i use it and then start throwing charges. I'll always check the first several throws to another scale both electronic and beam and its dead on. Every so often i'll sample a throw just to check it out. Its always been spot on. What powder are you using? I only use my chargemaster on rifle loads, mostly RL15 and RL22. Perhaps the smaller ball powders are causing over loads as the trickle at the end moves more ball vs stick per bump.

The warm up period was according to the book.

I was using 6.8 grains of Blue Dot. By over I meant it would go to 6.9 or 7.0 on occasion (about six or seventh throw) and then it would be fine again.

I'll try it on 87 grains of RL25 tonight and see how it does with that.

[C.G.]

Update:

With 87 grains of REL25 the Chargemaster was dead on every time.

[draconianruler]

Thanks for the feedback. I've been looking into getting one of the electronic dispensors.

[rksimple]

Just did 50 rounds of 44.5 of rl15 yesterday. Every one was spot on. With Varget, 3 or so out of 50 would be over. No big deal. Saves a lot of time and accuracy is just fine. When I first got it, I'd check each charge with a beam scale. It stayed calibrated perfectly.

[Jicko]

Personally, I use PACT.

I think the new Lyman DPS3 is good too, probably the fastest machine.

RE: warm up time <- just dun turn yours off (i never turn mine off)

RE: off throw... dun you have a scale? if it is off, just dump it back and have it re-throw... i generally will dump anything that is not "exact" back and have it re-throw... but that's more like, at most, once per 20-30throws?

[CAT_101]

Boy I was thinking of gitting one and now I realy want one. as soon as I have the money.

[C.G.]

RE: off throw... dun you have a scale? if it is off, just dump it back and have it re-throw... i generally will dump anything that is not "exact" back and have it re-throw... but that's more like, at most, once per 20-30throws?

Hmm, I think that is what I said in the first post:

Every sixth or seventh throw would be over (not a major big deal throw it back in and usually the next would be dead on again).