Warming up a Charge Master Lite

[pertnear]

I let my CM 1500 warm-up before use. Maybe 10 min to an hour before depending on what I'm fixin' to do at my bench. Can't say as it makes any difference in measuring accuracy(?) I use mine to meter rifle & pistol cartridges, stick & ball powders. I question its usefulness for light pistol loads.

I found a Youtube detailing how to tune the powder dispensing cycle. You can control the speed of the fast dump cycle, when it slows down & when the fine trickle start. But you have to do this each time for certain volumes & powder characteristics. I'd be nice if all the dwell adjustments were automatic & saved along with each load. IDK, maybe the newer more expensive units save the settings(?)

What I find inconvenient is emptying the hopper. The bottom dump cap gets gummed up with small kernels & you have to sort of man-handle everything to get all the powder out. You have to tilt the whole unit & spin the delivery tube to get everything out.

 

[slm9s]

What I find inconvenient is emptying the hopper. The bottom dump cap gets gummed up with small kernels & you have to sort of man-handle everything to get all the powder out. You have to tilt the whole unit & spin the delivery tube to get everything out.

After 10+ years and 2 chargemasters I've never had anything gum up or have to tilt anything?

 

[searcher]

Early on, I found that if I didn't warm mine up, my charges would be just over 1/10th grain different by the time I got about 50 cases filled. Turning on 20 minutes before loading fixed it. My shop doesn't get very cold (maybe down to 55 or 60 degrees), so maybe longer for those in colder climates?