CHARGEMASTER ? OR?--Want to upgrade

[Larryh128]

I went with the new Lyman and it's very good as checked against an accurate Ohaus beam scale. Also comes with a screw in plastic piece on drop tube which makes it more accurate.

It's a Gen 6, should be readily available.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

why do an upgrade half arsed?

I agree. But I still don’t see it being a big deal raising the handle up and down on my old Uniflow measure and then setting the pan on a good .00 scale.

 

[Dgd6mm]

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Have the Lyman Gen 6 as well. I've had it for over 3 years and it throws great charges.

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www.lymanproducts.com

That seems like a nice unit. Is the Lyman Gen 6 as good as a Chargemaster Lite?

 

[Jester560]

They are very close. I don't think the Lite has the programmable options like the Chargemaster. Both are accurate to the tenth of a grain.

 

[wkdickinson]

That’s really not that bad.
I did the same with my ChargeMaster Lite a while back, using 100 charges, against my Denver Electronics Scale, and it was well within the accuracy of .1 grn that they say you can expect.

The only thing I did different was I only checked charges that the CM Lite dispensed at the exact setting. Any that were off one way or another were dumped and another used.

I posted it in a thread, so the results are on this site somewhere.

I recentl;y did the same test with 30 samples thrown by my CM1500 and then weighed them on my newly aquired A&D 120i. Here are my results:

 

[209jones]

I have a chargemaster and an A&D/V4, and an old Lyman 1000 that's about 30+ yrs old, and a Hornady M scale. The Chargemaster was a splurge about 10 yrs ago, I am happy enough with it, does what is needed, it's pretty consistent and I get maybe 1in10 bad throws on it, which is bearable to me. I got the A&D/v4 as I wanted to see if I really could detect any difference in the paper results, so far, no, nothing concrete showing up. For my 22cal stuff, I use ball powders anyway, so, setup the Redding thrower and check it on the beam scale, go from there. It's faster than the Chargemaster or the A&D/V4 in the long run, by the time the electronic setups warm up, I have a good bunch loaded already. All I want from them is minute of gopher head inside of 300yds. There are small batches I use the beam scale for still, the Lyman gets used for sorting cast bullets. Neither the chargemaster or the A&D were necessary, but, were splurges, one for laziness, one for satisfaction of an OCD question in my mind.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Since I have gotten my digital scales that read in the hundredths, I’m trickling or tapping a grain or so out of the pan if I’m not .02 from target weight. This appears maybe to be not that critical, but isn’t this what we’re striving for to make everything as precise as we can.

 

[smby]

No it’s all automated. Bluetooth.

I thought Ingenuity is only a companion tool; to automate it, you will need autotrickler. Can you just use the ingenuity dispenser and the fx120i to automatically trickle powder to the desired weight?

 

[J.d. Popkes]

I thought Ingenuity is only a companion tool; to automate it, you will need autotrickler. Can you just use the ingenuity dispenser and the fx120i to automatically trickle powder to the desired weight?

Picture a v3 only you throw the powder and the ingenuity is the auto trickle. A Lee thrower is all you need. Or get 7 of them, and leave them set to whatever. Use your phone to control it all. If you want to pm me I can explain it better.

 

[smby]

Picture a v3 only you throw the powder and the ingenuity is the auto trickle. A Lee thrower is all you need. Or get 7 of them, and leave them set to whatever. Use your phone to control it all. If you want to pm me I can explain it better.

I got it, thank you sir!