Hey guys,
Went around to my mates place the other night with my Pact scales and dispenser to do some reloading. He phoned me to say that he had just purchased a Lyman 1200 DPS III.
So, I was very interested to see the speed difference between the two. I have an older PACT so I was not holding out any hope that it would be as fast.
Set the 2 systems up next to each other. As I was about to commence loading with Vitavohuri N550, we decided to use that powder in the test. Total weight of powder to be measured out was 70 grains.
Decided to run the test 3 times for each. The PACT recorded 40, 45 and 47 seconds.
Then ran the DPS III. Recorded 20, 20 & 20 seconds.
I found the DPS III very much to my liking. Features I liked were the auto dispense function where as soon as you put the empty powder pan on the load cell it dispenses automatically. Emptying powder out of the unit is much improved, infact I wouldn't even bother to remove the bottom of the powder hopper as its funnel shape means all the powder with the exception of a few grains is emptied out. Those few grains are easily removed with the included brush.
I am still happy with my PACT, I do like the fact that the scales are seperate, but I would definately buy a 1200 DPS III.
Regards,
Michael.
Went around to my mates place the other night with my Pact scales and dispenser to do some reloading. He phoned me to say that he had just purchased a Lyman 1200 DPS III.
So, I was very interested to see the speed difference between the two. I have an older PACT so I was not holding out any hope that it would be as fast.
Set the 2 systems up next to each other. As I was about to commence loading with Vitavohuri N550, we decided to use that powder in the test. Total weight of powder to be measured out was 70 grains.
Decided to run the test 3 times for each. The PACT recorded 40, 45 and 47 seconds.
Then ran the DPS III. Recorded 20, 20 & 20 seconds.
I found the DPS III very much to my liking. Features I liked were the auto dispense function where as soon as you put the empty powder pan on the load cell it dispenses automatically. Emptying powder out of the unit is much improved, infact I wouldn't even bother to remove the bottom of the powder hopper as its funnel shape means all the powder with the exception of a few grains is emptied out. Those few grains are easily removed with the included brush.
I am still happy with my PACT, I do like the fact that the scales are seperate, but I would definately buy a 1200 DPS III.
Regards,
Michael.
