I am thinking of buying a RCBS MatchMaster Power Dispenser. I have seen good and bad reviews. If you have one could you give a quick You like it or You don't like it.
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Delbert McCord
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Delbert McCord
RCBS MatchMaster Powder Dispenser Thoughts
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I agree with this. The regular charge master and or charge master lite are great buys but for the price of the match master you would be better to step on up another notch.
6.5 forever
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You guys been listening to FClass John. Lol
I picked one up two weeks ago. Better than my balance beam for sure. I'd buy it again.
I picked one up two weeks ago. Better than my balance beam for sure. I'd buy it again.
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Clancy
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I have owned 2 autotricklers (V1 and V4) and now have a matchmaster.
The scale is very honest, sensitive and does not drift. They run a rebate fairly often and I bought mine with a 10% off over $500 deal at Midway and have about $600 in it.
It’s slower than the V4, but that’s about the only place it lacks. I’ll take their customer service over autotricker’s any day.
I just counted off the top of my head and 4 friends have the same unit without a single complaint. We all shoot year round- from point blank to 1400 yards.
Make sure you set the screw on the side to the best of your ability, and keep the static off of it- as you would most any scale. If you do that, it’s easily single kernel accurate with something like H4350.
The scale is very honest, sensitive and does not drift. They run a rebate fairly often and I bought mine with a 10% off over $500 deal at Midway and have about $600 in it.
It’s slower than the V4, but that’s about the only place it lacks. I’ll take their customer service over autotricker’s any day.
I just counted off the top of my head and 4 friends have the same unit without a single complaint. We all shoot year round- from point blank to 1400 yards.
Make sure you set the screw on the side to the best of your ability, and keep the static off of it- as you would most any scale. If you do that, it’s easily single kernel accurate with something like H4350.
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My only beef with buying a Matchmaster is the powder drainage compared to the Chargemaster, so, I bought a V4. Beyond me why they didn't do it the same way. V4 is easy to deal with in that regard, A&D scale is actually commercially certfiable. All said and done, a Chargemaster will do the job for anyone not shooting over 5-600 yds, but is also used by a bunch of people who load at the range for benchrest, and some who shoot 1000yds, and works good enough for them, along with a good trickler.
urbanrifleman
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I was reloading in Colorado on my prairie dog trip last week. We were throwing charges with LT32 and then checking them on a V4. The RCBS was holding something like two decimal points. And that's just the basic Chargemaster 1500.
TxBowHunter409
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Got mine about a month ago and have ran about 400 loads through it. So far I am extremely pleased with it. In Match mode, it's going to be on the slow side, but is very accurate. I've ran pretty much in regular mode ever since. Still get mid to low single digit SD's, so have found no reason to fix something if it ain't broken. Only con I have to say about it, is that the small powder tube does not really care for N568. In a 100 round load, it's gonna plug a couple of times. Although I have found the internal slide of my Mitutoyo is the perfect size to free it up. So far, that's the only complaint I have with it.
jackieschmidt
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I prefer the ChargeMaster Lite, as I do 99% of my loading at the range.
I don’t need all of the bells and whistles, blue tooth, downloads, not even that stupid round count. I just want the thing to weigh charges in a reasonable amount of time.
I don’t need all of the bells and whistles, blue tooth, downloads, not even that stupid round count. I just want the thing to weigh charges in a reasonable amount of time.
6.5 forever
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Anyone down loaded the phone app and connected it? Is it worth doing?
Steve Donlon
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I have a CHARGE MASTER 1500 and it's been working fine for years. It's slower but I have it on the other side of my reloading room , so I pick up my charge and walk across the room to seat my bullet. By then, the load Is ready. It seems safer for me to have distance between seating and throwing powder. That way there is no way I can seat an empty case.
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6.5 forever
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And you get some extra steps!!
I do. It could be faster, but it's plenty accurate and seldom overthrows.
TxBowHunter409
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I've downloaded it, connected it, but the only thing I use it for is to calibrate it. It does make that allot easier. But as soon as it's calibrated, I turn the app off. Not much else in there that is really relevant to what I do.
6.5 forever
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I guess I won't find that out!
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