Scale or Annealer

[JimSC]

I was thinking the same, just dont have experience with annealing so wanted to get the forums opinion.

Thank you everyone for your help. Ill be going with the fx scale and add the autothrow and trickle addons. After further research building an induction annealer will be extremely cost effective and would probably be a fun little project

I think you are on the right track. If you are loading to a finicky charge a difference in powder could make a difference. I have some .223 loads that are real particular. My .260's I can throw with a plastic dipper and get flat velocities. On the other hand I bought a Annealeeze last year then calibrated it with Templaq and modded it with a digital controller for consistency. That was right when my war of SD's began and with some good load development i began getting some real nice SD's in the single digits some below 5. I quit annealing just as a test to see if the annealer or all the other things I had been changing at the time were the cause of the lower SD's.

Three to four loading's later on new brass my groups have improved a bit becasue of practice and I still get single digit SD's. Some as low as 3 or 4. What good would a expensive annealer do me if I am already getting good case life and low SD's with no annealing ? BTW I also think the home grown annealer would be a good project if you like to tinker, not sure if it would help in shooting but it would be fun to build

 

[JimSC]

FX 120 i on sale for $597 at OldWillKnot scales

https://www.oldwillknottscales.com/and-fx-120i.html

 

[Twoboxer]

With the code "Cambridge" applied at checkout, the price at https://ce-products.myshopify.com/products/fx-120i-reloading-scale-122g-x-0-001g drops from $745 to the real everyday price from them of $500. They will likely have the best pricing on the scale + AutoStuff bundles.

 

[Rick300]

I hope they have a sale on the scale and autotrickler package like they did last year. I'm just waiting a few weeks to see - I'm ready to pull the trigger on one.

 

[JimSC]

With the code "Cambridge" applied at checkout, the price at https://ce-products.myshopify.com/products/fx-120i-reloading-scale-122g-x-0-001g drops from $745 to the real everyday price from them of $500. They will likely have the best pricing on the scale + AutoStuff bundles.

damn, now I am tempted. I don't need it but it does not stop me from wanting it

 

[Nature Boy]

damn, now I am tempted. I don't need it but it does not stop me from wanting it

I had been looking at the fx120 Auto Trickler package on that site for about a week. Then one day it said “one left in stock” and it was like dangling a string in front of a cat. Some deep seated instinctual reflex kicked in and before I knew what happend it was purchased and on it’s way.

 

[JimSC]

if I were into weighing bullets or doing case volumes I would order one in a skinny minute but I can't convince myself I need that much accuracy in powder weighing. I have 4 scales on my bench already. Three out of the four always agree with each other and my load nodes tend to be at least .1 error tolerant and I think the scales I have do half that or better

 

[Nature Boy]

if I were into weighing bullets or doing case volumes I would order one in a skinny minute but I can't convince myself I need that much accuracy in powder weighing. I have 4 scales on my bench already. Three out of the four always agree with each other and my load nodes tend to be at least .1 error tolerant and I think the scales I have do half that or better

I hear you Jim. The reason I bought it was for the increased speed and efficiency vs. hand trickling. My GemPro was accurate enough for my needs

 

[JimSC]

I hear you Jim. The reason I bought it was for the increased speed and efficiency vs. hand trickling. My GemPro was accurate enough for my needs

I need to learn how to make a video, I have got the finger trickling down to a science. On the electronics I gotten to the point to where I can throw and load to plus or minus .02 gn and do well over a case a minute seated and in the box now. That is plenty fast enough for me. The beam scale is trickier and slower to operate but it will get you there. I have to use a commercial trickler with it, fingers don't cut it

 

[okie]

.308 but will be moving to 6mm dasher soon

with the .308 brass i would get a scale--im not sure when you go to dasher, probably time consuming to make that brass....