Thread: Beams scales vs automatic powder dispencers

Originally Posted by R93

I tried that but ended up with really light loads.


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Perseverance is key

Originally Posted by Gibo

Perseverance is key

True but 20 kernels of powder is pretty light in most cals
If the dog is around I can get up to 36

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I thought youd be safe to 22 at least being from the SI

The old.powder thrower works fine. Instead of a trickler a tea spoon is heaps quicker.

Originally Posted by Gibo

I thought youd be safe to 22 at least being from the SI

I would have to have no pants on to get there.

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Originally Posted by winaa

I going to beam scale's after trying digital. I got sick of drifting digital's not being able to trickle on the scale etc.
Powder thrower trickler and Beam's for me form now on.
The digital scale is a Lyman 1500 and is utter poo, between this and my Ezy Prime mentioned in another post I'm not very happy with Lyman right now.
I've just brought a new RCBS M500 and have a Hornady powder already

Cheers for the feedback. they are very sensitive but easy on the eye site.

Originally Posted by ebf

Beam scale, installed at eye height. Make sure it is level and balanced.

Combine it with powder scoops and an electronic trickler, and you will be smiling

that would be a fairly high bench oright or shelf. how slow are the beam scales?

Originally Posted by McNotty

I use Chargemaster Lite, checked against scientific balance it's always been within 0.1 gr accuracy. Make sure it's level and let it warm up for half hour. That's just my experience with my machine.

How are you finding it? other than the sweet accuracy that is one of the options.

Originally Posted by Cooper

For consistent loads it's hard to beat a beam scale without spending thousands of dollars, I usually do a rough charge on electronic scales and finish it on a beam scale. Having a level solid bench makes a big difference. Planning on getting a chargemaster light at some stage, but if I'm being fussy will still finish loads on my beam scale

So what brand gears are you using? the charge master lite looks awesome but just weighing up the options obviously. The double check is important. The calabration weights would be good to check.

[QUOTE=yerimaginaryM8;868567]I've had both a target master and a chargemaster. Ran the chargemaster and the target master side by side a few times and sold the target master. Just found it a bit clunky to set up and the fine trickler was not that accurate, nice idea though. Now the trickle function is stuffed on my chargemaster and it is out of warranty. It is still usable but it is a pain......

One thing that has worked out for me was buying a tuned beam balance from a guy in the US called Scott Parker (see Scott Parker « Daily Bulletin). I bought a redding new, tuned from him and then when I saw how accurate it was I sent him an old lyman I had and got him to tune that too as a spare. That was a few years ago they may be a bit pricey now with increased freight charges, but they are granule-of-powder sensitive, I always check them with RCBS delux check weights and they are bang on.

I am now wondering about going back to a quality manual powder dispenser and an electronic trickler. The chargemasters are good when they are working well and within their warranty period but after that.... I feel they are not that well built.....[/QUO

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I wonder how much did it cost to send the scale away ect. Everything is made in china. surley they are not built to fail though. How long did it take yours to fail?

Lyman gen6 for me just make sure you warm it up,keep it clean antistatic can cause problems { don,t wear valcro undies and have a cellphone in your back pocket} I check loads on beam scale every 10 case loads or if things don,t look right. works well for me

Originally Posted by 57jl

Lyman gen6 for me just make sure you warm it up,keep it clean antistatic can cause problems { don,t wear valcro undies and have a cellphone in your back pocket} I check loads on beam scale every 10 case loads or if things don,t look right. works well for me

it seams like its not a bad thing to have beam scales even if you are only using them to double check. When you add up the cost of beam scales a thrower and a trickler they are much the same price. Cheers for the feedback.

Originally Posted by Tim Dicko

that would be a fairly high bench oright or shelf. how slow are the beam scales?

Good beam scales have an efficient magnetic damping system which means they settle quickly. I use lee scoops that get me to within a few grains and trickle the rest

I wonder how much did it cost to send the scale away ect. Everything is made in china. surley they are not built to fail though. How long did it take yours to fail?

I got the chargemaster 8 or 9 years ago. Can't remember what it cost to send the beam scales to Scott parker, He was selling the redding ones tuned ready to go. https://en-gb.facebook.com/Single-Ke...70185688/about His tuned scales do not waiver charge to charge. i had an old set of 5-0-5 rcbs scales they were all over the show charge to charge. he would not look at them they have twin poises and apparently are very hard to tune. I see he now has a very long turnaround time, if you send him scales as opposed to buying new, tuned from him.

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

I have a Lyman gen 6. One of the cons that wasn't immediately obvious was that the scale will not settle down and properly zero if there's something electrical nearby.

By that, I mean I had a makita 12v battery about a foot away, the scales wouldn't zero properly. When I removed it, they settled down right away.

Fluoro lights are said to have a similar effect.

They are also senstive to vibrations and air currents, so mine sits on a trolley independent of the press. I also work with the garage door down.

All these things aside, I love my Gen 6 and wouldn't be without it. Sooooo much easier than using a Lee perfect powder measure.

I've just brought a Lyman Gen 6 also. The first few I checked every load on my beam scales. All were bang on but I set up on it's own bench under a shelf as I have fluro lights. I've been checking them all and it zeros everytime. I love it.