Looking at getting a powder dispenser but undecided on which one. Lyman, RCBS or Hornady. How much different is a Lyman 5 to a 6? Or there others I should be looking at?
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Looking at getting a powder dispenser but undecided on which one. Lyman, RCBS or Hornady. How much different is a Lyman 5 to a 6? Or there others I should be looking at?
Depends what you aim to do.
Dispense and not weigh too often and no trickle up to exact charge weight, go for something high end Redding BR or Harrels they actually dont cost much more than the others and you save a lot of time not individually weighing.
For most shooting this method is great as a difference of .1 grain +/- shouldnt effect your POI if you have a good "node" on your reloading.
If you are going to trickle up to a given weight every time go for a Lee ... it will get you in the ball park.
Oh forget what I just wrote, you want to go electric ( mental note to self ... always read posts twice ):pacman:
I had Lymans (1200, Gen5 and Gen6), i have a RCBS Charge master and work with a Hornady where i do some reloads for a friend. They are all the same in quality, none of them will measure as a "Prometheus"(if i am correct about the name) in accuracy and honestly depending what you are reloading for, it is not important (if i am make the right assumptions).
All the lyman's models are straight forward and you get what you program for at the speed it is setup from factory, the Chargemasters you can adjust/configure the speed and other small tunes in how you want it to dispense your charge, the Hornady is all the same features but you can only configure the speed of dispense as factory setup, normal, fast and slow. With all these things said if these are your options "MY" suggestion is look around for friends and fellow reloaders who has any of these machines and ask to have a go and their opinions about it, if opinions was good we all would sell it not give it so nothing better than own experience and test yourself.
I hope i am of some help with these informations, feel free to ask if you still have doubts or just more questions…
Cheers.
Mac
My Gen 6 seems to work well, I run the little black restrictor in the end of the delivery tube the whole time with any type of powder, it slows it down so you don't get over runs.
Great value for money. Think it was 199 usd
@PERRISCICABA hey Mac, it is possible to change some of the parameters on the Hornady dispenser. Ive got 1, only prob is you have to reset them each time you turn power off but it only takes a few seconds so its not a biggy:)
I'm running a 1200 I bought of you, works a treat. Get the odd overrun but easy to deal with.Quote:
Originally Posted by PERRISCICABA
Lyman Gen 6 for me. Gen5 has a 100 load memory. Gen6 has none. Not having a memory isn't a big deal, it doesn't take much to input the charge amount.
Gen 6 is also smaller and (I assume) less expensive. Way, way better than trying to trickle your charges.
By the time I've seated and crimped the last round the 6 has poured the next load for me.
Yeah its no drama, just enter the charge weight once, ie 67.5gr and press start, then each time you put the pan back on the scale just press start again and away it goes again. You can set it to automatically start dispensing the next charge as soon as the pan has been put back on the scale - I tried that and wasnt a fan, i prefer to press the start button manually each time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Headroom
Yep I've got a Gen 6 and it runs fine, though you need to give it plenty of time to warm up during winter before use. Mines in an outside shed, so if inside the house this problem could be less. I run mine as per GWH and wouldn't look back to using my old scales & trickler.
Hey “WSM” sorry but NO, not that I know about, the one I use is from the gun shop I hang out and help the owner, we all load with the factory variations everyone will get it but it don’t stop the accuracy at all, they just Cam back from the rakaia shot over the weekend and his Daugther was the first person to hit the 1mile target since they put it up, they both placed top 4 (3rd and 4th) overall!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by wsm junkie
Hit m up if you have more questions, I will answer if I can or suggest a research if I can’t! LOL
That is awesome “Gadget” I am happy and please it works for you, I only sold as I bought the gen 6 at the time... later sold it to @Cartman...Quote:
Originally Posted by gadgetman
Chargemaster Lite all the way
https://blackwatchreloading.co.nz/pr...gemaster-lite/
How many Gen 6 did you have Mac....I got one off you :DQuote:
Originally Posted by PERRISCICABA
Ops! so i did sold the gen5 to cartmanQuote:
Originally Posted by Mathias
LOL
And now I have the hornady...m
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Iv got a gen 5.
pretty happy but i cant compare it to anything else.
Jeez. I don't know about Gen 5 or 6 for that matter. I do know that I check every 5 th throw. Old habits die hard.
I have an hornady . I had a few issues with zeroing initially, but some how it all works fine now. But I have to run it on slow with a silicone tube bit at the end of the trickier tube to not go overweight. Loads 10 grain of trail boss to 137 grains of 2217 very well.
Yeah I've seen a few they all need to be run slow and have a straw or the likes. But I use it for everything and shoot fist sized groups at 1kQuote:
Originally Posted by Friwi
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My hornady both run great with out any ad ons.
To be fair they have improved alot since the first ones.
When I am doing 22-250 loads I barely have time to seat the projectile before the next pan is ready.
I highly recommend the hornady as been running them since they came out.
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@Friwi @Cartman and whoever else has a Hornady dispenser.
To help stop overweights especially with large stick powders try this.....
1. Press back cancel
2. Press and hold mode button
3. 0.2 will appear on screen - keep holding mode button down until it gets to 1.0 (although mine works fine at 0.8)
4. Press dispense button and change from P to N
5. Make sure mode has returned to auto and speed is at slow
Note: these settings will revert to 0.2 when the power is turned off so you need to do it each time you use it but its not a biggie, only takes a few seconds.
With the above adjustments I have no need for straws and I hardly ever get overweight charges
I' m using an old RCBS charge master 1500.
With straw and speed mods as per Spanners years ago post.
Its quite bulky to store and looks like a plastic fantastic but considering the moving parts it just keeps going and going.
I dont do anything else like seating bullets while its pouring because the loads go crazy.
Calibration is very stable. I've got a small nut that weighs 44.3 gr and check it at start middle and end of each session and it's always spot on.
Every 5th load I wait a few extra seconds for it to display the actual weight dispensed and I accept + 0.1 gr overrun (gong shooting to 500m only plus hunting). About every tenth load is + 0.2 gr and I discard those when I see them and check the next two to assure the machine hasn't gone haywire but it's always come right next load. I get more overthrows after towards the end of the session ie after 30-40 loads.
So it could well be the newer throwers are better but the charge master was the original and is the benchmark to compare them to.
That's not like you trusting electronic scales......wouldn't throwing the odd charge on a beam scale be better QC?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagheera
That’s how I do it at the moment :(Quote:
Originally Posted by viper
RCBS Chargemaster...works well auto dispense as I seat bullet. Chunky stick powders work less well and tend to go over but easy to pinch the powder from the pan.
Oddly I have not fiddled with the settings for speed of dispensing @MSL
