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    Powder Dispenser


    have finally gotten the hang of reloading and starting to reload a lot of rifle cartridges. I now currently weigh every load out and it takes awhile. Any suggestions on the best automatic dispenser/scales? I have looked at them all and read the reviews, some always have negative remarks. Any help from those of you who have one and what you would get..

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    Save your money and get to be consistent with your manual powder measure.

    I routinely throw hundreds of charges out of an ancient Lyman 55 and these only vary +/- .1 grain.
    With good ball powder like Magpro the variation is even less.
    This much variation will be completely unnoticeable.

    Throw and go has been my mantra for many years now.

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    I throw into a powder scale pan and trickle up to weight. It is time consuming, but this way if there is an accuracy issue, charge consistancy is one thing I can eliminate as a possible problem. I used an electronic measure and scale for a short time and was amazed by how long it took. Plus you need to double check your digital scale with a beam scale, I was surprised the variation sometimes. Now I find it is no more time consuming doing it the way I do it. Of course it also feeds my anal retentive nature!
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    I have the rcbs charge master 1500 and it works flawlessly. My dad has the Lyman one which he doesn't like one bit. I get maybe 1% over charges depending on powder and with 223 or 204 by the time I seat the bullet the next powder charge is waiting for me.

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    I have to agree with sav 22-250 I use the rcbs and very very seldom does it drop an over or under weight charge.
    I do all mine with it (couple hundred a week) and it is great. Yes it takes longer because I drop on the degital then go to the balance scale then the cartridge but I use my loads for comp. and practice and it is always consistent.
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    I use the Powder measure on my Dillon 550 with a micrometer adjustment from http://www.uniquetek.com/ for up to 300 yards then use my RCBS Charge Master and a RCBS RockChucker that i have used the Hornady LnL conversion for quickly changing dies when needed

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