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Title: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: Justdecent on December 11, 2020, 08:42:07 PM
I’ve been thinking about investing (finally) in an auto trickler. Has anyone had any experience with this unit? Good/bad, tips or tricks??

Thanks
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: Wolfdog2314 on December 11, 2020, 08:53:18 PM
Love mine. No other way to do it in my opinion. Fast and accurate every time. Tip-after draining your powder to change to another, remember to close the little deal so that when u dump new powder in it doesn’t pour out all over your bench  :bash:
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: 7mmfan on December 11, 2020, 09:23:52 PM
Love mine. No other way to do it in my opinion. Fast and accurate every time. Tip-after draining your powder to change to another, remember to close the little deal so that when u dump new powder in it doesn’t pour out all over your bench  :bash:

I also really like mine. I also mirror Wolfdog's pro tip. Ugh, done it to many times.
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: Magnum_Willys on December 11, 2020, 10:22:04 PM
I wasn’t getting a good accuracy check with my beam scale and turned out the rcbs was much more accurate than the beam scale.   The auto dump works great just remember to put your empy pan back on the scale and look at the readout before u pull off.  The last couple kernals can take awhile to drop.  Use tweezers to pull out extra or drop short and add a couple kernals.   

I switched to a Lab scale with .02 accuracy but still use the rcbs as an auto trickler
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: Rob on December 12, 2020, 05:42:18 AM
Love mine. No other way to do it in my opinion. Fast and accurate every time. Tip-after draining your powder to change to another, remember to close the little deal so that when u dump new powder in it doesn’t pour out all over your bench  :bash:

Ultra pro tip...  do this!
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: h20hunter on December 12, 2020, 06:24:36 AM
100% agree on closed tip pointer!
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: BigGoonTuna on December 12, 2020, 06:55:32 AM
i had to do the same thing on mine, after dumping a bunch of RL26 all over my bench :cryriver:

i have the standard chargemaster, not the lite.
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: Rob on December 12, 2020, 07:10:44 AM
Overall i have been happy with mine.  Other thN losing  quarter pound of powder before my sharpie fix!

I do find it very slow though.  Some of the other models look to be faster. 
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: b23 on December 12, 2020, 07:11:28 AM
i had to do the same thing on mine, after dumping a bunch of RL26 all over my bench :cryriver:

i have the standard chargemaster, not the lite.

And with RL26 nearly having the value of Plutonium I bet you were having an ohhh crap moment.

Opinions seem to differ on this but I've had a CM for quite a few years and learned early on some digital scales require a certain amount of time to warm up before they settle down so short of power outages mine RCBS CM hasn't been turned off in years.  I have it plugged in to a surge protector but I never turn it off.  My Dillon digital scale same thing, hasn't been turned off in years.  Bought a new FX120 awhile back but haven't really had time to mess with it much so not sure what I'll do with that one.
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: BULLBLASTER on December 12, 2020, 07:38:21 AM
I have a couple chargemasters. I programmed them to speed them up a bit and they work well. Definitely easier than manually measuring powders.


And yes. Always keep the drain deal shut.  :chuckle:

Oops i missed the chargemaster lite part. I have no experience with lites.
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: Blacklab on December 13, 2020, 10:30:49 AM
Hard to beat the master. I inserted 1-1.5” straw piece in powder tube. Helps with constant measuring😉🥃🇺🇸
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: BrandonWatts on December 14, 2020, 02:36:16 PM
I have also dumped powder all over my bench after a clean out.
When changing charge weights remember to push cancel and not zero. I have zeroed it out and had it start dumping powder with no pan on it. Really sucks when you see h1000 spilling everywhere. MK machine makes powder tube reducers, they work really well and stop the over throws.
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: Rob on December 14, 2020, 02:43:25 PM
Hard to beat the master. I inserted 1-1.5” straw piece in powder tube. Helps with constant measuring😉🥃🇺🇸

Do you have a photo of that?  Sounds interesting
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: Magnum_Willys on December 14, 2020, 04:45:24 PM
Hard to beat the master. I inserted 1-1.5” straw piece in powder tube. Helps with constant measuring😉🥃🇺🇸

Do you have a photo of that?  Sounds interesting

I heard McDonalds straw was perfect size but now I think they've gone to paper.   Smaller tube allows just one kernel to drop at a time
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: Matth on December 14, 2020, 07:17:03 PM
I let mine warm up for a bit prior to using, and also throw 2 charges with it before loading. I have had the first charge be weird with cold scale, but since warming, and throwing a charge or 2, mine is more accurate than my beam scale. Also i may be a bit weird but i also calibrate mine before each use.
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: doubletall on December 16, 2020, 11:03:01 AM
The only problem I've had with mine is that occasionally it stops short of the set weight and I have to trickle the rest.
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: JohnVH on December 16, 2020, 11:07:57 AM
Love mine, always spot on!  :tup:
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: Blacklab on December 21, 2020, 05:55:58 PM
Hard to beat the master. I inserted 1-1.5” straw piece in powder tube. Helps with constant measuring😉🥃🇺🇸

Do you have a photo of that?  Sounds interesting

I heard McDonalds straw was perfect size but now I think they've gone to paper.   Smaller tube allows just one kernel to drop at a time

So long ago but McDonald’s sounds about right. Here’s a picture It’s not very good but the best I can come up with.
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: Rob on December 21, 2020, 05:58:21 PM
Interesting.  So the straw is inside the trickler tube?  It just allows a more frictionless flow of powder?
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: Blacklab on December 21, 2020, 06:11:44 PM
Yes it’s more of a constant. You have a couple over but not as many as you did before the straw
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: Rob on December 21, 2020, 08:00:16 PM
Will be trying this out
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: Blacklab on December 22, 2020, 06:11:35 AM
Chicken soup, couldn’t hurt. 😉🥃🇺🇸
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: JohnVH on December 22, 2020, 11:51:50 AM
Interesting, mines been flawless and spot on stock, but Ill keep this in mind if I ever have an issue
Title: Re: Rcbs chargemaster lite experience?
Post by: Crunchy on December 22, 2020, 12:56:44 PM
I use the straw on mine as well.  It does make a difference.
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