A&D FX120/v4

[TradLife406]

Thinking about upgrading from my rcbs lite.
They're on sale right now. Worst case UM has em.

I'm having good accuracy with my current loads. But I do see some weird swings. Also heard about how the cheaper units have drift. Where it'll say it's dumping 66 grains but it's actually 66.5 or 65.2.

This the way to go?

 

[huntsd]

I don’t have the v4 but the fx120 is freaking great. Where is it on sale

 

[hoooogan]

Doesn't really get a whole lot better than that combo.

 

[SloppyJ]

Where is this sale you mention?

 

[wind gypsy]

The auto-trickler market is kind of in a weird spot.

I have the V3 version and have been happy with it. There are occasional slight over throws (like a couple kernals - 0.02 to 0.06 grains). The ingenuity trickler is slightly faster with fewer overthrows but the full ingenuity system with dropper has been "almost here" for like 2 years. There is a new thrower from T3/PRSTF that pairs with the ingenuity trickler that seems like it'd be an upgrade to the auto trickler in time/precision of powder dropped but i've not used one.

There's also a more economical option recently released called printed precision (PP trickler) that seems to do a lot of what the ingenuity does with maybe a little more headaches on swapping the right disk and setup.

That's just nitpicking, v4 would be a nice upgrade for sure.

I've read of the Chargemasters drifting but to this day I dont think i'm hitting any targets with auto trickler thrown charges that I wouldn't be with my 11 or 12 year old chargemaster 1500. I never noticed big drifts though either. Biggest upside to the auto trickler for me is speed.

 

[TradLife406]

Where is this sale you mention?

On their site. Like just under a grand.

 

[TradLife406]

The auto-trickler market is kind of in a weird spot.

I have the V3 version and have been happy with it. There are occasional slight over throws (like a couple kernals - 0.02 to 0.06 grains). The ingenuity trickler is slightly faster with fewer overthrows but the full ingenuity system with dropper has been "almost here" for like 2 years. There is a new thrower from T3/PRSTF that pairs with the ingenuity trickler that seems like it'd be an upgrade to the auto trickler in time/precision of powder dropped but i've not used one.

There's also a more economical option recently released called printed precision (PP trickler) that seems to do a lot of what the ingenuity does with maybe a little more headaches on swapping the right disk and setup.

That's just nitpicking, v4 would be a nice upgrade for sure.

I've read of the Chargemasters drifting but to this day I dont think i'm hitting any targets with auto trickler thrown charges that I wouldn't be with my 11 or 12 year old chargemaster 1500. I never noticed big drifts though either. Biggest upside to the auto trickler for me is speed.

The power button on my lite is going out. Kind of why I want to get ahead of it and upgrade.

My 6 UM is one holing and my 22 creed is pretty dang good for what it is.

Not sure I can shoot the difference between the two units. But might as well go all out.

 

[Rugger7622]

I went a slightly different but effective route:

FX 300i scale off eBay - can be had for $250 when available, I got mine for $169!
Dandy Trickler - $150
Dandy Controller sold on another forum - $150
Lee Manual powder drop - $40

I manually drop around 1 grain less than target and within about 10 seconds the dandy and controller bring it up to target with little to no overthrow.

I was going to go all in but the amount that I reload doesn't really justify it. This scale and system is so much faster than my Chargemaster Lite was and appears to be much more consistent. I've only been trialing it for a couple of weeks. So far, it's been great.

It's the poor man's version, but works great for my use.

 

[Schmo]

@TradLife406,
Your drift is most likely due to static. Wipe the entire unit and parts down with a used dryer sheet.

 

[TradLife406]

@TradLife406,
Your drift is most likely due to static. Wipe the entire unit and parts down with a used dryer sheet.

I should probably weigh the throws to see if I'm getting drift before worrying about just trying to talk myself into buying the better unit.

 

[Schmo]

I should probably weigh the throws to see if I'm getting drift before worrying about just trying to talk myself into buying the better unit.

Oh I’d love an AT myself

 

[Rugger7622]

I don't think I could ever shoot the difference but having a scale that responds to 1 kernel of powder is crazy cool to see. Again, for what I do, it's way more than I need but it's need to get it all together and watch it go.