How are you weighing each charge?

[Dzel777]

Hornady auto charge for me. Purchased in 2011 and still performing. Never compared to rcbs for speed but I will say it seems like the rcbs is faster from reports I hear.
I’ll run this one until it gives up!

 

[C9X19]

I used to run the Dillon powder measure on my 650 but now use a Chargemaster 100% of the time for loading rifle rounds. There's a great deal of confidence gained knowing I'm getting exactly the weight I want.

 

[Dinger]

Everything checked on a beam before charging.

 

[BuckSnort]

chargemaster worked awesome until it didn't.... Back to the beam scale, tried and true...

 

[rrwildlife]

Autotrickler with auyo throw, fx 120 scales.
Fast, more accurate then i need. The good scale is a joy to use

I’ll second this, I use the same setup and while expensive it really cut dowm on my precision reloading time. If you have deep pockets it’s a good investment. If not, my suggestion would be to find a old Lyman/Ohaus M5 or RCBC/Ohaus 10-10.

 

[ChrisA]

Charge master it's a bit slow, I'm about ready to buy a second one to speed up the process. I used to enjoy reloading but now that I'm shooting precision rifle it's become a tedious task.

Chris

 

[Elkhntr08]

Bonanza powder dump into an RCBS scales. Every round, every time.

 

[Salmon River Solutions]

I just use an RCBS Uniflow. Its relatively consistent, but I'm anal so I weigh every single charge on my scale, and then add a couple little grains here and there to get it perfect. But that's for trying to hold under 1/2MOA. I reload for friends and don't weigh every charge like I do for myself.

 

[shooter60]

RCBS beam scale and a trickier for all my rifles I use a spoon to get started and trickle the rest takes a while but worth in my opinion

 

[excaliber]

I use a Gempro 250. It's super accurate and repeatable. That's important to me as every round I load has the same powder charge.

 

[RCL]

Still using an RCBS beam scale and trickler.
Yes, it is slow but I don't mind.

 

[mmac]

I went to the Chargemaster Lite and wish I had done it sooner. I even use the scale when I only need a couple of rounds and don' t want to load the whole thing. I highly recommend it.

 

[bradb]

I had a gem pro and the response rate is way slow for trickling. Not a bad scale but once you try one of the much pricier good scales you really see the difference. Heck the charge-master with a good scale would work just like the auto trickler, can also scoop powder close like the auto throw does.

 

[Trr15]

I just eyeball it. Pour powder in until it looks like its level with the top of the case, then pound the bullet down in on top of it. ...Seriously though, RCBS beam scale and electronic scale combo for me. I also use a Redding trickler.

 

[Mosby]

I have a old Bruno powder measure that I use for most of my powders. I throw a load into a small container and pour it onto my PACT scale. I use a Redding trickler for the last few grains. I measure every load for hunting, especially if it is a hot load. For just shooting, the Bruno is accurate enough with most powders that I don't weigh.
When I load IMR powder like 4064, I use a cheap Lee powder measure. It works great for long grain powders.

 

[TP151]

I use the Parker tuned M-5 scale and Target Master. I throw a light charge with a Harrels powder measure then put it on the scale. This system works great and I can do about 50 weighs per hour.

 

[Baron85]

I started with rcbs 10-10 with rcbs throw and trickled. Worked for about a year and got tired of how slow it was. Bought a gempro 250 and played with it for a couple months and didn’t like the lack of consistency, if I picked up and set the powder tray down again I would frequently get different readings. Next I bought a rcbs chargemaster with brass insert. It worked very well for years when the autotrickler came out I jumped on one to help speed up the process.

I have not bought the auto throw yet and most likely won’t, the autotrickler is plenty fast for my uses. I think you need to know a few things before buying a system, how much ammo do you reload at 1 time? How much do you load a year? And what accuracy are you going for?

If you load 20 bullets for hunting season a beam scale and pair of tweezers if your anal is all you need.

If your loading 100’s of rounds at a time and do that monthly then the autotrickler is by far the system!

 

[Shrek]

A Redding beam scale and trickler and a Lee Perfect Powder measure. Throw a charge a couple tenths of a grain low and trickle up to the charge weight. I can charge a case about every thirty seconds. New RCBS beam scales are garbage.

 

[deerkiller]

I use an RCBS beam scale. Yes, it is tedious and slow, but very accurate.

Not all that slow when you get into a rhythm - just have to make darn sure the beam scale is level and on solid footing - Been using a Redding BR measure for about 20 years, actually I think it's getting worn out internally - been looking hard at Harrels

 

[deerkiller]

7 of the top ten international shooters use a Dillon progressive for all their practice ammo and beam style for comp