snuffy
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Have you determined just how accurate you Chargemaster electronic scale is? Have never seen a electronic that does not vary a little.
It's not a chargemaster, it's an older powder pro actually made by pact for RCBS. Although it's over 20 years old, it has never failed me, I just trust it.
But you make a good point, I hadn't calibrated it for a while, it just never needs it. But in interest of making sure it's reading correctly, I jut let it warm-up for ½ hour, then ran the small Lyman check weights through a series from .5 to all of them that add up to 10 grains. It was spot on on all of them!
If all I had was a balance beam scale, this test would never had been done. Not by me anyway. I'm a pretty patient guy, more so now that I'm retired and single, I have plenty of time to devote to trivia. Not for that kind of test though.
The beauty of a digital scale is you can tare any empty container, (as long as it fits on the platen and is not too heavy), then put something in it to determine the weight. Just a few seconds added to the loading process on my LCT.
Is the drum able to throw lighter charges than the Autodisk? I reload alot of 380.
Good question. But I think I can say that the way it's built should mean it can get down to ½ grain of most anything pretty well. The adjustment screw, plug, in the small drum is flat and if all-the-way-in would leave darn little space for powder. I'll give it a try with the 800-X that's in it right now. BRB.
Screwing the metering screw way down I was able to get a reliable ½ grain of 800-X. I have no doubt that a powder like W-231 or any of the ball powders would do quite well.