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shrpshtrjoe Super Red Neck Member
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 4:03 pm Post subject: Re: Just ordered a new RCBS Charge Master 1500 |
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Sounds like a nice set up Crackshot Congrats. Did your lighting effect your scale ?.
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Crackshot Super Member
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Mich
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject: Re: Just ordered a new RCBS Charge Master 1500 |
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Yep it is a nice set up Joe, I wonder how I ever got along with out it now. The lighting had no ill affects so far as I could tell.
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ElyBoy Super Member
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 8:58 pm Post subject: Re: Just ordered a new RCBS Charge Master 1500 |
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:30 pm Post subject: Re: Just ordered a new RCBS Charge Master 1500 |
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There have been a lot threads on this subject here and there and it seems that there is very little dissatisfaction with the RCBS. Other brands don't seem to fare as well.
Some seem to be happy with the new Lymans.
My RCBS hasn't missed a beat yet.
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:36 pm Post subject: Re: Just ordered a new RCBS Charge Master 1500 |
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Paul, I don't figure I'm losing anything safety-wise by seating a bullet over a charge that just came off the scale. If I was just throwing a charge from a measure, without weighing each, it could make sense to throw them all before seating so I could do a visual comparison.
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ElyBoy Super Member
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Just ordered a new RCBS Charge Master 1500 |
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Post some pictures Crackshot, so I can see what the completed set up looks like.
I'm thinking about saving up and buying the RCBS 1500 also.
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Crackshot Super Member
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Crackshot Super Member
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: Re: Just ordered a new RCBS Charge Master 1500 |
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ElyBoy Super Member
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 6:08 pm Post subject: Re: Just ordered a new RCBS Charge Master 1500 |
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Since I'm not going to get a progressive reloader, I very well might save up for the 1500.
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Crackshot Super Member
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: Just ordered a new RCBS Charge Master 1500 |
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I have Dillon progressive's, I still load 1 at a time for experimentation purposes though.
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AveragEd Rookie Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:52 am Post subject: Re: Just ordered a new RCBS Charge Master 1500 |
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I recently replaced a Lyman DPS 1200 with a ChargeMaster 1500 and consider it a step up.
I used my Lyman for two years seemingly without problems but recently had struggled mightily getting a new rifle to shoot accurately with any consistency. Adding the update kit made the DPS faster and much easier to empty but a few weeks ago, that rifle shot a one-hole group with a load but shot a 1.5" group with another batch of the same load a day later. If I hadn't been using my chronograph, I would not have picked up on the velocity deviation changing from 37 fps the first time to 151 fps the second time. A check of the DPS 1200's scale indicated that it had "lost its mind."
Even though Lyman advertises that the DPS should have racing stripes because it is so fast, the RCBS is faster. And I loaded 100 rounds on it and test-fired some - the deviation over five shots was 31 fps, so it is accurate. Its operation is also quieter and emptying it is much easier.
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Crackshot Super Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:18 am Post subject: Re: Just ordered a new RCBS Charge Master 1500 |
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject: Re: Just ordered a new RCBS Charge Master 1500 |
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Hmmm... Anyone interested in a digital powder dispenser race? Pick a powder to use and time throwing a 100 grain charge? I'm curious as to which one is fastest. I have the PACT.
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shrpshtrjoe Super Red Neck Member
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject: Re: Just ordered a new RCBS Charge Master 1500 |
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Welcome to the HuntingNut AveragEd sit and stay a while
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