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sakodude wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:40 am One of the best reloading tools I've ever owned. I suspect you will love it.

Zee wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:56 amI do enjoy mine.

sakodude wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:40 am One of the best reloading tools I've ever owned. I suspect you will love it.

Bigslug wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 1:05 pm Now for the bad news: you need two of them - one charging while you load up the last charge from the other one.

mitdr774 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 2:59 pm I occasionally use one for the bulk of the charge I'm going for. Then I use a trickle and scale with better precision. Something in my basement (possibly the lights) messes with the Hornady and RCBS auto scales I have. I would end up with a spread of about 1gr in actual charge weights. If you find that the scale has a wandering zero, check the lights you are using. Florescent ballasts and to an extent LED drivers can cause nearby electronics to behave oddly.

GrapeApe wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:06 pm It also has an "AUTO MODE" where it'll start dispensing as soon as it settles after you replace the pan. I use that when I'm looking for speed, because it's about through dispensing the next charge by the time I seat the bullet and put the round into the ammo box

Bigslug wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 1:05 pm Now for the bad news: you need two of them - one charging while you load up the last charge from the other one.

Justsomedude wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 5:44 pm I have 3 presses. A Dillon 550 (I think), RCBS and a Lee Challenger. Don't use any of them.

Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:02 am Yeah I was a little surprised after what I read here. When the first charge came out I was impressed with the speed and in Auto mode I’d have to try hard to outrun it with a single stage press.

Bigslug wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:00 pm

Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:02 am Yeah I was a little surprised after what I read here. When the first charge came out I was impressed with the speed and in Auto mode I’d have to try hard to outrun it with a single stage press.

They've gotten faster over time. Also better at not dropping slightly too much powder resulting in a need to trickle out or re-do. I've lost track of the details of how we came to be running on two of them - probably a warranty replacement in there somewhere - but the more recent one is quicker. It's not so quick that it's ready by the time I've got it's last bullet seated, so when it's time to produce in quantity, having two running probably saves something like 10-15 seconds per round. Due to the quirks of the process, there's sometimes a little waiting for one or the other to settle and issue its "I'm done!" beep, but I can usually just grab the next pan as soon as the last bullet is seated.

They are SUPER nice for ladder workups. Load the one round, mark the charge weight on the brass with a Sharpie, and key in the next charge up, and boogie. Big fan of that.

Jay wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 2:09 am I can only speak of three.

I have an older Chargemaster. Works just fine. It’s just a little slow. And with longer grain powders, now and then the powder will bunch up at the end of the drop tube, so the last trickle to finish off the charge will drop too much and overcharge. It’s not very frequent, so I put up with it. Just dump the charge back in the hopper and tell it to try again.

The Link of my buddy’s I’ve been using has yet to do that. It’s been spot on, every charge. And WAY faster. I don’t like the touch screen.

The same buddy who bought the Link I’m using originally bought the Hornady dispenser. Complete piece of garbage. Loud, overcharges way too often, a dog fart across the room will make it malfunction… JUNK!

Once my buddy pries his Link from my hands and runs away, I think I might have to order one to supplement my older model..