Electric powder trickler

[TradLife406]

Not sure what's going on with my RCBS Charge Master lite. She's been great. But now the power button seems to stick and the touch screen seems to be going out.
I can't afford the Canadian Cadillac.
How's the upper end versions of Charge Masters or any other brands?

I'll quit reloading before I go back to hand trickling each charge


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[Schmo]

Not sure what's going on with my RCBS Charge Master lite. She's been great. But now the power button seems to stick and the touch screen seems to be going out.
I can't afford the Canadian Cadillac.
How's the upper end versions of Charge Masters or any other brands?

I'll quit reloading before I go back to hand trickling each charge


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I think they’re pretty good. If I was forced to replace my CM Lite, and had to buy in the same ballpark price, I’d be looking hard at the Hornady Auto Charge Pro

 

[TX_Diver]

I’d consider selling mine if you want to replace it with the same thing…

I’ve gone back to throwing charges again.

 

[TheCoyote]

I have the hornady it is just ok.

Best method I have found without spending $1000.
I've done everything I can think of to make it more accurate.
Let it warm up for a good two hours (not kidding)
Calibrate it every 20 rounds or so.
Put a plastic straw in the tube.

Then I throw everything 0.2gn under and switch to a more accurate scale and hand trickle up to final load.

 

[TradLife406]

I'd probably be super happy with the Canadian caddy. But I also don't know how much better it'd actually be. That little charge master can do a 20 shot mean radian of .30 in a couple different rifles I have/had. But then again could a better unit take me to .25 or lower my SDs....


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[BigDog00]

This is my setup and it’s faster and more accurate than the CM lite I have. Obviously the scale is pricey but you can get some cheaper options.





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[jzeblaz]

I'd probably be super happy with the Canadian caddy. But I also don't know how much better it'd actually be. That little charge master can do a 20 shot mean radian of .30 in a couple different rifles I have/had. But then again could a better unit take me to .25 or lower my SDs....


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Is the Canadian the A&D FX120i?

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[SloppyJ]

I've had pretty good luck with the Frankford Arsenal version. Only thing with that is how you dump the unused powder. There's a little spout with an end you twist to expose a hole. Really easy to forget to twist it back closed and then when you refill it next time your powder goes everywhere...... not like I've ever done that or anything.

It comes with check weights for calibration. Like above, I let it warm up for an hour or so then calibrate and go. It also has a powder calibration that works pretty well. Smaller kernels are no big deal but I was using N570 last night and it seems to like some head pressure on the powder column. It got funky as the powder started to run out in the hopper.

If it died, I'd get another.

 

[TradLife406]

Is the Canadian the A&D FX120i?

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Yeah that's what I'm talking about. I couldn't remember the name.


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[TradLife406]

I've had pretty good luck with the Frankford Arsenal version. Only thing with that is how you dump the unused powder. There's a little spout with an end you twist to expose a hole. Really easy to forget to twist it back closed and then when you refill it next time your powder goes everywhere...... not like I've ever done that or anything.

It comes with check weights for calibration. Like above, I let it warm up for an hour or so then calibrate and go. It also has a powder calibration that works pretty well. Smaller kernels are no big deal but I was using N570 last night and it seems to like some head pressure on the powder column. It got funky as the powder started to run out in the hopper.

If it died, I'd get another.

Hahaha I always forget to close the dump spout on my RCBS. Sunday I took a sharpie and wrote close spout on the unit by the scale


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[TxLite]

I have the hornady it is just ok.

Best method I have found without spending $1000.
I've done everything I can think of to make it more accurate.
Let it warm up for a good two hours (not kidding)
Calibrate it every 20 rounds or so.
Put a plastic straw in the tube.

Then I throw everything 0.2gn under and switch to a more accurate scale and hand trickle up to final load.

I’d get rid of a unit that needed calibration that often and required me to hand trickle after. It would completely defeat the purpose imo

 

[jzeblaz]

Yeah that's what I'm talking about. I couldn't remember the name.


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I didn't realize it was Canadian. They look pretty slick.

 

[TheCoyote]

I’d get rid of a unit that needed calibration that often and required me to hand trickle after. It would completely defeat the purpose imo

Well it dumps it out pretty quick and then I only have a few sticks to trickle in. IDK the hornady might be fine. Like others have said, im not sure how much difference 0.1 gn of powder makes in consistency.

 

[Castle Rock]

I think they’re pretty good. If I was forced to replace my CM Lite, and had to buy in the same ballpark price, I’d be looking hard at the Hornady Auto Charge Pro

I rang a local dealer to order one of those a few weeks ago and he told me not to because he’s been returning a lot of them lately.
Apparently they changed the polarity on the motor and it is causing trouble with accuracy

 

[Schmo]

I rang a local dealer to order one of those a few weeks ago and he told me not to because he’s been returning a lot of them lately.
Apparently they changed the polarity on the motor and it is causing trouble with accuracy

Well that stinks! I didn’t know about that.

 

[ericmcd]

I'll piggy back on OPs post, does anyone have experience with the dandy trickler? Not a ton of reviews out there.

https://dandyproductsllc.com/products/dandy-2-speed-electric-powder-trickler

 

[BigDog00]

I'll piggy back on OPs post, does anyone have experience with the dandy trickler? Not a ton of reviews out there.

https://dandyproductsllc.com/products/dandy-2-speed-electric-powder-trickler

Yes, see my post above for the setup. I have had one for a few years now and it has worked great.

 

[ericmcd]

@BigDog00 Nice, sorry didn't realize that was a dandy trickler. Is it fast enough to do full charges with it or do you drop powder below and trickle up like with the manual sort? I'm new to researching electric powder trickles so I apologize if that is a dumb question. I got on the 223 trainer this year so I load WAY more cases then I used to

 

[BigDog00]

@BigDog00 Nice, sorry didn't realize that was a dandy trickler. Is it fast enough to do full charges with it or do you drop powder below and trickle up like with the manual sort? I'm new to researching electric powder trickles so I apologize if that is a dumb question. I got on the 223 trainer this year so I load WAY more cases then I used to

For pistol case it would probably work but it would be too slow to anything more than a couple grains. You could get a lee dipper kit and use a dipper to "bulk" charge then trickle up. Amazon also sells some cheap long handle teaspoons that accomplish the same thing. I ended up getting the cheap Lee powder measure and I throw a half a grain(ish) under then trickle up.

I just loaded (40) 223 cases the other night and it only took me 25 minutes or so to get them loaded. That included setting up the powder measure and seating bullets. I planned on getting an autotrickler, but I'm not sure I see the need when I can load to the kernel just as fast with this setup up.

 

[ericmcd]

For pistol case it would probably work but it would be too slow to anything more than a couple grains. You could get a lee dipper kit and use a dipper to "bulk" charge then trickle up. Amazon also sells some cheap long handle teaspoons that accomplish the same thing. I ended up getting the cheap Lee powder measure and I throw a half a grain(ish) under then trickle up.

I just loaded (40) 223 cases the other night and it only took me 25 minutes or so to get them loaded. That included setting up the powder measure and seating bullets. I planned on getting an autotrickler, but I'm not sure I see the need when I can load to the kernel just as fast with this setup up.

I actually use the Lee dipper then hand trickle up for my precision loads. (I only usually throw my ball powder practice rounds) I always end up going over with the manual trickler on accident so this would probably save me some time. I know I can't get 40 out that quick. Much thanks!