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KeithB
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| Location: | Burlington, New York USA |
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Posted: 5 December 2007 04:01 AM |
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Is it needed? The RCBS one is like $12
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Posted: 5 December 2007 06:52 AM |
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saddlesore
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| Location: | Colorado Springs, Colorado USA |
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Posted: 5 December 2007 02:33 PM |
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Yes, unless you like to use your fingers. A lot of ball and flake powders will cycle though mots powder measures,but stick powders usualy don't flow as easily.
I typically set my measure about a 1/2 gr light and then trickle the remaining in. I use a lot of 4831 though
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klallen
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| Joined: | 10 February 2005 |
| Location: | Great Falls, Montana USA |
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Posted: 5 December 2007 03:41 PM |
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| I top off everything I reload for off with an RCBS trickler. It's a cheap piece of equipment that I consider a must-have on my bench.
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buffybr
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| Joined: | 31 October 2006 |
| Location: | Bozeman, Montana USA |
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Posted: 5 December 2007 03:44 PM |
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If you are reloading for rifles -- yes.
I have both a Dillon and a RCBS powder measure. If I am reloading pistol shells, I use the Dillon measure mounted on my Dillon press, and everything is quick and easy.
For rifle reloading, I have my RCBS powder measure permantly mounted behind my Dillon and Rockchucker presses and a powder trickler mounted over my RCBS scale. I use alot of 4831 and 7828 powders, and have found that powder measurers do not consistantly throw the same weight of powder. Therefore, like Saddlesore said, I set my powder measure set to throw a bit less than the charge that I want, then trickle each charge to the exact weight, then continue loading in whichever press I am using.
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armoredman
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| Joined: | 8 April 2006 |
| Location: | Arizona USA |
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Posted: 5 December 2007 06:15 PM |
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| Call me cheap, but I just use the Lee dipper that came with the dies, and carefully tap in the exact amount.
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Paul Tummers
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| Joined: | 18 June 2007 |
| Location: | Berg En Terblijt, Netherlands |
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Posted: 5 December 2007 11:45 PM |
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For me the trickler is a part of the reloading scale.
Lyman has thought the same way and offers a scale which has a trickler aside the weighing platform and a storage compartment for it .
I do have several scales which do work well, so buying a fourth one is not a good investment, but when I were starting with reloading, this Lyman scale would be a serious thing to think of.
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KeithB
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| Joined: | 2 December 2007 |
| Location: | Burlington, New York USA |
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Posted: 6 December 2007 12:13 AM |
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Added the RCBS one to my MidWay Cart
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sdb777
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| Joined: | 16 October 2005 |
| Location: | Cabot, Arkansas USA |
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Posted: 6 December 2007 01:36 AM |
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Yes!
Get two, just in case you misplace the first one!
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Ohio Rusty
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Posted: 6 December 2007 01:37 AM |
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I have one and I personally think is is mandatory for my reloading. I'm starting to reload for .380 and the range of powder for the small case is very low. I'm using VV N310 and the minimum is 2.2 grains, and the max is 2.6 grains. .4 grains isn't a very wide swing and doesn't leave you alot of room for error. Consequently, the only way to work up my loads without blowing up my little P3AT is to use a powder trickler to be exact in the loads for this pistol. I use a powder trickler for every round I load. I can get close with a dipper, but I want the correct powder charge when filling the cases. I have the aluminum powder trickler, not a plastic one, and I don't have a progressive press, just a couple of small Lee reloader presses. My powder trickler is one of my mose valuable pieces of reloading equipment as it permits me to load with safety and without the worry of an overload.
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dawhip
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| Joined: | 15 December 2007 |
| Location: | Minnesota USA |
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Posted: 18 December 2007 03:19 AM |
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| I can't imagine doing my reloading without one. I do small batches, so I don't use the Powder measure very often. I use the Lee dippers and top off with the trickler.
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TasunkaWitko
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| Joined: | 4 February 2005 |
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Posted: 18 December 2007 03:37 AM |
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keith - my wife just bought me one over the weekend -
when i get some loading done (hopefully soon) i'll let you know how it went!
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WILDCATT
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| Joined: | 11 September 2007 |
| Location: | South Carolina USA |
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Posted: 28 December 2007 03:28 PM |
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| I have one never use it.use powder measure. bench rest shooters us powder measures as small difference in powder make no diff in accuaracy.check out fatory loads you would be supprised.how do yoou do it on progressive ??
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wheezengeezer
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| Joined: | 16 July 2007 |
| Location: | Jeddediah Jones Swamp, Kansas USA |
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Posted: 28 December 2007 03:51 PM |
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i dont target shoot and i dont use the 2 that i have.
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steel13
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| Joined: | 21 December 2007 |
| Location: | I Live In The Rain, Washington USA |
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Posted: 12 January 2008 11:52 PM |
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armoredman wrote: Call me cheap, but I just use the Lee dipper that came with the dies, and carefully tap in the exact amount.
This is what I am doing for right now until I can afford a good measure, But its a time consuming task.
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steel13
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Posted: 19 June 2008 08:59 PM |
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just picked up two Rcbs's on a trade,and will contiue to use my dippers and now instead of shaking a little bit out of a second small scoop into the pan , now I can just trickle the last little bit. Nice. 
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miestro_jerry
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| Location: | Somerton (AKA BFE), Ohio USA |
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Posted: 3 July 2008 08:35 PM |
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I have a trickler that I use for some loads, mainly when I am know I am getting to the high end of a safe load.
But there should always be trickler on your bench, it is something that once you start using it, you will wonder how you lived without it.
Jerry
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nksmfamjp
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Posted: 5 July 2008 06:39 PM |
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RCBS works. The Hornady doesn't!
Also, powder measure+mech scale+trickler beats a full auto unit every time, IMO.
Last edited on 5 July 2008 06:41 PM by nksmfamjp
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ryalred
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Posted: 13 July 2008 12:23 PM |
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I can't believe I went so long without a trickler. I'll never be without one again.
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Oddbod
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Posted: 13 July 2008 01:38 PM |
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I have to disagree with the last part:
I recently acquired an RCBS Chargemaster como & it hands down beats doing things the old way for precision loads.
nksmfamjp wrote: RCBS works. The Hornady doesn't!
Also, powder measure+mech scale+trickler beats a full auto unit every time, IMO.
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