New from RCBS

[Rick]

Only thing I can think of is . . . WOW.

RCBS MatchMaster Digital Powder Scale Dispenser

The RCBS MatchMaster Powder Dispenser takes powder dispensing and weighing to the next level. Utilizing Patent Pending dual tube dispense technology...

www.midwayusa.com

 

[Brad]

900 bucks?
A max powder charge of 1000 gr?

 

[Rick]

I think Brad figured out the . . . WOW part.

BUT . . . Seems he missed the part about using your smart phone with it.

 

[Ian]

Using your smartphone to control up to EIGHT of them at once. WTF?

 

[Winelover]

What's a smart phone.............all mine are dumb.

 

[KeithB]

They do throw in free shipping...

 

[Rick]

8 of them would be $7,200.

But hey . . . Free shipping.

 

[Brad]

I think Brad figured out the . . . WOW part.

BUT . . . Seems he missed the part about using your smart phone with it.

Didn’t get that far. I still couldn’t get over the price. And it only holds enough powder for 7 charges with max powder capacity? Those guys reloading artillery will grow weary of refilling the hopper!

Not sure who the market is?

 

[Rick]

But Brad . . . You can use your smartphone with it.

 

[Bisley]

None of which changes the fact that, if I turn my upper torso just right, I can hit this thing with my elbow and knock it over, or maybe even clean off the bench! But hey, what's a new Colt King Cobra Target model go for these days, anyway?

 

[waco]

But Brad . . . You can use your smartphone with it.

But can he use his IPad with it???

 

[462]

If I were to ever run out of mil-surp 20 mm, for the roof-mounted M-61, and be forced to handload, the thing could prove useful.
However, being that it is most likely of Chi-Com manufacture, I'd be awfully wary of it spying on me with hidden cameras and computer spyware.

RCBS must have done market research and determined that there is a need for it, and an excellent idea. But, then, Ford probably thought the same about the Edsel and GM about the Yugo.

 

[popper]

But dual trickler and chopper for those long kernel powders.

 

[fiver]

it says 'match master' right in the name... duh, come on you guys.
I can guarantee RCBS's research was pulling up the phrase 'what's the best' and then back checking the cost of the recommended Best versus the not the best and decided to double u err down on that marketing strategy.

 

[Ian]

I bet they sell three of them this year. With reloading at a 20-year low, not a great time to plunk that on the market. What's next, a Bluetooth Rockchucker?

 

[Brad]

But can he use his IPad with it???

Nah, I would dedicate an old IPod to it. iPad stays upstairs.
Now if I could share data across the platforms and load desired charges on the iPad and send them to the iPod for actual use, that would be good.

 

[Rick]

Bet they sell a bunch more than that. Handloader's are very gadget orientated and no shortage of people that simply must have the latest widget. $900 will crimp the sales though. And as soon as some bench rest board posts that they cut both their groups and loading time in half they won't be able to make them fast enough.

Not for me though, I have the ChargeMaster and it's fast enough for me. While it's throwing the next charge I'm seating a bullet.

 

[Brad]

I have a Harrells measure, a Lyman 55, and a couple scales.

My tech for powder charges stops at a digital scale

 

[Ian]

I like the Chargemaster but it doesn't get used a lot.

 

[Rick]

I bought the ChargeMaster specifically for SR4759 and ended up using it for everything.