New from RCBS

[462]

There have been countless times when I've thought seriously about buying an electronic powder dispenser/scale, but mostly the fairly new RCBS Chargemaster Lite. I've even watched a couple You Tube videos that compared Brand R, Brand L, and Brand H. However, it always comes down to the infallibility of gravity working in conjunction with an RCBS 5-0-5, and soon the thoughts pass into oblivion . . . till the next time . . .

That said, I do use Frankford Arsenal's pocket-size electronic scale to weigh bullets.

 

[Winelover]

Standard operating procedure for me, is to check any scale with another. There are two beam scales on my bench, next to each. other....................RCBS and a Lyman. Chargemaster settings get checked on one of them. Powder measure micrometer settings are checked as soon a powder is dumped in the hopper. Always have to consider Murphy's Law.

 

[Bret4207]

I can dispense exact powder charges with a Uniflow, trickler, and 5-0-5 scale faster than a Chargemaster. The advantage of the chargemaster is it can do the job just as well while I'm doing something else.

That said, I have a fundamental disconnect with digital stuff. Analog scales, clocks, vernier scales etc are all direct visual cues to me while digital readouts cause me to have to access another part of my brain to process. Digital is like speaking a second language where you know the words but are not fluent enough to think in the language so you have to think it in your first language and then translate every word and organize the phrase in the second language before speaking it. Digital speedometers are another example of this. Decades of glancing at the needle to see if it's "about right there" doesn't require thought, but "is 62 more than 60" requires an extra step for me. Same with having to program and recall data on a digital device, I have to fight the urge to jump over to the Uniflow and spin the adjustment to get the pointer on zero rather than punch in a bunch of numbers and load information on a telephone style alpha-numeric pad. Yeah, I'm a little bit of a Luddite.

I still use vernier calipers and mics. President of the local Luddite Chapter...