Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Anyone Using A ChargeMaster 1500 Combo?

Whatchya think of it?

I have had mine for a few years and love it. Works great, easy to use.

Initially, it drove me nuts. I called RCBS and they mailed me new calibration weights. The ones that came with it would not calibrate.

With correct weights, everything is great.

I really like mine.

I had one a few years back. The keypad failed on it. RCBS wanted $150 to fix it so I threw it in the trash and haven't used one since. I did keep the scale portion and do use it sometimes.

John

Do you guys find it speeds up loading?

I have one and like it a lot. It pours out a charge about as fast as I can seat a bullet in the last one and get ready for the next one. It's faster than scaling every charge like I used to but not as fast as the "pump and dumps". For me it does the individual measuring I like and faster than I can do it.

Been using one for quite a few years now with no issues. It fits my flow of reloading; except for high volume reloading where I'll go volume based dumping.

There are some tweaks that can be done to improve performance....straw inserted into the dispenser nozzle and changing the control parameters to name a few but out of the box it seems to work just fine.

The 0, 50, 100 gram calibration is kind of a joke given most loads will be below 5 grams. On that note I bought some lab standards in the single digit gram range and use those to verify the calibration given that it typically operates in less than 5% of the full scale cal range. So far it's done well maintaining linearity in the low end of its calibration and typically reports back the standards dead on.

Emptying the unit after use is straight forward; just remember to close the dump gate or.....

I have one and like it for some uses. If you weigh weigh every charge it will probably speed up your loading. It's not nearly as fast as a powder dispenser with ball or short cut powder though

I just started using one and so far it is great. Saves me a lot of time.

Really like mine after 5 years of use. I'm anal and weigh every charge anyway for my hunting rifles. Like others have said, I recalibrated it to speed up the process, and added a version of the straw trick to avoid overthrows.

My scale went haywire. Nice if yours works.

A buddy gave me one several years ago and I like it best for working up loads.
5 of this, 5 of that, 5 of the next, 5 near the top, etc.
Once I have the load solved for that rifle, I much prefer to throw the powder charges with an RCBS powder measure and move on to something else rather than waiting for one load at a time.
I do sometimes throw the charge a little short into the pan and let the Chargemaster top it off especially with a long stick powder that doesn't throw consistently
That way I'm not waiting for every load to start from zero.

i've had one for quite awhile now very happy with it.

Ed

I have had and used one for about 10 years now. I have found it to be very accurate and useful when working up charges. In regular loading there is a lag between filling cases but if you seat bullets while a charge is being made, things go quick and smooth.

I could go into detail but not here, just PM if you want to know more.

Had mine for years, it's not perfect but it's very good.

Mine works great!

I really like mine.

It's nice to have but I don't really think it speeds up my loading process!

I've had and used mine for 4-5 years. I like it and it speeds up the reloading process with a accurately weighed charge each time. Once it seemed erratic and I called customer service. They suggested to wipe down the unit with a Bounce static free dryer cloth. Worked ever since. I also turn mine on ~10-15 minutes prior to using.

I like mine. I need another one.