Chargemaster woes

[rero360]

I finally was able to pull enough of my reloading equipment out of storage to load up some .308s for a shoot this saturday. Once I got everything set up and was ready to throw some powder I noticed that the key pad of my Chargemaster is jacked up, when I press 1 it registers 2, 4 gives me 5, and . gives me 0. However the rest of the buttons work correctly, so pushing all the numbers in order results in 2,2,3,5,5,6,8,8,9,0,0

Has anyone else experienced this and is there a do it yourself fix for it? I've had the Chargemaster for about 2 years now and have used it numerous times in the past with no problems.

Everything else works just fine on it, however seeing how my load is 42.6 grains right now I have to punch in 39 grains then trickle up to 42.6, total pain in the ass, taking forever.

 

[ChadTRG42]

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LMAO! Yeah, that sucks!! Man, this really cracked me up. Stinks to have this problem with your charge weight.
Have you tried turning it off, and back on? Also, press the "Enter" and "Edit" button at the same time. Then press enter about 15-20 times so it will cycle through the programming, and see if that helps. It will then power back up. Try this, and see if it helps. If not, give RCBS a call (and be on hold for about 30 minutes!).

 

[rero360]

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Thanks for the advice Chad, I tried both a couple of times, got the 4 to work then it went back to being jacked up along with the others, going to give them a call. Hopefully I can get it fixed, its taking me well over twice as long to charge the rounds.

I remember seeing a post about this problem some time ago but couldn't find it again, must have been over 2 years ago.

 

[BOLTRIPPER]

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i do this because i can..........

 

[KHOOKS]

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Now thats just COLD!

 

[rero360]

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HAHAHA, nice shorts Boltripper, are those Hawaiian ACU? I don't suppose you'd be willing to donate one of those prometheus? I do feel a twinge of jealousy at that photo.

 

[shootist2004]

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thousands have had the same problem...
send it back and they will fix it for free.
if its out of warranty include a check for 45 bucks.
just got mine back.

 

[rero360]

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yeah, just got off the phone with them, said the same thing, I'm going to finish loading up the curent batch and hopefully I'll be able to send it out to get fixed sometime within the next couple of weeks.

 

[cav has been]

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They will likely just send you a new one. It took about eight days door to door when they replaced mine.

 

[lvmike]

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Happens.. About half the time I press dispense it acts like I hit load and displays c=_. Since the scale has been accurate against another digital I have I have left it alone.. The minute the scale acts up I'm sending it in.

 

[1911.it]

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I love my Chargemaster. I'm sure RCBS will fix or replace it for you.

 

[ALMAORFE]

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Boltripper has the right idea!

I had no Idea you had so many, Jesus. I'm slummin' it with one Gen1.

 

[6439ae50mag]

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My chargemaster has been great so far. Soon to buy another.