Re: Hornady Lock-N-Load Auto Charge
I just got mine in the mail yesterday from Midway! I couldn't wait to fire it up so I had to crank out a few reloads. I've never seen an RCBS Chargemaster up close and personal so I don't know what their construction is like. The Hornady Auto Charge is made of mostly plastic, but appears to be well built. It has a 50 gram and 10 gram calibration weight. The 9V power supply runs off of 110-220V 50-60Hz. It lacks solid instructions, it just came with a quick start sheet, and letter from Hornady says you are one of the first customers to receive this product, and your feedback is appreciated. The Quick start sheet advised letting the auto charge to be on between 5-15 minutes to let it warm up prior to calibration, ensuring the greatest level of accuracy. I poured some Varget in, and was ready to rock and roll. It was set up on Auto (I didn't know this at first) and input 47.1 gr, and hit enter. It was slow at first until the powder got into the dispenser and then it took off in the normal speed (the only one that I tried). The last 5 gr trickled until it hit the mark and then gave an audible beep. I removed the pan, and as soon as I replaced the pan, it started pouring the next charge (this is the auto feature that I now discovered). I didn't like the auto feature, because it didn't give me enough time to replace the plastic cover back on to minimize drafts etc. effecting the scale. I went to the manual mode and continued to load up the rest of my cartridges. I was consistent to 0.1 gr as advertised. It never through less, but once out of the 20 loads through 47.2 instead of 47.1 I never compared on a different scale, and the winds are howling at 35 mph here so it will be a few days before I get to the range and try them out. I'm not posting pictures, as it looks just like it does on the Hornady website.
For the money, I think that I'm going to be pleased!
