RCBS new powder dispenser question - The Firearms Forum

billr · 04-06-2005, 12:04 PM

I bought the new RCBS powder dispenser and scale and love it but!! I have encounterd a problem after throwing a couple of hundred 26 grain loads it threw a single 31 grain load then went back to 26 grains again , with out any more trouble. using a ball powder.
does any one have any ideas
Thanks Bill

JohnK3 · 04-06-2005, 04:26 PM

Ya gots ta hold 'cher mouf jes' right....

LDBennett · 04-06-2005, 04:33 PM

Yea! Send it back to RCBS right now! Will it ever do it again? Who knows. If it does, it will be when you are not looking. You want to shoot the round that gets the overload? This is truly very dangerous!!!

This is the electronic measurer that includes a scale that shuts of the powder delivery? If so, I would suggest that a mechanical means is the only truly reliable way to deliver powder. Rarely does the powder measuring chamber change volume. If you keep the mechanical measure clean and dry, it will always deliver the corrrect load, at least within a half grain. A five grain mistake can be deadly! And if RCBS says yours can not be made to do it again, don't believe them. Insist on a new one, at least, or go for a regular mechanical one.

LDBennett

billr · 04-06-2005, 10:38 PM

Thanks
I am asking for a refund I feel the same way , you renforced my feelings thank you Bill

04-06-2005, 12:04 PM	#1
billr Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: oregon Posts: 44	RCBS new powder dispenser question I bought the new RCBS powder dispenser and scale and love it but!! I have encounterd a problem after throwing a couple of hundred 26 grain loads it threw a single 31 grain load then went back to 26 grains again , with out any more trouble. using a ball powder. does any one have any ideas Thanks Bill -->

04-06-2005, 04:26 PM	#2
JohnK3 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,636	Re: RCBS new powder dispenser question Ya gots ta hold 'cher mouf jes' right....

04-06-2005, 04:33 PM	#3
LDBennett Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hesperia, CA Posts: 5,719	Re: RCBS new powder dispenser question Yea! Send it back to RCBS right now! Will it ever do it again? Who knows. If it does, it will be when you are not looking. You want to shoot the round that gets the overload? This is truly very dangerous!!! This is the electronic measurer that includes a scale that shuts of the powder delivery? If so, I would suggest that a mechanical means is the only truly reliable way to deliver powder. Rarely does the powder measuring chamber change volume. If you keep the mechanical measure clean and dry, it will always deliver the corrrect load, at least within a half grain. A five grain mistake can be deadly! And if RCBS says yours can not be made to do it again, don't believe them. Insist on a new one, at least, or go for a regular mechanical one. LDBennett

04-06-2005, 10:38 PM	#4
billr Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: oregon Posts: 44	Re: RCBS new powder dispenser question Thanks I am asking for a refund I feel the same way , you renforced my feelings thank you Bill