powder trickler

COYKILL

COYKILL

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How many use a powder trickler? I use a plastic spoon to get the last little bit but I hate it when to much falls out of the spoon and goes overweight. The trickler just seem so small and would be hard to handle but I don't have one and that is why I am asking.
 
Before I got the rcbs chargemaster I use a trickler when I was doing load development or were using stick powders like IMR 4064 or 4831. Set my charge just under what I want and put it on my beam scale and trickle in what I need. I would set the trickler up on a die box so it would not bother the scale pan. I have not had to use it very much since I got the chargemaster. They are not that expensive to have one around.
 
I trickle every round to the proper weight. With my Blue dot 223 loads, I trickle the entire load since they are only 10 grains and it is a flake or disc looking powder that doesn't meter like ball powder. I bought my RCBS trickler at Walmart for less than $20. Good investment in my opinion if your weighing every charge to .1 grains.
 
After years of use, my RCBS won't wear out so I can try another one. It is some kind of cast metal. Me thinks it may never wear out at this rate
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. For no more than they cost, I wouldn't bother with plastic.
 
My RCBS is metal and will never wear out, especially since I have a Hornady powder dispenser on the way. My RCBS works quite well and I use it all the time. I also tend to set my powder dispenser just a little lite and finish the load with the trickler. It was cheap and well worth the money.
 
This is a pic of my current scale/trickler setup on my bench. I really like trickling a few tenths up to my desired charge and feel that it goes pretty quick, also. I have switched to a RCBS 750 scale, as to try and speed things up some, and have modified my standard RCBS trickler some to work with the new scale. I raised my trickler to a desired height by glueing it to a pvc fitting that fit perfectly up underneath it! I then simply extended the tube by sliding a McDonald's straw over it and cut it to the length I wanted. It really works well for me, but I'm sure there are other ways it can be done! I really can't see ever wanting to switch to an electronic dispenser for the amount of loading I'm doing.
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the hornady trickler works just fine and will last just as long as a RCBS as long as it is not abused. they only have one moving part on them so any of them will work fine
 
I also have an RCBS and it works great. Check out RCBS they have a new one Powder Trickler-2 looks to have all the extras on it.
 
I use a redding. That sucker is HEAVY! you would have to try to tip it. It's nice and tall too to not impede the scale pan. I like it alot.
 
Originally Posted By: COYKILLI don't have an electric scale so will I be able to use a trickler with a regular scale?

A 5-0-5 beam scale and an RCBS trickler works just fine for me.
 


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