New Powder measure
Quote from Reloader on May 24, 2012, 9:14 pmMike,
You make some great stuff, some of the best thats made anywhere. I love everything I have bought from you. I do, however, have a big problem with your powder measures. I own a RL550B with both the standard and belted mag. powder measure. While the standard works just fine (in fact beyond fine) with flake and ball type powder, it doenst work worth a damn with stick type powder. Niether does the belted mag. measure, and in fact, the Belted Mag measure is completely worthless, since it wont throw a consistent enough load to be useable...at all!! Im talking + or - .7 grains here! I want to use it, have been trying to use it (for over a year now)to load for my magnums which all need loads the require the use of stick powders (ie, IMR 7828, retumbo, RL25). I have spocken to your people about this, and followed the instructions given (polished the inside of the body, removed the fail safe rod and used the "old school springs" ETC) nothing they have told me to do has made any improvement. Im not looking for "match grade" here, by any means, but I think the measures should at least throw charges in the + or - .3 range.....but they dont!! Also, one thing they "recommended" was that I tape a fish pump motor on the side of the measure......which I REFUSE to do.....that is just ridiculous to do that to make a product that carries your name and reputation work like it should.
Ive done some asking around, and of coarse, have checked the web. Im not alone with this complaint. I think you know you have a problem, because you make and sell an adaptor to use other makers measures on your machines.
What I am after here is to see if maybe you have a redesign in mind. I know it can be hard to come up with a measure to will work well with stick type powder. I would like to point out that I have a cheap ass Lee "perfect powder measure" that DOES throw charges of up to 80 grains of 7828 at + or - .1 grain 7 out of 10 throws. If they can do I KNOW you can. You can and should make one even better than that!! (BTW I also refuse to mount this cheap POS on your press....)
I would be one of your first customers to buy this.....with a great big smile!!!
So, how about it Mr Dillon.....can you please give us a new design....PLEASE!
Mike,
You make some great stuff, some of the best thats made anywhere. I love everything I have bought from you. I do, however, have a big problem with your powder measures. I own a RL550B with both the standard and belted mag. powder measure. While the standard works just fine (in fact beyond fine) with flake and ball type powder, it doenst work worth a damn with stick type powder. Niether does the belted mag. measure, and in fact, the Belted Mag measure is completely worthless, since it wont throw a consistent enough load to be useable...at all!! Im talking + or - .7 grains here! I want to use it, have been trying to use it (for over a year now)to load for my magnums which all need loads the require the use of stick powders (ie, IMR 7828, retumbo, RL25). I have spocken to your people about this, and followed the instructions given (polished the inside of the body, removed the fail safe rod and used the "old school springs" ETC) nothing they have told me to do has made any improvement. Im not looking for "match grade" here, by any means, but I think the measures should at least throw charges in the + or - .3 range.....but they dont!! Also, one thing they "recommended" was that I tape a fish pump motor on the side of the measure......which I REFUSE to do.....that is just ridiculous to do that to make a product that carries your name and reputation work like it should.
Ive done some asking around, and of coarse, have checked the web. Im not alone with this complaint. I think you know you have a problem, because you make and sell an adaptor to use other makers measures on your machines.
What I am after here is to see if maybe you have a redesign in mind. I know it can be hard to come up with a measure to will work well with stick type powder. I would like to point out that I have a cheap ass Lee "perfect powder measure" that DOES throw charges of up to 80 grains of 7828 at + or - .1 grain 7 out of 10 throws. If they can do I KNOW you can. You can and should make one even better than that!! (BTW I also refuse to mount this cheap POS on your press....)
I would be one of your first customers to buy this.....with a great big smile!!!
So, how about it Mr Dillon.....can you please give us a new design....PLEASE!