Do you use tricklers?

saands · September 28, 2000, 10:12 PM

I have never used one ... but I have been playing with different loads and the "shake-the-powder-from-a-dipper-onto-the-scale" method is getting a little tiresome! If anyone likes them, can you please recommend one ... I'd like to stay in the $30 and under range ... it is a completely non-essential item afterall

Thanks,
saands

WESHOOT2 · September 29, 2000, 07:05 AM

Have one, rarely used.

Best trickler is Redding's (weighs a pound!), available through Midway, Graf & Sons, Natchez, Wideners, etc...

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Jack Straw · September 29, 2000, 08:24 AM

I have Lyman's and I use it any time I am loading for rifles. I use a Lee dipper to dump a slightly low charge onto the scale and then use the trickler to bring the charge up to the desired level. I don't know the price, but it is a plastic model so it should be in your range. It doesn't have the benefit of a heavy base, but it works well for my purposes.

Jack

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Stephen A. Camp · September 29, 2000, 09:01 AM

Hello. I use an RCBS trickler for loading rifle rounds. Best.

JoeHatley · September 29, 2000, 09:23 AM

I use one from RCBS. I usually try to find a powder dipper that holds just a bit too little, and then finish off with the trickler.

It's not real fast, but I do get accurate weights.

Good Luck...

Joe

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**Bud Helms** · September 29, 2000, 12:11 PM

saands,

Check email.

WalterGAII · September 29, 2000, 03:00 PM

I have the standard, metal RCBS trickler, which I never use. The $15.00 electric Midway trickler works very well for me.

rr41mag · September 30, 2000, 07:00 AM

saands I have 2 rcbs tricklers if you want one email me your address and I'll send it to you

Ala Dan · October 2, 2000, 12:05 PM

Yep, I use the RCBS metal trickler, and never
had a problem with it.

Regards,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

DAL · October 2, 2000, 01:23 PM

I use a cheap little plastic one when I reload for my rifle. I couldn't get exact loads without it.
DAL

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Turk · October 2, 2000, 08:12 PM

I use the REDDING it works great ($14.00) it has a heavy base so it won't get moved around or knocked over easy.

But to be quite frank, my REDDING Benchrest #3BR Powder Measure meters ball powder 1/10 to 2/10th all the time. This is sufficient for my shooting and a lot less hassle.

Years ago I shot loads from the measure and then exact loadings using the trickler couldn't see any advantage. Again for my style of shooting which at that time was High Power Service Rifle.

Turk

Clark · October 4, 2000, 09:33 AM

When working up a load in .1 gr increments, I use a trickler.

When loading all the same wieght, I don't.

September 28, 2000, 10:12 PM	#1
saands Senior Member Join Date: November 14, 1999 Posts: 1,573	I have never used one ... but I have been playing with different loads and the "shake-the-powder-from-a-dipper-onto-the-scale" method is getting a little tiresome! If anyone likes them, can you please recommend one ... I'd like to stay in the $30 and under range ... it is a completely non-essential item afterall Thanks, saands

September 29, 2000, 07:05 AM	#2
WESHOOT2 Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 1999 Location: home on the range; Vermont (Caspian country) Posts: 14,324	Have one, rarely used. Best trickler is Redding's (weighs a pound!), available through Midway, Graf & Sons, Natchez, Wideners, etc... ------------------ "All my ammo is factory ammo"

September 29, 2000, 08:24 AM	#3
Jack Straw Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 1999 Location: Georgia Posts: 362	I have Lyman's and I use it any time I am loading for rifles. I use a Lee dipper to dump a slightly low charge onto the scale and then use the trickler to bring the charge up to the desired level. I don't know the price, but it is a plastic model so it should be in your range. It doesn't have the benefit of a heavy base, but it works well for my purposes. Jack [This message has been edited by Jack Straw (edited September 29, 2000).]

September 29, 2000, 09:01 AM	#4
Stephen A. Camp Staff In Memoriam Join Date: April 16, 1999 Posts: 2,570	Hello. I use an RCBS trickler for loading rifle rounds. Best.

September 29, 2000, 09:23 AM	#5
JoeHatley Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 1999 Location: Iowa Posts: 2,135	I use one from RCBS. I usually try to find a powder dipper that holds just a bit too little, and then finish off with the trickler. It's not real fast, but I do get accurate weights. Good Luck... Joe ------------------ Go NRA

September 29, 2000, 12:11 PM	#6
Bud Helms Senior Member Join Date: December 31, 1999 Location: Middle Georgia, USA Posts: 13,198	saands, Check email.

September 29, 2000, 03:00 PM	#7
WalterGAII Junior member Join Date: November 7, 1999 Posts: 1,516	I have the standard, metal RCBS trickler, which I never use. The $15.00 electric Midway trickler works very well for me.

September 30, 2000, 07:00 AM	#8
rr41mag Senior Member Join Date: June 25, 2000 Location: Biloxi, Miss. Posts: 180	saands I have 2 rcbs tricklers if you want one email me your address and I'll send it to you

October 2, 2000, 12:05 PM	#9
Ala Dan Member in memoriam Join Date: August 13, 1999 Location: In The HOT, Humid, and Mu Posts: 6,116	Yep, I use the RCBS metal trickler, and never had a problem with it. Regards, Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

October 2, 2000, 01:23 PM	#10
DAL Senior Member Join Date: October 15, 1999 Location: Colorado Springs, CO, USA Posts: 653	I use a cheap little plastic one when I reload for my rifle. I couldn't get exact loads without it. DAL ------------------ Reading "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal," by Ayn Rand, should be required of every politician and in every high school. "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined." --Patrick Henry, during Virginia's Convention to Ratify the Constitution (1788) GOA, JPFO, PPFC, CSSA, LP, ARI, NRA

October 2, 2000, 08:12 PM	#11
Turk Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 2000 Location: USA Posts: 517	I use the REDDING it works great ($14.00) it has a heavy base so it won't get moved around or knocked over easy. But to be quite frank, my REDDING Benchrest #3BR Powder Measure meters ball powder 1/10 to 2/10th all the time. This is sufficient for my shooting and a lot less hassle. Years ago I shot loads from the measure and then exact loadings using the trickler couldn't see any advantage. Again for my style of shooting which at that time was High Power Service Rifle. Turk

October 4, 2000, 09:33 AM	#12
Clark Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 1999 Location: WA, the ever blue state Posts: 4,678	When working up a load in .1 gr increments, I use a trickler. When loading all the same wieght, I don't.