^^^^^ This ^^^^^ I use the tip and the shim kit. And most what I see as issues are a failure to follow directions. I adjust tilt with shims until I see a powder calibration on small tube of at least .18. It works best from .18 to .22 in my experience. RL15.5 is a #1 shim at .18. VV N555 is a #3 shim at .19. You get the point. Play with it, follow the instructions and realize each powder can be different. Those powders are so close is size and weight but they do not flow the same. I get + or - .02 very consistently in an 8 to 12 second throw. I am very happy with that speed. If you want faster, stick with a V3 and the new trickler that is out. But is that juice really worth the squeeze? I think my V4 is more consistent than my V3 set up and about the same speed. The other advantage I like is the V4 is easier to set up for a session and much easier to clean up after, in my humble opinion.
I forgot to mention that of the 1/3 that are overages, 1/3 of those are LARGE overages
@John Glidewell beat me to it.
Where did Adam discourage it? I think that is bad info. It is the user manual and Adam even said you can use the leveling feet on the scale to add or remove some tilt. The shims are really nice. I will try setting up for N570 wiht a large shim and see if it runs. I know it was tested and required some added tilt to get it to flow properly.Yeah, I have read about doing this in this thread, and that Adam discourages it.
Honestly for the volume of 50 BMG I load, I'll just use the uniflow and a hand trickler next time. Not worth futzing with it for small volume cartridge.
Just disappointing that I find myself here. One would have thought that some proper beta-testing would have easily identified this problem, especially since the inability of the hopper on the V3 to handle N570 seems to have been part of the reason behind the V4.
In good news, it drips RL15 like a champ.
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Remember. Once you get the small tube flow around .20 you will have to play with speeds. For example: I run RL15.5 and VV N555. One requires shim #1, the other requires shim #3. They both run with large tube speed at 5 but the small tube speed is 5 and 7. They both throw dead nuts 8 to 10 seconds. It took some time playing with numbers but once you have it, write it down. I put that data in the load book for the rifle. Every powder is different but don't be afraid to play with tilt and speed. Once you spend time with it, it becomes more intuitive.
I understand. I did not have that much trouble setting mine up once I understood how to change the speeds and understood where the flow rates needed to be. I would buy one again in a heartbeat.
10-12 seconds for me. I struggle to seat the bullets as fast as the Autotrickler throws charges.
I am not sure how one could download an app without it going through the app store. iPhone user here.
iphone user also. Didn't realize iphone apps can only be downloaded from the app store. Hopefully necessity is still a mother
I guess worst case scenario the app becomes a download to be used on a laptop w/ bluetooth or something. Maybe even a website API.
Ok the RL50 struggle is real - you there can shim the crap out of it even high enough to stop the small tube dispensing it will frustrate you, I got it down over 2 days with some cussing and some experiments with restricting flow in the big tube , still experimenting, but I’m throwing 137 gr every time in approximately 16 seconds, if I had control ie manual adjustments on the calibration speeds , it would be easier , takes an additional 30 seconds for me to change from a “ normal “ powder to RL50 and I’m golden, if anyone is interested in me writing up the workaround, I’ll get it wrapped up on Monday or so
That sounds like you are shiming the wrong direction. You shim from back, tilting it forward so the flow rate increases.
Lol no not with RL50 it dumps tons , even with significant shimming of the front , you need to slow the volume not increase it
@John Glidewell , I must be missing something here, can you share your process while using RL50 - I would be very interested in understanding how you got it to calibrate, by shimming the rear of the scale ?
Shimming the v4 is what I’m talking about - n570 is not RL50 , it seems similar in powder grain size to 8133 - witch I have zero issue running with the v4, when you have time I would like to continue this conversation
Ok when you get to RL50 please report back, and anyone else successfully using RL50 please chime in
