Beause recent lots of Hogdgon powder have been shit. I've had clumpy Retumbo, H1000. Nothing has consistent burn rates similar to the same powders made 2 years ago. My new H1000 and H4350 are 1.5-2 gr slower than stuff from few years back. That can be a problem with smaller cases. They sell it so fast, they don't care if QC is poor, get it on the boat and get it sold.........
New lot of XBR is doing the same thing, clumping a bit, needing extra charge weight etc.
Uggggh, that's really disappointing. I do have some jugs from recent lots, but I haven't opened them. I still have quite a bunch that is from pre-Covid and I'm still loading it. I really hate to hear that my recent stores are going to be crappy when I get to them.
You get along ok with the ST?
I won't say they are crappy as loads still shoot, but when my old load was 39gr at 2850 with a pretty full case of H4350, and now I cannot fit more than 40.2 and I've lost 70 fps at the new larger charge, it's frustrating. I run humidity control packs, 42% in all the jugs too, so it's not a moisture thing.
If you love them, set them free! lol
No...he hates it and he put a LOT of time and effort into it...his posts are all over the ST thread.
OK, thanks. I was a bit unsure what he meant when he said the beta tester he knew " abandoned it (not me)."
Retumbo when it sits for a bit gets clumpy. Not an issue when you first pour it in. Let it sit for a bit and you can see some clumping issues. It has not affected performance in testing but because someone might leave it in the hopper for an extended period, Paul is making some changes.
Ah. Well, I never ever ever leave powder in a hopper any longer than I have to. When I’m done with the session it goes back in the jug right then. I guess that’s why I haven’t seen it happen in the hopper. In the jug - yes. When you open a new jug there may be some clumps that need breaking up initially but I’ve never had any form in the hopper. Thanks for clearing that up!
No schedule impact. Changes will be made before those parts go into production very soon.
I also beta tested the shit out of the superspiller and gave up in utter frustration.
TLDR: The weakest point of both SuperTrickler and AutoTrickler in my view is the trickle method. Have you considered just adding the IP Trickler to your ATV4 or V3?
It will work with the V4. You’ll just have to purchase the extended cable with the Trickler.
Thanks for this information. It's actually quite helpful in resisting the urge to just buy a ST while waiting for the IP.
Don't do it. The IP is infinitely better than anything else. If anything, get the IP trickler snd just dump by hand until paul releases the whole system.
same, this is very fast, have to just dump powder, not seat bulelts, i cant keep up that way
haha...Herb, I too was not an early sign up and my hope is that I live long enough. lol
The new setup will be faster. Is it enough to justify the cost is up to you. Why I’d recommend buying is that AutoTrickler is not doing anything for older systems. With the new IP setup your getting a better system that does away with the week points of the AT V2 and V3 setups and you’re not gonna need to worry about hardware upgrades any time soon.
Excellent for most. The dropper works great with ball powders and even the finest pistol powders. Dropper alone in testing was able to drop as little as 5 grains of pistol powder consistently. The powder meter with the ball powder disk works great with the Staball powders. Once you start to get powders as fine as CFE223 the powder meter has issues due to clearances required for the disk. Now Paul does have some ideas for a disk that will work with all ball powders but expect that to come out after the first batch of the new units ship.
Well, yes...but it won't do any of those wonderful things until he releases it.
With staball, A 2520, and TAC the trickler does absolutely fantastic. I can actually drop a single "ball " more if I want to by a single click on the top of the trickler by hand. It's not ever needed, but if you want to get that .0xgr the exact same reading each time, you can. I added a little piece of steel rod inside that tube that holds the ball bearing that detents the disk to add some weight to it. Others have bought a small spring to fit in there to do the same thing so the click is a little more tactile but even without any mod, you can release a single ball if you want to.
Hell, I'm already old. So yes, Paul needs to hurry!
I haven’t asked Paul in a couple weeks but I believe he is around 1500 or more at this point.
You just trying to be funny now? I’d expect you’ll get it much sooner than that. Once everything is in full production then the next batch will be produced much faster.
Not really, but sorry, I placed my order (actually two as I had no idea how to change the first one as I bought a scale (A&D FZ120i)) about a month ago and with that many orders I was guessing about 15-20 a month ship (small business, not a huge staff) with some ramp up and a 30% cancellation rate I figured 2-3 years.
