I bought an Auto Trickler V3 last year and have been very pleased. Very accurate. It took a while to get use to the scale weighing in hundreds instead of tenths. A kernel of Varget weighs about .02 of grain.
These are built by the same company that sells the Shotmarker electronic target.

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I’m out of town, but mine arrived a few days ago. Can’t wait to try it out when I get home. Everyone I know that has one loves it. The repeatability is one thing, but most seem to like the speed of operation.

I tried to buy a V3 last fall…but they just sold out while placing my order.

I got on the V4 waiting list with a deposit. Haven’t heard anything yet.

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Originally posted by ledvm:
I tried to buy a V3 last fall…but they just sold out while placing my order.

I got on the V4 waiting list with a deposit. Haven’t heard anything yet.

Lane,
A friend of mine just got his V4, not really sure when his order was placed but he is happy as a Lark with it.
John

I'm pretty sure that if I just spent a Grand on a powder trickler, I'd tell everyone I liked it too!

In all reality, I'm going to reserve one from CE with the scale since it's repeatability and accuracy is exactly what I've been waiting for.

Thanks for bringing this to mind.

Zeke

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Originally posted by Gundog 64:

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Originally posted by ledvm:
I tried to buy a V3 last fall…but they just sold out while placing my order.

I got on the V4 waiting list with a deposit. Haven’t heard anything yet.

Lane,
A friend of mine just got his V4, not really sure when his order was placed but he is happy as a Lark with it.
John

I can assume there have been improvements. About 15 years ago I bought a Lyman (good quality company) from Midway, tried it for a week + sent it back. It was not all that I expected.

I’ve now used my AutoTrickler V4 three times and I like it. Two of the sessions were match loads for my 6BR. Seventy rounds each time with 30 grains of Reloder 15. I was seating bullets as the next charge was being dropped. I had to wait about 6-10 seconds after seating for the next charge to be ready. In 140 reps there was not one over-charge.

A little different story throwing 40 grains of IMR 4350 for my 6 Creedmoor. About a third of the time it would drop more than 40.1 grains, so those would go back in the hopper. The instructions mention shimming to help with large-kernel powders. I’ll work on that, but I will say it wasn’t awful, and it was still quicker than a manual measure and hand trickling.

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A little different story throwing 40 grains of IMR 4350 for my 6 Creedmoor. About a third of the time it would drop more than 40.1 grains, so those would go back in the hopper. The instructions mention shimming to help with large-kernel powders. I’ll work on that, but I will say it wasn’t awful, and it was still quicker than a manual measure and hand trickling

Finally got to play with my V4!!!! Wowser! I like it!!!

With chunkier powder, I slow it down to the 3 or 4 setting, its still faster than I am.

I have always done "calibrate" when I change powder.

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I'm pretty sure that if I just spent a Grand on a powder trickler, I'd tell everyone I liked it too!

Really?

Can’t wait to get mine!

Ive managed to do without one for over 60 plus years, In fact I use a scale less and less over that same length of time, won a bunch of money betting powder measure accuracy that relies on repeat performance for each toss...So far so good and Im over the hump and safe. Probably not for everyone..