Had to work on a job close to the ranch this week so I was staying there and got Friday off. Figured Thursday night I'd load up a few rounds for the 7 mag and go elk hunting Friday.
Started late in the evening 10:30 and figured I could get a box loaded easy and trot off to bed. Pulled out fancy new, barely used Hornady Chargemaster powder dispenser, typed in my weight and had it dispensing, checked the scale with another and thought now we're loggin'! Laid out my prepped cases, hit dispense and went for it. Next thing I know, its throwing charges over weight and locking up, fought with that awhile, said heck with it, pulled out powder dispenser and set it, got my electronic scale back out and fire it up. LOW BATT. Must have some AAA batteries right?nope! Pulled out the trusty RCBS beam, zeroes it right on and threw one, trickled up to weight with my trusty RCBS trickler, dump in case. Seat bullet, pull out electronic calipers, get a way funky reading. What the heck? Double check with dial calipers, electronic is .12 off even when zeroed. Finally realized it was faster to use what worked the first 10 years I reloaded and am going to quit trusting these electronics!