powder funnels

[Carphunter]

This will seem like a dumb question...but here goes.

I've always loaded my cases directly from my scales pan.  Normally, goes without incident...maybe one screw up spill out of 100 rounds.

Anyway...never used a funnel.

Well I'm going to start loading some shells with a smaller neck, and am starting to think the funnel might help.

Was thinking about the Lyman powder funnel (combo pan/funnel).

I'm guessing these things work not by going inside the case, but by just keeping a seal of the rim to the funnel.   

Are they fairly bullet proof, or do you get grains of powder spilling when you remove the funnels (Not just the lyman...anything?)

[KN]

I use one and love it. Best "why didn't I think of that" product I ever bought.   KN

[Graybeard]

I have a set offered by Midway USA that fits any size case and it fits over the outside of the cases for a good secure fit and has mutiple sizes all in the one kit. Seems to work quite well.

[Bullseye]

I have the Lyman pan/funnel combo and do not like it because the powder sticks to the plastic real bad.  Do not really understand why since none of my other brands of funnels or pans are made out of a plastic that has this problem.

RCBS makes a funnel/pan combo now also, I think I might give it a try sometime.

[Graybeard]

Wipe it with a dryer sheet like you use in the clothes dryer before use a few times and the static should go away.

[Siskiyou]

I use a MTM plastic funnel with a long drop tube for my case filling loads. This year I experimented with using a long neck automotive funnel above the long drop tube MTM funnel when loading maximum charges of AA8700 in the 7MM Mag.  It appears to work.

[Bullseye]

I have heard that before Graybeard and I do need to try it.  I guess what I was trying to say in a nice way is that I have powder pans made by RCBS & Pact and funnels made by RCBS, Frankford Arsenol and K-mart and powder does not stick to any of them so they must use a different plastic.  If you only need to wipe the thing once and powder never sticks again that is great, but if it needs wiping with a dryer sheet every so often then I prefer to use a product from a company that uses a plastic for its product that does not cause the static problem.