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Offline spinafish

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« on: November 28, 2005, 02:45:06 AM »
Even thought I have been reloading metalics for about 15 yrs.  I have always weighed each charge..mainly cause I was loading for only one pistol cartridge and two rifles..but now I is taking way too much  time to weigh every charge.  Please give your thoughts on which is best and why.  I will probably still weigh each rifle charge..thanks in advance..
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« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2005, 04:03:27 AM »
Wide range!!   Lee dippers, to the ones that trickle out the powder and weigh the powder for ya.  They all work.
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« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2005, 05:54:59 AM »
For my pistol loads I use a Redding 10-X competition. For the money I honestly don't think you can find a better measure. It even drops Unique extremely well, and it'll drop ball powders so close that you can't see any variation when you weigh them.

I also use a Redding BR-30 for my smaller cased rifle loads. It does everything for small capacity rifle calibers(with finer grained powders) that the 10-X does for pistol calibers. It'll drop charges up to around 45g with some powders, but no heavier.

When I'm weighing every charge, I use my RCBS measure to drop a charge a few tenths light, then trickle up to weight on the scale. If I'm loading for a larger caliber with fine grained powders like Varget, I drop charges straight from this measure too.
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« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2005, 10:21:17 AM »
I've been using a couple of Lyman 55's since Peter, John, Jesus and I used to fish together on the Sea of Galilee.  Never had any problems with them.
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« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2005, 10:36:11 AM »
I recently bought a used RCBS uniflow with the micrometer adjustment I have been pleasantly impressed with the accuracy and repeatability of this model using everything from 6grs of unique to 50+grs of IMR5010. It came with the stand and extra parts for $45.
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« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2005, 04:43:10 PM »
First off I am a neophyte re-loader.

I've been working with my .22 Hornet for the last few days. I fill my trickler with the powder of choice and position it over my electronic scale and go to town.

Fast? Not a bit. Accurate? As accurate as my scale is I guess.

Why do I do this to myself? I just can't get the hang of throwing charges from my RCBS Uniflow powder masure. Fault of the equipment? Doubt it.

With my readings on the net and a few re-loading manuals, a variance of a tenth of a grain of powder in the Hornet will make things go wonky in a hurry. So I decided to go this route until I get more practice at throwing accurate charges with the Uni-Flow. Perhaps I should investigate this micrometer thingy...does it work with the stock metering blocks (I think that's what they are called)? There were two included with the measure that I got from a friend.

Hope I didn't hi-jack this thread too much.

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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2005, 04:59:43 PM »
Even though I am happy with the accuracy of my uniflow I still measure out a slight undercharge into my scales pan and then I trickel up to the final desired charge weight, very accurate as well as being resonably fast.
 Here is a link to where midway is selling the Micrometer Adjustment Screw They list two diffrent sizes. http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=654966
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« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2005, 05:29:59 AM »
I'm w/ BuFord. Lee Dippers work great. They are relatively fast, inexpensive, and very consistent from drop to drop.
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« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2005, 08:46:31 AM »
I already have a set!  Thanks for the replies guys.
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« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2005, 03:25:25 AM »
I have one of these and for handgun loads it works great .

http://www.leeprecision.com/cgi/catalog/browse.cgi?1133619579.1608=/html/catalog/powhan2.html

I also use it for rifle loading , just a little under weight  then trickle the last on to the scale .

It speeds up the process quite a bit .
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« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2005, 04:22:33 AM »
The best measure on the market is the JDS Quick Measure. Accurate to .1 grains with stick powder. Will not cut powder. Drop straight into the case. Check it out at www.quick-measure.com
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« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2005, 06:16:57 AM »
I have the RCBS tool. I prefer the longer extruded powder and the tool tends to munch the powder which actually wastes time for me.

I find it easier to just salt the scale from the can and remove any excess with the Lee powder dippers.

If I had to do a large volume of shells and was commited to useing the measure I would use a ball powder.

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