powder measure

bowhunter1963

bowhunter1963

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What powder measure do you guys use? I have a lee but when i use it powder leaks out around the side.I tightend the screw but it still leaks.Think Im just going to buy a better one.Any suggestions?Thanks
 
Originally Posted By: bowhunter1963What powder measure do you guys use? I have a lee but when i use it powder leaks out around the side.I tightend the screw but it still leaks.Think Im just going to buy a better one.Any suggestions?Thanks

Redding is my first choice, Hornady is my second choice.

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I strictly use a manual dispenser myself. I have had great luck with my RCBS that came with my Master reloading kit. Lots of fellas on here really praise the Chargemaster though. Just thought I'd suggest it. If my manual dispenser would ever fail, that would be when I'd probably make the switch to an auto dispenser.
 
I use a Harrell's on my single stage stuff. It's by far the best I've ever used. I've used and sold two RCBS throwers and an old Lyman unit.

Dillon measures on the presses.

I also have the first generation electronic RCBS measure and scale. I use it from time to time too.
 
Had a mic'd RCBS, no complaints. Sold it and bought a Harrell's just because. The Harrell's is real nice until you do long extruded or flake. It pizzes me off, but my Lee Perfect Powder measure throws Unique like my Harrell throws balls. I am big fan of Redding but thier measure is priced to close to Harrell's IMO.
 
I get by with an RCBS 'Uniflow' and a 'Little Dandy' for handgun. The Redding seems nice, Lyman too. I also don't feel the need for an electronic dispenser for my loading regimen. My L.D. measure has an adjustable rotor, so I don't have to just use fixed volume rotors.
 
A Redding that I've had since I was 19. I'm now 68. Once I've found a good load I now use an RCBS Chargemaster which I find to be extremely accurate. I weigh every 10th round and have never found one to be off.
 
I have a Neil Jones converted Lyman 55 that I have used for a very long time. It's not quite up to par with the Harrell measures in my opinion but still a very usable measure. My most accurate measures are Belding and Mull. I have tested them against most all of the drum type measures and the B&M will outperform them every time. I have two of them that I have done some machine work on to tighten things up a little and they are great measures. They are a pain in the backside to use but are VERY accurate.
 
Originally Posted By: BangPopI have a Neil Jones converted Lyman 55 that I have used for a very long time. It's not quite up to par with the Harrell measures in my opinion but still a very usable measure. My most accurate measures are Belding and Mull. I have tested them against most all of the drum type measures and the B&M will outperform them every time. I have two of them that I have done some machine work on to tighten things up a little and they are great measures. They are a pain in the backside to use but are VERY accurate.

And the Belding and Mull measures are still made

http://beldingandmull.com/products.html


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Glad to hear you found one...I too use an RCBS Uniflow....its a good unit...but doesn't loke extruded powders...maybe someday I'll upgrade to a Charge Master.
 
I inherited an old Hornady pacific from my grandpa and its been great. But then again I have no frame of reference. I get a kick out of measuring every single load down to the hundredth of a grain.
 
Originally Posted By: CatShooterOriginally Posted By: BangPopI have a Neil Jones converted Lyman 55 that I have used for a very long time. It's not quite up to par with the Harrell measures in my opinion but still a very usable measure. My most accurate measures are Belding and Mull. I have tested them against most all of the drum type measures and the B&M will outperform them every time. I have two of them that I have done some machine work on to tighten things up a little and they are great measures. They are a pain in the backside to use but are VERY accurate.

And the Belding and Mull measures are still made

http://beldingandmull.com/products.html


. I saw where they were being made again. It's not often that something is out of production for as long as these measures were and then become available again. The last one I got was from a friend that gave me a shoe box full of rusted up parts that he gave $2 for at a flea market. It needed a serious bead blasting a new piece of glass, some paint and some basic machine work to make it a nice measure again. I put WAY to much time in that thing but it's a dandy of a tool now.
 
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