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Dropping Charges and Weighing Each Charge?
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Crockett12
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I used to drop all my charges near to my final weight, then trickle the rest. It was always time consuming but I'm not a high volume shooter -- so it worked well for me. However once I discovered a ball powder that shot accurately -- and found how accurately it dropped from my powder measure -- I began to experiment!
I have 3 different powder measures plus a Dillon 650 press. I dropped a number of charges (don't remember which ball powder but probably H-110) from my RCBS Uniflow Powder Measure, Redding Model 3 and Redding BR30 and the powder bar on the Dillon 650! I was surprised to find the Dillon to be far more accurate to an uncanny degree! So -- now I've transitioned over to using ball powders whenever I could but only in my smaller cartridges and don't uses maximum charges! I still use H-1000 in my 270 WSM, which really likes that powder!
I have 3 different powder measures plus a Dillon 650 press. I dropped a number of charges (don't remember which ball powder but probably H-110) from my RCBS Uniflow Powder Measure, Redding Model 3 and Redding BR30 and the powder bar on the Dillon 650! I was surprised to find the Dillon to be far more accurate to an uncanny degree! So -- now I've transitioned over to using ball powders whenever I could but only in my smaller cartridges and don't uses maximum charges! I still use H-1000 in my 270 WSM, which really likes that powder!
cdherman
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I am a hybrid. I trickle every charge when developing a load, stick or ball. Ball is easier for sure.
But once I have an accurate load, usually at a node with some "width" I think the Chargemaster is adequate for most loads. Also to consider --- I shoot a fair number of cartridges that swallow 80 or more grains of powder. A 0.2 grain variance at 80 grains is much less notable than 0.2 grain into a cartridge with 20 grains total.
But once I have an accurate load, usually at a node with some "width" I think the Chargemaster is adequate for most loads. Also to consider --- I shoot a fair number of cartridges that swallow 80 or more grains of powder. A 0.2 grain variance at 80 grains is much less notable than 0.2 grain into a cartridge with 20 grains total.
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My modified Charge Master does a good job of staying within +/- .1 grain, so I set it for my desired number, check it on a bean scale calibrated with gram weights as close as I can to my desired charge weight, then use tweezers to add / remove one or two kernels (possibly even picking half size kernels to get closer, N570). Very time consuming, but accurate as I can get. A new / better electronic powder measure is on my radar, an Amp annealer will be my next major reloading purchase.
Crockett12
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Do you weigh your brass before being so precise with your powder charges? I check the overall length of my brass and then weight them and separate the pieces to get as close to the same weight as possible! I suppose I could go further and check the water weight of the brass but my rifles are all factory hunting rifles and not blueprinted -- so probably what I do isn't as effective as I'd like. However, I still get anywhere from 1/4 inch out of my factory 22-250 Remington Varmint rifle and from 3/4 to 1 inch with my other factory rifles.
My next purchase will be an annealing machine too! I've never annealed and have been shooting for most of my 78 years and figure it's time I started. I do have a 257 Ackley Improved and figure that brass needs to be annealed and well as any range brass in 5.56x45 NATO that I pick up at the range. I'm planning on buying the Annealeez Generation 3!
Yes I do weigh my brass, check the volume and maintain the length. I like to be as precise as I can be. I also chamber my own barrels and build my own precision rifles. I have doing all this to the best of mt abilities, and enjoy seeing the results.
General RE LEE
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