powder measure

[mike.223]

I HAVE HAD POWDER MEASURES BEFORE. YES I WILL BE CHECKING THROWN charges. Powder is 4895 for now. I am weighing each load now. Just want to speed up a bit.

[mikgarus]

I use an ancient Belding & Mull. A little slow but very accurate. Cost me $40 on Ebay.

[yobuck]

I use an ancient Belding & Mull. A little slow but very accurate. Cost me $40 on Ebay.

I'm using the same one I gave my father for a Christmas present more than 60 years ago.
And yes they are very accurate but it also varies with the powder used as you know.
Weighing and trickeling is still required with most powder for precise weights.
But then we could also argue the need for precise weights couldn't we.

[langenc]

I HAVE HAD POWDER MEASURES BEFORE. YES I WILL BE CHECKING THROWN charges. Powder is 4895 for now. I am weighing each load now. Just want to speed up a bit.

Buy once. cry once......

[HalfTrack]

I have used the drop and trickle method for a few years, I'm not new to reloading overall but have more experience with pistol.
I found the same results were true, drop an amount and trickle to the weight you want.
I found this true with IMR4895, IMR8208XBR and with H335.
The smaller grain powders always drop more closely but the trickle always finishes it off. I usually do .223 Rem and .308 WIN.
I have seen the discussions about volume vs weight measurement, I have had a bit more luck with weighed loads specially in rifles.
Very good discussion, thanks for the input guys. Confirms I might be doing it a good way for me.
HalfTrack