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Is a powder measure accurate enough?
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<blockquote data-quote="William52" data-source="post: 685481" data-attributes="member: 48891"><p>I just started reloading after many years away. I am now reloading for a 223 Rem Savage Model 25 bolt rifle. I found my Lee Pro double disk powder measure is giving inconsistent weights of powder. Plus or minus 0.1 grain with one +0.3 after weighing 20 charges on a Frankford arsenal digital scale which matches my Lee balance to the tenth. I am sure this hase been covered before? but what guidelines do you follow for using a measure vs. weighing each charge? For me I just want to get a good quality load worked up for target shooting to 200 and steel at 600 and a short range hunting load and think that the plus or minus 0.1 is probably OK for me. For my load testing I am weighing each charge, and doing increments of 0.3 gr for the first round of tests. After I select a best load I want to just use the powder measure with the occasional weighing. Using the powder measure I can get loads that are 1MOA maybe better after I do some more testing. Federal 69 gr Match gives me 1/2-1/4 MOA. I hope to be able to match this load eventually but do not want to have to weigh each and every load for target shooting after that. I am using H-Varget Powder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="William52, post: 685481, member: 48891"] I just started reloading after many years away. I am now reloading for a 223 Rem Savage Model 25 bolt rifle. I found my Lee Pro double disk powder measure is giving inconsistent weights of powder. Plus or minus 0.1 grain with one +0.3 after weighing 20 charges on a Frankford arsenal digital scale which matches my Lee balance to the tenth. I am sure this hase been covered before? but what guidelines do you follow for using a measure vs. weighing each charge? For me I just want to get a good quality load worked up for target shooting to 200 and steel at 600 and a short range hunting load and think that the plus or minus 0.1 is probably OK for me. For my load testing I am weighing each charge, and doing increments of 0.3 gr for the first round of tests. After I select a best load I want to just use the powder measure with the occasional weighing. Using the powder measure I can get loads that are 1MOA maybe better after I do some more testing. Federal 69 gr Match gives me 1/2-1/4 MOA. I hope to be able to match this load eventually but do not want to have to weigh each and every load for target shooting after that. I am using H-Varget Powder. [/QUOTE]
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