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Harrell’s press and equipment
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 1430788" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I have that measurer, and have been using it for close to fifteen years. Will throw ball powders to +/- .1 grain, but so will my old Lyman #55. The one serious advantage (as well as a disadvantage) is that I never have to dial it in if I've used that charge before. I keep a note book telling me how many clicks for a certain charge. The down side is that you now learn to work in clicks instead of numbers. I hate the powder bottles they use, but you can buy them on the cheap at a good camping outlet store. My Lyman has the Sinclair bottle adapter, and that's almost as good as it can get. Your next issue with the Harrell is drop tubes. I now have a cigar box full of them for different applications. You can pretty much forget accurate measurements with stick powders. Mine does 3031 +/- .25 grains, and pretty much the same with 2015.</p><p>H4350 will be lucky to come in plus or minus a half grain. I usually stop a half grain short and trickle from there. Another issue I ran into was mounting the Harrell to a stand. I ended up making a hand full and giving them to buddies that bought them. By now somebody surely has a stand out for them.</p><p></p><p>You'll like the Harrell, but it'll make you think a bit. Once you learn it's quirks, you'll love it. I know a couple guys that use the press, and it seems to be OK. Nice thing about is that it's small and light weight. They use it at the range, and so be it. I use Wilson dies at the range with an arbor press. Results are similar. The press is supposed to be .308 friendly, but none of those guys like doing .308 brass with it. It works best with PPC and .223 stuff.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 1430788, member: 25383"] I have that measurer, and have been using it for close to fifteen years. Will throw ball powders to +/- .1 grain, but so will my old Lyman #55. The one serious advantage (as well as a disadvantage) is that I never have to dial it in if I've used that charge before. I keep a note book telling me how many clicks for a certain charge. The down side is that you now learn to work in clicks instead of numbers. I hate the powder bottles they use, but you can buy them on the cheap at a good camping outlet store. My Lyman has the Sinclair bottle adapter, and that's almost as good as it can get. Your next issue with the Harrell is drop tubes. I now have a cigar box full of them for different applications. You can pretty much forget accurate measurements with stick powders. Mine does 3031 +/- .25 grains, and pretty much the same with 2015. H4350 will be lucky to come in plus or minus a half grain. I usually stop a half grain short and trickle from there. Another issue I ran into was mounting the Harrell to a stand. I ended up making a hand full and giving them to buddies that bought them. By now somebody surely has a stand out for them. You'll like the Harrell, but it'll make you think a bit. Once you learn it's quirks, you'll love it. I know a couple guys that use the press, and it seems to be OK. Nice thing about is that it's small and light weight. They use it at the range, and so be it. I use Wilson dies at the range with an arbor press. Results are similar. The press is supposed to be .308 friendly, but none of those guys like doing .308 brass with it. It works best with PPC and .223 stuff. gary [/QUOTE]
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