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Reloading
Same volume of powder, different weight?
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<blockquote data-quote="MagnumManiac" data-source="post: 324664" data-attributes="member: 10755"><p>Oliveralan,</p><p>Have you tried 'tapping' the scoop on the side of a container before you level off the powder?</p><p></p><p>Many years ago my Grandfather used Lee dippers, he would pour the powder into a glass bowl and dip the scoop in then tap it a few times to settle the powder before levelling it off with a card.</p><p></p><p>I cannot tell you if this gave a consistent weight to each dip, we had no way of weighing powders back then, but the groups he shot with his 270 were pretty amazing!</p><p></p><p>Powders don't all weigh the same even when they're the same type.</p><p>Specific gravity changes as to how much moisture was present when manufacturing took place, so it's not uncommon to have 2 different lots of the same powder weigh differently.</p><p>gun)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MagnumManiac, post: 324664, member: 10755"] Oliveralan, Have you tried 'tapping' the scoop on the side of a container before you level off the powder? Many years ago my Grandfather used Lee dippers, he would pour the powder into a glass bowl and dip the scoop in then tap it a few times to settle the powder before levelling it off with a card. I cannot tell you if this gave a consistent weight to each dip, we had no way of weighing powders back then, but the groups he shot with his 270 were pretty amazing! Powders don't all weigh the same even when they're the same type. Specific gravity changes as to how much moisture was present when manufacturing took place, so it's not uncommon to have 2 different lots of the same powder weigh differently. gun) [/QUOTE]
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