Harrel's Schuetzen Measure and Unique?

I love hand loading for .32 ACP but it is challenging...starting loads at 2 gr of Unique working up to 3 gr for hot loads with a 75 gr bullet.

I have been throwing all the charges by hand - measuring every charge on my GemPro digital and an RCBS beam scale....I'm real close to my final preferred load but loading 100 or 200 rounds this way is very tedious and time consuming. I made up a custom dipper that is adjustable and that works fine for throwing charges to <.1 gr accuracy.

I'm looking at the Harrells Schuetzen Pistol measure....kinda pricy but it is designed to throw very accurate charges in the 2 - 25 gr range. If it is accurate with Unique I'm wanting to try one out.

Has anyone use this measure with Unique and small charges? I'm gonna be doing 9mm and .45 ACP soon and the thought of measuring all of them via dipper or weighing every charge is daunting. I use Unique exclusively at this time and Unique is known for being the hardest to measure consistently and is hard on measures for this reason.

Any advice and fresh discussion would be appreciated and *Thank You* in advance!!

VooDoo

I appreciate the suggestion. Unfortunately I'm really a Unique fan and have been using it to reload a bunch of different calibers with pretty good success...including the .32 ACP. I have been working up a load for a couple months now using Unique and I'm finally got it *just* where I envisioned it.

So changing powders and starting over again kinda would bum me. :banghead:

If I can find no way to get Unique to meter accurately I'll have to stay with the adjustable dipper as I have that concept dropping the charge I calibrate it for to about .05 gr consistently. It's accurate - it's just slow and tedious.

Then again, maybe it's time I tried other powders...

VooDoo

steve4102 said:

I have this powder measure. I use it for all my handgun ammo and small rifle ammo. It works great.

That said, no powder measure will drop Unique "accurately" at 2gr. I charge my 25 ACP cases with this unit and it works well down to 1.3gr. Of the right powder that is, AA #2, Unique for get it. If you insist on using Unique plan on a substantial variation or weigh each charge.

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*Thank You* for that perspective!! This is exactly what I'm looking to hear before I plunk down hundreds of $ on a piece of equipment that won't do what I need.

I'm not loading in huge volumes and actually enjoy getting very "into" the ammo making reloading process. I'd like to be able to throw charges very accurately and more quickly *but* it's not a show stopper for me. I have made custom adjustable powder dippers and can calibrate them (have calibrated them) to throw consistent 2.5 gr, 2.6 gr. 2.7 gr, etc. charges all day long.

Dip, tap, tap,tap, scrape the top off flat and dump it. Always within .05 gr which is close enough for jazz in .32 ACP with Unique. I measure every 10th round and it works fine...if it throws off a little it is always slightly low on the throw. Took me 16 minutes to throw 100 charges last night.

I'll pass on the Schuetzen...not because I don't think it's worth the money. Just because I think that my love affair with Unique has painted me into a corner I won't leave.

Thanks for the help, you guys!!

VooDoo