Wildbillz
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Hi All
So I have read it here that 231 and HP38 are the same powder under a different label. Cool I am good with that. Today I find I am almost out of Win231 so I figure I swap over to HP38. I checked my powder prior to starting and found that it was dropping 4.4grns instead of the 4.2grns which I had it set up for with the Winchester powder? So re zeroed my scale. Set my scale back to 4.2grn and did a few more drops. Everyone was 4.4grn. Cleared the powder dropper and poured in Win231, ran 16 drops to settle the powder out in it. Then I weighed several drops of the Winchester and it was back to 4.2grn. I never made any change to the powder dropper (Dillon) but was still getting a 2/10th of grain change. I checked the data from a couple of sights and it was still within the starting limits so I ran 50 rounds and took them to the range to test for function. Everything ran fine and there were no signs of over pressure so they should be good to go. I just find it odd I was getting the shift without having made any adjustment to the powder dropper. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
WB
So I have read it here that 231 and HP38 are the same powder under a different label. Cool I am good with that. Today I find I am almost out of Win231 so I figure I swap over to HP38. I checked my powder prior to starting and found that it was dropping 4.4grns instead of the 4.2grns which I had it set up for with the Winchester powder? So re zeroed my scale. Set my scale back to 4.2grn and did a few more drops. Everyone was 4.4grn. Cleared the powder dropper and poured in Win231, ran 16 drops to settle the powder out in it. Then I weighed several drops of the Winchester and it was back to 4.2grn. I never made any change to the powder dropper (Dillon) but was still getting a 2/10th of grain change. I checked the data from a couple of sights and it was still within the starting limits so I ran 50 rounds and took them to the range to test for function. Everything ran fine and there were no signs of over pressure so they should be good to go. I just find it odd I was getting the shift without having made any adjustment to the powder dropper. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
WB