Looking for new powder measure

[karnaaj]

I have the Lee PPM for Varget and it works well for that purpose but it absolutely sucks for ball powder. It leaks like crazy. So I am looking for another measure for ball powders. Nothing fancy, just reliable. Been looking at the RCBS Uniflow. Opinions?

 

[stubbicatt]

The auto disc powder measure has worked pretty well for me.

There is a good value in the Redding powder measures. These work really well for ball powder.

 

[Walkalong]

Redding measures are a lot of measure for the money. I really like my two.

Nothing wrong with the RCBS though. They make good stuff.

 

[scrat]

second rcbs

good stuff

 

[R.W.Dale]

I went from the crappy Lee PPM to a uniflow with the micrometer adjustment. MAN OH MAN! It was like going from the 14th century to Modern day. Buy one and you'll never touch that PPM again!

 

[Otto]

Hornady's are good, unfortunately you'll need to buy a pistol rotor to make it truly universal.

 

[Sommerled]

The two hornady measure I use work great with ball powder. 40k cycles and just broken in. Rifle or handgun, very accurate without any extra stuff.

But a good RCBS, Redding, or lyman will work well. It is amazing how cheap they really are.

 

[ADKWOODSMAN]

Third RCBS!

 

[dagger dog]

karnaaj,
Yeah mine leaks too, tried tightening the drum screw but that doesn't work either. Haven't tried extruded powder through it, Varget RE15 etc.
Does that leak too?

I got mine in the anniversery kit, wanted another press to use for decapping , sold the scale, it was barley usable for me took forever to dampen.
I have the RCBS measure that came with my older Rockchucker kit, it's a hoss, works well but cuts the granules on the extruded powder, and that makes it a little jerky when you use those types , but the repeatability and accuracy is there!

If you buy one make sure to give it a good cleaning inside to remove all the oil they use to prevent rust. I did not do this and the first charges were real inconsistent. Buy or make a baffle for the hopper, it's worth the time or money, also you can speed up the static cling break in time with a little powder graphite, or mica dust , it also make the powder flow through a little better.

 

[brickeyee]

I have a pair of Uniflow measures (one for each rotor size) with micrometer heads on each.
This allows me to write down settings and return to them later.
If you remove the micrometer head to change rotors you loose the zero.

Add a powder baffle and they do very well with ball, flake, and even extruded powders (with some kernel cutting).

 

[Seafarer12]

I like my uniflow it is pretty good, it does better with the finer powders than it does with the corse stuff but its usually within a 1/10th of a grain with stuff like Unique. I never load max stuff with unique so if its a 10th high its no biggie. With fine powders its dead on every throw.

 

[karnaaj]

Dagger Dog, the Lee PPM is the only measure I have found that works well with extruded powders. That's the reason I bought it in the first place. I have the disc measure for pistol reloading.

 

[RustyFN]

I hear a lot of good things about the Uniflow. I'm getting ready to put one on my classic turret.
Rusty

 

[Peter M. Eick]

If you get a uniflow, get the micrometer screws for it. Both sizes and the powder baffle. Once you get used to the uniflow with the micrometer your Lee stuff will go far away.

I have two uniflows. One set up for rifle and one set up for pistol. There is no point in wasting the time even changing out the cylinder. Just buy another one and dedicate it to pistol or rifle as the case may be.

Great tools!

 

[Seafarer12]

I just ordered a small rotor for my uniflow. I mainly load pistol loads and trying to get a consistant small charge with the large rotor and unique can be a pain. I haven't ever fooled with the micrometer screws though. I have never really had any issues with the regular set up.

 

[zxcvbob]

C&H micrometer powder measure.

 

[Quickdraw McGraw]

I hear a lot of good things about the Uniflow. I'm getting ready to put one on my classic turret.
Rusty

Hey Rusty post a few pics when you do it and let us know how it works out I've been thinking of doing the same thing.

 

[RustyFN]

Quickdraw check out this thread http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=248967. Dave has already done it, that is where I got the idea.
Rusty