whughett
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Invest $11 in a Leedipper set, carry a small container of black, a few ounces, I use a wood box of my own making with a slip lid. Numbers 1.0 to 2.2 are part of the shooting box with 1.6 and 1.9 the most used. The numbers are CC which I’m guessing means cubic centimeters. The set will include a slide rule with the most if not all of the powders use in hand loading including all the F grades of black. Tens of thousands of handloaders have used them for decades. Old school at its simplest.I have 2 powder flasks. 1 is black plastic and has a 20 gr spout filled with FFFg Goex the other is brass and has a 30 gr spout filled with FFFg Graf's Scheutzen.
I can cram 30gr into the chambers of my steel frame 36 cal Pietta 1851 Navy "Yank" but its messy. Real easy to overflow the powder on the cylinder face. I can then load a .375 Hornady ball with no wad on top of that powder using the loading lever.
20gr is much nicer - lots of room for a wad and ball. I'd wager 25gr would be perfect but need either another flask or nozzle.