Poor metering of Unique?

[halfmoonclip]

A buddy, who taught me the ropes regarding reloading, always poo-pooed my complaints about Unique.
Love the burn rate, but that is it. Starting loading with a Lyman measure(handle up, two taps/handle down, two taps), and spent a night at the bench always chasing weight.
Frankly, not sure I've tried it in my now 35 years young Dillon 550, because of the bad results in the Lyman.
I use Bullseye in virtually all my handgun loads, excepting some Tite Group in down loaded .44 Mags, and Trailboss in .45 Colts. BTW, I've found the Trailboss to meter well in the Dillon.
Moon

 

[W/Vickers1938]

All the replies and comments are most interesting and entertaining. When I started reloading the three powders I used were by Hercules, Unique, 2400, and Bullseye. Provided many hours of fun in the desert with a Ruger Super Blackhawk, a Security six and a Colt 1911. About 60 yrs a go. After a 30 year break I picked up the pursuit again. The first three powders I purchased were Unique, 2400, and Bullseye. As I recall the charges listed were pretty much the same(Speer #9 5.5 grns for 44S&W Special w/240 cast, Speer #15 5.7 grns same bullet) so I went with 5.5. I thought the cleaning chore no more odius than cleaning up after 231 or power pistol.
Thank you again(I should kick the bee hive a little more often0<

 

[AgPilot]

I've never sold much of anything in my life. Still have my first and every subsequent vehicle save for one I gave away and one i traded...... but if someone in my home offered me 100 dollars for a LB of unique id sell. Lol. Same for the stupid prices I see on primers. Or 150 dollar bricks of bad ammo like Golden bullets .

I just can't imagine wanting to shoot that bad....and I'm "the gun guy" to most people.

It wasn’t $100 a lb. it was $100 for the whole package
And I guess I meant home town area.

 

[LiveLife]

BE-86 which I consider to be modern Unique that meters well and produces very good accuracy. There's been rumbling that BE-86 is the powder Speer/Federal (Vista Outdoor/Alliant parent company) used for Gold Dot/HST and other OEM premium JHP ammunition for decades that got released in canister form.

And it's in stock now at Powder Valley at very good price of $231/8 lbs (If you need powder at Unique burn rate or want to load factory "duplicate" defensive loads, I would hurry ) - https://www.powdervalleyinc.com/product/alliant-be-86/

 

[.45Coltguy]

Yeah, BE-86 is a very good powder. Use it in .45 auto and .45 Colt. Liking it and glad I have some.

 

[JPSauer]

I made it meter perfectly in a lee auto drum by taping a vibrating motor (that i pulled from an old ps1 controller) powered by a 5v powerpack. The vibration makes it measure perfect!