Powder Dispenser

[JoelSteinbach]

I have been reloading for many years, for my hand guns I have been using Dillon presses, I have found that their dispensers are very accurate to within .0.1grain, for my serious long gun loading I use the Pact auto loader with scale. I have owned an RCBS dispenser for about 10 years, I have recently started loading light charges of 41mag with 6.5 grains of titegroup. I have noticed that this unit is not very repeatable I get up to a 0.6 grain variation from one round to the other. I normally load rifle rounds with this. Is there a better dispenser than the RCBS without spending a fortune or are they all about the same. I am thinking about the Redding. Does any one have any recommendations

 

[JimKirk]

I hate to be the one who says to do a search for RCBS Uniflow, but there have been many threads lately with a lot of info that will apply to the questions about the Uniflow. Read the post about my experience with the Uniflow and some of the others.

Jimmy K

 

[loadedround]

I have been using the same RCBS Uniflow for my rifle loadd for over twenty years now and it accurate to at least =/- .5 grains. I load my pistol and 223 loads on a Dillon 550B and find the Dillon measure just as accurate as the RCBS one.

 

[Steve C]

The problem you are likely having is that your RCBS measure has the large meter for rifle set up to measure charges usually from 10 to 100 grains. This meter inserts have a larger opening than the smaller pistol meter and will not consistently measure small powder charges. The high density small volume of Tightgroup makes it even worse.

You can get a conversion for your measure like this one at Midway http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?productNumber=917289 that will deliver correct small charge throws.

 

[EddieNFL]

Ditto on Steve C's post. I've used Titegroup in a Dillon measure and it meters very well. It's one of those powders that will meter well in just about any measure you use.

 

[EddieNFL]

I have been using the same RCBS Uniflow for my rifle loadd for over twenty years now and it accurate to at least =/- .5 grains.

Did you mean .05 grains?

 

[cheygriz]

I throw my rifle charges right out of the measure, just like the bench rest boyz do.

My 6MM varmint loads, loaded on a Dillon, shoot .5 inch five shot groups.

Powder "dries" over time and volume changes for the same weight. Many bench resters believe that volumetric consistency is more important than weight consistency.

Another thing to think about.

If you're using a 5.0 grain charge, and you're willing to accept a .1 grain variation, why wouldn't you accept a 1.0 grain variation in a 50 grain charge??
It's the same percentage!

 

[fguffey]

Using the search function for information takes a small amount of skill when discerning fact from function, out of curiosity I did a search for 'Wilson case gage' and was hijacked by a vendor that is selling a case comparator and advertising it as a head space gage. I notified Wilson, their picture, their gage his gain. To get the first link on the Wilson gage he drops the L. E., now when a search for Wilson case gage is typed into Google L. E. Wilson is at the top of the search page, as it should be.

Point being I did not want to know his opinion of the Wilson case gage, the same goes when doing a search and get results posted from a dedicated user of Lee products, if they are given a powder measure by RCBS I can tell you they are not going to like it, me? for free? I will be fair and objective. I have two Piggy Back 11s with case activated powder measures, a Dillon 550B, an adapter for the Dillon to convert to the Uniflow or Little Dandy and all but the Magnum Dillion powder measure, 2 Ohaus, 2 Lyman.(old-new) most of the Herters, B&M, Reding etc. and the electronic (old) RCBS powder dispenser with the docking scale. With all those choices I prefer the RCBS Little Dandy, I have no reservation about using the slide meter style with the micro adjuster by Herters.

F. Guffey

 

[JimKirk]

I have started saving my replies to the "repeat questions" as openorg or Word files. That way I can locate the reply, copy and paste. Retyping the same stuff over and over and rememebering what you said in an earlier post is a pain, because someone will "check" what you said in the other post.
Doing a search is kinda like figuring out reloading ... go figure!

Jimmy K