thanks for all the help
I'm learning. The lee autdisk does not necesarily put out the ammount of powder listed, the lee safety scale might actually work if its precisely leveled out, but then you need to buy check weights to verify. you can't use a bullet as a check weight.
BBQ thats exactly the information I was looking for. After I made a squib 45acp getting in to much of a hurry with a classic lee loader, I am scared of making another. I want be able to double check my loads are charged.
( I loaded up about 100 rounds of 45 with the lee classic loader, after I got one stuck in the barrel at the range, I stopped, waited until I ordered my new loading set up witch included a bullet puller and pulled the rest of those loads, a couple more were powderless )
The lee turret press has a nice, if unintentional safety function. You can't seat a new bullet until you have charged ( which also expands) the resized and deprimed reprimed case. From what I can see as long as you keep the
lee autodisk reasonably full it will make an accurate charge every time.
For the moment, the problem solved itself. when I went to the gunshop for more bullets to reload I found they had 125 gn magtech for 8.50 bag of 100 about 1.75 cheaper than the 158gn I had been using. ( The shop was kind enough not to object to me poking in thier lee loading book to make sure they would work with the powder i have ) and even better the load can uses the .53 auto which is .5 dipper which came with the dies. I checked the first powder charge against the lee dipper and it was right on. ( By coicidence apparently, the .53 autodisk is also .53 volumer for IMR 700x ) Then put the lee scale safely away for possble future trade or paperweight duty.
I have narrowed things down to either the frankfor arsenal scale or the rcbs rangemaster 750. The frankford is cheaper, the rcbs is a better name. ( is it 50$ more better is the question, ). I wouldnt pass up an rcbs 505 if I find a good enough deal on one.