I use one similar to that at the range. I set it up at home first by adjusting it to hold exactly what my Lee drops. Then i can duplicate volume at the range if I go thru all my premeasured loads.I have been going strictly by weight using a Dillon Precision scale. The only volume measure is the brass one shown in the picture. I guess I’ll just use it in the future or find the Lee product mentioned above. Thanks to all for the replies.
BK 209 is expensive. I know my friend is always griping. The powder is sold by weight, or so it says on the can. This new lot, should be more shots per can. Right? About 10% working on my fingers.
Yes and no, maybe. Weigh your new 120 and see what it weighs.I’ve been weighing 84 gr. of lot 25 powder for a couple of years in my Omega. I don’t have a chronograph so I have no idea what FPS I’m getting. I’m about to run out of this lot and will be shooting lot 33 next. I just ordered a powder measurer for volume to see how much volume I’m shooting now (going to dump 84 gr. weighted into it). Can I just use that same volume with the new lot 33 and be close to the lot 25? Maybe I’m understanding this correctly......
Thank you for yet another great pro tech tip. Many like myself need & appreciate those words of wisdom based on hard facts alone . Just invaluable & a lil more off the learning curve if you will. Kind regardsMy personal gun utilizes 120 gr bye volume with great accuracy.
My process is this when I get a new lot of powder i throw 20 charges bye volume and weight each charge then take average of those 20 charge weight and that is my new charge weight for this lot of powder.
Just my way and has served me well from 0 to 500 yds
What's a reliable powder drop that fits a Lee press for a guy on a budget?Makes perfect sense to me if someone wants to weigh. That is probably one of the better methods if you dont have a powder dropper like the RCBS UniFlow or Harrels.
https://leeprecision.com/stand-mounted-powder-measures/What's a reliable powder drop that fits a Lee press for a guy on a budget?
Good point i dont think my lee will drop 120Another possibility. What you might want to check is how much BH209 it can dispense in 1 pull. This one will do upto 150gr by weight of Varget but much less of some other powders. So i would pay attention to how much BH209 it can drop at the max setting.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1019622550?pid=443812
Lee added BH209 to the dipper chart so you can cross reference powders by volume to get a rough idea
https://leeprecision.com/files/instruct/Dippers.pdf
The 4.3cc dipper is around 42.7gr by weight of BH209.
Funny what we men can learn by the instructionsI just checked my lee measure. Different inserts will let it go as much as 265 grains. I had no idea
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