Rookie reloading question

[gear-head]

Still learning, still practicing and have yet to seat a bullet, but I have a question:

How do you stop the powder grains from bouncing all over the bloody place when you dump a load of powder from the measure into the pan for weighing?

I have the RCBS Uniflow powder measure. Any sage advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[DJ]

I put my powder pan right up against the bottom of the drop tube then work the handle. As the powder drops then I slowly let the pan down away from the drop tube. No muss, no fuss. I also use a Uniflow measure.

[gear-head]

Thanks, I'll give it another go

[jerrymrc]

I have done it the way DJ does but I have another way I like better.

I put the funnel on the case and load it then dump it into the pan. YMMV.

[newfalguy101]

OR

only AFTER the measure is set, put the case up to the mouth of drop tube on the measure and operate handle :smile:


When throwing a charge to the pan to measure, I put the pan up tight against the bottom of the drop tube and operate the handle.



How often are you weighing the powder charges??

[English Mike]

Originally posted by jerrymrc
I have done it the way DJ does but I have another way I like better.

I put the funnel on the case and load it then dump it into the pan. YMMV.

Definitely the better way, or use any small, deep receptacle.

Both the Lee & RCBS scale pans are difficult to get tight enough under the drop tube to stop errant grains from escaping.

[aardq]

When not using a Dillion, my method is to charge all the cases in a loading tray, then at random pick 5 to weigh. That way you keep a consistent motion going for all the cases, and in theory, more consistent charges.

The same method works when you want to weigh every charge, and pouring from a case is easier than dumping from the measure.

Dan