Speaking of powder measures........

by rob , Tuesday, January 19, 2016, 08:11 (3170 days ago) @ Otony

I have two (maybe three but off the top of my head I think it's two) standard Uniflow measures with the large drum. They don't work well for stick powders but do great with everything else. I tend to set them for a specific charge, lock it down and leave it...like 13.5, 18.5 and 21 grains of 2400 and label them as such. I later bought the Redding bench rest measure (I don't remember what the model is but it's the good one) and it actually does well with stick powders (not perfect, but pretty good, especially the short cut stuff). It has a micrometer adjustent that's very repeatable and covers my rifle loads pretty well. Then, I added a Uniflow with a small drum and micrometer hoping it would work well with smaller charges of Unique and such (it's more consistent than the large drum) and take care of odd and end jobs like working up pistol loads and such where I can record a setting and come back to it. It's worked out great for that. But I have a strong hankering for a Hornady or RCBS Chargemaster where I can just dump the powder in, tell it what to throw and hit charge and eventually, Lord willing, I'm gonna scratch that itch:) I also have a Lyman like you mentioned and long ago locked it down for 4.5 grains Unique for my 38 Speacial loads.