Cheapest powder measure in the world....

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alinwa

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I got some of these for some people just starting out in reloading and needing "apartment setups"........ I'd never actually used one. (It ain't near shiney enough nor heavy enough nor chiseled aluminumy enough for MY bench :cool: )

http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0003088210598a.shtml

I grabbed up the goofy gadget because I was only making 1-5 loads each of a bunch of powders and I was weighing every load (load workup)......... just didn't want the hassle of loading/unloading the thrower since I've only got three bottles and two are designated.


ANYways...... This is the MOST STUPID-SIMPLE gizmo I've seen in a while, DadBurn it Cooey, this thing WORKS!!!!

Get'cherself a little scraper stick and I gotta tell ya, for WEIGHING loads this thang's the Berries! It's got this huge Homer Powley slide rule gizmo for a gazillion different powders and it steenking WORKS! I'd slide over and grab a number from the viewing window, scoop up a gob of powder and voilahhh, this liddle hummer's right there.


tickle

tickle

tic

DING! To the kernel.


It's not really a replacement for a thrower but I'm happy that my friends who're using this solely for loading on the kitchen table will NOT be in dangerous waters.


I'm replacing the powder thrower from my walkabout kit with a few scoops.

weirdness


al
 
That kit works well... I sold a lot of them when I was in the retail end of things.
 
When I was a kid, I made a lot of dippers out of ctg cases , filed down to give the exact charge I wanted. I also soft soldered a coat hanger piece of wire for a handle to the case. I made up bunches of these and had a double hand full.

Strangely enough after I saved up the princely sum of 16.00 for my first powder measure (Lyman #55) I never thought about them again. Nothing has ever come as close, no matter which of the many measures I own as the old home made dippers.

The More Things, Change.........
 
Big Al said:
When I was a kid, I made a lot of dippers out of ctg cases , filed down to give the exact charge I wanted.
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Damn! I remember my cadet Martini in 22 K Hornet. A .22 long rifle case dragged thru a bowl of NY300 with a 40 grain Sako projectile & I was in heaven. I used to load the little bugger in the field with straight line dies I powered with a 9" lump of hardwood pivoted on a couple of bent straps of iron off a packing case side rail base.

Those were the days! Winchester high speed under $10 a brick, gas 28c & a weekend's provisions another ten bucks - and the freezer would buy head shot bunnies for 85c a pair.

Damn! I'm getting old. :eek:
 
Lee Loader Kit

I used to load my 20 gauge shotgun 45 years ago. Still have it. Couldn't afford store bought.

Dave
 
Has anyone checked to see how their velocity consistancy ccompares when using a dipper versus measuring each load with a decent weight scale? I only measure powder by volume when shooting muzzle loaders.
 
That's what I started with. My father showed me how to use them. Simple and got the job done. Wouldn't go back to them but they served their purpose.

Hovis
 
Louis Boyd said:
Has anyone checked to see how their velocity consistancy ccompares when using a dipper versus measuring each load with a decent weight scale? I only measure powder by volume when shooting muzzle loaders.
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Well, yeahhhhh Louis. I thought that was implicit in my OP. To clarify, for measuring by volume it's easy to keep it within .5gr without any care whatsoever. If one uses a leveling stick it's easy to stay within 2-3 tenths. I'm using a scale and this has proven to be nearly as accurate as my Harrell measure EXCEPT that it's obviously not infinitely variable. But for the casual reloader it's certainly not going to produce wild pressure swings.

I can't understand anyone using it to replace a scale as the scale is necessary to confirm grain wt no matter what. AND, for anything MORE than casual loading using only thrown charges is silly, as would be using dipped charges.

"It's nearly as accurate as a powder thrower."

"It's nowhere NEAR as accurate as my Denver Instruments MMX 123."

al
 
As kids we referred to them as popsicle loads. Wonder why? Simple life and simple solutions that worked OH so well. Life was good with 0.60 a pound surplus powder. Favorite 30-06 load was a dipped through the powder bowl, full of H-4831 and a quick scrape with the popsicle stick. No one I knew as a kid that used this load felt they were living on the edge with this load.
 
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