I have anouther question this one about lee scoops

hk-91

January 15, 2009 16:31

I have a friend that just upgraded his powder messuring and wanted to give me his. Its a lee powder messure but there scoops. do these work good. I'm only going to be reloading for 300 win mag for now but plane on reloading 204 and 223 later

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  Topkick

  January 15, 2009 16:36

  Yes, they do work.
  But, I prefer to measure and weigh powder for my rifles.
  
  I use the scoop for pistol rounds.
  
  Weighing out charges get me the best accuracy.
  
  Short answer- Yes.

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  hk-91

  January 15, 2009 16:53

  I planed on using the scoops and weighing them out also.

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  haroldchrismeyer

  January 15, 2009 17:39

  For best accuracy, you want to weigh every charge. If you are loading a lot for an AR or something like that, then the scoops work very well.

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  jonk

  January 16, 2009 04:09

  Once you get the rhythm down you can get to +/- .3 grains with stick powder or slightly better with ball. For every day shooting that's close enough. For matches or long range, weigh each charge.

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  Rocky Raab

  January 16, 2009 05:04

  They can be as accurate as a drum measure, actually. But they are more dependent on user technique. Here's the right way to use them:
  
  Pour some powder into a small container (a purloined whiskey glass is dead perfect).
  
  BACK the dipper completely into the powder. Never pull it through. Allow the powder to flow into the dipper by gravity.
  
  Lift the dipper out gently. You can either rake the surface level with a credit card, or allow the powder to "mound" naturally. Ball powders are much better for the mounding method.
  
  Practice by weighing each charge and you'll soon realize how consistent you can be. With most powders, I can get within a tenth of a grain or so. The only drawback is that you can't always find a scoop that will give you exactly a desired weight. I simply settle for a charge slightly under desired and call it good.
  
  Occasionally wash the dippers in dish soap and hot water, but do not rinse. The residual soap provides an anti-static film. When powder starts to cling to the dipper handle and bowl, re-wash.

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  Topkick

  January 16, 2009 05:35

  All good points!
  
  Also, take a dryer sheet and wipe the inside of the powder funnel to prevent static cling. I use it inside my Lee Auto Disk powder dropper too. I use the dryer sheet on all surfaces of powder handling tools also, such as the pan- especially on flake powders.

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  mbsams

  January 16, 2009 05:54

  be sure to weigh what the dipper throughs -- different lots can very a lot in weight vs volume - I have seen one case of throughing SR4759 by their chart resulted in a 10gr overload in 45-70 - be cautious and suspicious - your are going to load for a large case so check your weight with a scale at least once so you are sure you don't have an overload - weigh what the dippers through every time you change powder type or lot #

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  Rocky Raab

  January 16, 2009 12:24

  Throughs?
  
  You do mean throw, do you not?
  
  Throw, threw, has thrown, throwing.

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  amamnn

  January 16, 2009 14:01

  Scoops (dippers) can work just fine for loading any general hunting/plinking cartridge, especially if you have the entire set or two or three adjustable dippers and use them properly as described in the post above. It does take a little practice, but it's not rocket science. That's all we had back in the brown shoe days when men were men and didn't need this here newfangled sissy powder measure trickler nonsense..............[:o)]
  
  
  I still have my dippers, which I use for figuring powder density since they are marked in cc. For match loads I got real newfangled and use a digital scale/dispenser.

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