What do you use to hold powder for dippers?

[Bullwolf]

I have a small Pyrex bowl in my portable hand loading bag that I use.

At home I have my lucky margarine tub, but the thing I use the most often...

Is the stupid black plastic end cap cup that comes on the newer RCBS Uni-flow powder measures, instead of the older green plastic lid that RCBS used to include with the Uni-flow measure.




Turn it upside down and it makes a convenient (and often close at hand) powder cup that I can scoop or pour from.

It reminds me of the caps used to seal the ends of shipping cardboard tubes with. It's small, flexible, and conveniently close to my balance beam scale.

I hated the new black Uni-flow measure cap at first. I felt like RCBS had taken the cheap way out, but it's turned out to be a pretty convenient little cup to have around. If I could easily get a few more of them now, I would.


- Bullwolf

[Oklahoma Rebel]

I use a small glass about like a short coffee mug, I have also used yogurt containers, and might have to try the Vienna sausage idea

[bedbugbilly]

A small plastic tupperware type container - the type you buy at the store with a lid to store leftovers in. I . . ahhh . . . sort of liberated it from my wife's supply of them.

[762 shooter]

+3 RCBS powder trickler.

762

[jrmartin1964]

I use an old glass ashtray that was on my Dad's bench, and used for the same purpose, since before I was born.

[Bent Ramrod]

Of course, the classic recommended container from the good old days is a relatively wide for depth tin can with a tin or copper strip soldered across the top. This strip is bent so the portion across the top of the can is vertical to the powder. The operator can then scoop the powder, scrape the top of the scoop across the bottom of the metal strip to plane off the excess, then pour it into the shell.

I ought to make one one of these days and see how it works.

[ryokox3]

I have to thank everyone who replied. Some of those gave me a laugh (runfiverun, I can picture my dogs making one of those). Others were ideas I did not think about, and will have to try out.

[Sean357]

A small plastic paint mixing cup. Although Bent Ramrods metal cup with the metal strip sounds great! Getting really tired of putting down the cup and using a business card to level the dipper. Thanks!


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[Tom W.]

A top from a cheap thermos jug.

[DLCTEX]

+1 on a coffee mug.

[TNsailorman]

I found a plastic ashtray at WalMart several years ago and it works just great. Up to that time I had used a variety of cut off bottoms of plastic bottles.

[Dave Bulla]

I use a ceramic cereal/soup bowl. My thought is I want it to be deep enough to submerge the dipper each time, wide enough to sweep the scoop through the powder and large enough that I don't have to frequently add powder. My bowl is about 3.5" deep and maybe 5" wide. I usually full it about 2/3 full. Being ceramic, it has enough weight to be stable and not tip. The only thing it lacks is a scraper to level the heap of the top. Honestly though, sometimes I WANT a heap. I have the full dipper set and have found that depending on the shape of the powder granules I vary how I dip. Sometimes a straight down push, sometimes a sweep. Sometimes a submerge and jiggle. I weigh every charge but it is fun to play around seeing how accurately I can dip a charge with practice.

[Texantothecore]

Tupperware sandwhich box. Very handy in use and it fits in my ammo can for loading at the range.

[barrabruce]

The top of my 20 x case holder works well when needed.

I have a pet small plastic bottle that held some low cal chews or gum type thing in it.
After scoffing most of the container I started to read the label and it states that over consumption of this product may have a laxative effect.

This sort of reminds me that I should read the destruction manual or warning on things sometimes.

It is good for the smaller charges of 5 grains or less ...or 20 or so normal size loads.
I weigh each charge and trickle up using a modified 12 gauge case.
One day I will make a trickler that has fast and slow on it.

Ha

[Rick Hodges]

An old thermos bottle cup...the large size.

[JSnover]

The coffee mug idea is not for me. I'd try to drink it sooner or later.

[Horace]

Speer plastic bullet container with lid cut off.

Horace

[gwpercle]

Vienna Sausage container I've used since 68-69.

Cool ! I LIKE.....

[EDG]

I have two because I seem to misplace everything. One is the 2.5" tall X 4" wide cup off of a wide mouth thermos bottle. The other is a 1" tall by 4" wide aluminum can that is plastic lined because some kind of food came in it.

[waltherboy4040]

Powder trickler