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Thread: Drop Tube Metering, or This Dog Too Lazy to Scratch His Fleas

  1. 12-31-2016, 08:58 PM #21
    Don McDowell
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    Or simply use a Lyman 55 powder measure with the 24 inch drop tube....
    Long range rules, the rest drool.
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  2. 01-01-2017, 12:29 AM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by Don McDowell View Post
    Or simply use a Lyman 55 powder measure with the 24 inch drop tube....
    Amen!
    No need to over think it.
    Warning: I know Judo. If you force me to prove it I'll shoot you.
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  3. 01-01-2017, 04:47 PM #23
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    OK, thanks everyone. I think I have enough to think about. It's good to have the experience this forum has to call on for those of us who are struggling.
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  4. 01-01-2017, 11:14 PM #24
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    I drop straight from a Lyman 55 measure; no drop tube. I make the drop slowly by bringing the rotor to the point where powder begins to flow and tapping the handle with my finger. Fast, consistent and I am unable to define that powder settles more by using a drop tube and/or any combination of painful contortions.
    To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, the trouble with many shooting experts is not that they're ignorant; its just that they know so much that isn't so.
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  5. 01-02-2017, 09:39 PM #25
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    I use the lyman #55 powder measure ,I just pull the handle an go for the next one , I also use a compression die.
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check