Originally Posted by
nicholst55
While I have at least six powder measures in Maryland, I only have one here in AZ - an RCBS Uniflow with the large (rifle) drum. Problem is, I load and shoot a lot of pistol ammo.A pistol drum with the micrometer insert will make that a very nice setup and will work great with many pistol powders. You'll want to get a baffle or make one if you don't have one.
It appears that RCBS has stopped making the old style Uniflow powder measure and parts for same. They have 'new-and-improved' it into the 'Quick Change' powder measure. Parts are interchangeable, so I could buy the small/pistol QC drum (and whatever else is needed) to change my Uniflow over. I'm just wondering if that's the best way to go.Save yourself some money and buy a used pistol drum and add a micrometer to it would be the way I'd go.
I'm looking at perhaps buying a dedicated pistol powder measure, and I'm looking for recommendations. I'm really NOT interested in having to buy and keep track of a bunch of rotors, so that pretty much eliminates the Little Dandy and similar measures.
Recommendations? Can the Lee Auto Disk be used as a stand-alone measure?Yes it can. You'll need to use the Lee powder through/expanding die for that caliber and you'll have case activated powder dispensing. I'd spend a couple bucks more and get the Lee Pro Auto Disk with the micrometer disk and micrometer insert. Or does it need to be used with a powder-thru-expander die? Much easier and convenient to use that way and not very expensive to do so. If I were you, it's so inexpensive, I'd go that way. Case activation of powder measures is sooo much faster, even on a single stage. More reliable as far as accurate loading most times. Been lots of arguments on the net about volume versus weight, but in pistols, I've never been able in over a decade of reloading to tell any difference.