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    [QUOTE=Knarley;5581424]
    The weight/ volume is different from brand to brand.
    yep -----not a huge difference though -- and can be unrelated to the energy of the powder
    (Wano weighs heavy compared to Goex or Swiss - but it shoots light = lower energy per grains)

    The size of the kernels, F FF FFFG, is different from brand to brand.
    definitely ---- does it matter ?

    I would suspect even from batch to batch will differ.
    that too - but again only small difference

    By the time you get it figured out, you'll have to start again.
    some fellers like to spend their lives figuring stuff out - others of us just like to go shoot!

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    Weigh charges for precision and measure them for convenience.

    I load way more ammo with measured charges than I do with weighed charges, but I check my measures with a scale. Funny thing, some benchrest shooters use powder measures and not a scale.

    Measured charges are almost always good enough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dtknowles View Post
    Weigh charges for precision and measure them for convenience.

    I load way more ammo with measured charges than I do with weighed charges, but I check my measures with a scale. Funny thing, some benchrest shooters use powder measures and not a scale.

    Measured charges are almost always good enough.

    Tim
    I was playing with a rotary measure and ungraphited blackpowder last night - after about twenty charges I got satisfactory consistency but it takes a lot more attention to technique than does smokeless powder - the black was running about + or - 4/10th grain, - smokeless ? about half that and easier to get ------ungraphited black makes the measure thing more difficult for sure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by indian joe View Post
    I was playing with a rotary measure and ungraphited blackpowder last night - after about twenty charges I got satisfactory consistency but it takes a lot more attention to technique than does smokeless powder - the black was running about + or - 4/10th grain, - smokeless ? about half that and easier to get ------ungraphited black makes the measure thing more difficult for sure.

    What measure were you using?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RyanJames170 View Post
    What measure were you using?
    green one (Redding) cast iron body - looks to have a stainless drum - I replaced the (broken) plastic outlet piece with brass and added an 8 inch drop tube spout

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    Loading black powder, a couple /10's don't change the loads like smokeless does.

    I use my old Redding for just busting the bowling pin hanging at 200 yards and even at the gong shoots when I have to reload at those matches when I run out of shells. This old powder drop has served me well since the maybe late 50's and it's well worn. It will drop very consistent within 2/10's if used properly.
    But when I load for a match I will drop it in a pan and weigh the drop and I will sprinkle some like a pinch of salt with my fingers or take a pinch out of the pan it's like the blanky thing this little guy uses for security Click image for larger version. 

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    As far as the burn rate question.
    Black has a burn rate it's just very fast and this is why they rate it as an explosive. The smaller and thinner the you spread it the slower it burns like a fuse. You pile it or confine it, it will blow. The larger the granulation the slower that burn rate
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lead pot View Post
    Loading black powder, a couple /10's don't change the loads like smokeless does.

    I use my old Redding for just busting the bowling pin hanging at 200 yards and even at the gong shoots when I have to reload at those matches when I run out of shells. This old powder drop has served me well since the maybe late 50's and it's well worn. It will drop very consistent within 2/10's if used properly.
    But when I load for a match I will drop it in a pan and weigh the drop and I will sprinkle some like a pinch of salt with my fingers or take a pinch out of the pan it's like the blanky thing this little guy uses for security Click image for larger version. 

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    As far as the burn rate question.
    Black has a burn rate it's just very fast and this is why they rate it as an explosive. The smaller and thinner the you spread it the slower it burns like a fuse. You pile it or confine it, it will blow. The larger the granulation the slower that burn rate
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    mine is later model (1980's at a guess) got the metering adjustment like a micrometer knob through the drum front to back - still playing with this (was given to me) --dunno that it will be any faster -- these plinker loads I just pour from a powder horn till the case is full up (homemade powder just compresses nice to load)

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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
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