My apologies if I ramble on. I've been reloading for a few years now. Started off with .308 and now load 38/357 exclusively. I currently have 2400,Unique, and Win231. I would like to stick with 158gr LSWC coated for both calibers to make things easier. I've loaded both with 2400 and Unique and they have all gone boom with no issues. I would like to stick with Unique for the 357 loads and make some warm plinking loads. I will be mostly shooting paper and maybe occasionally steel. The problem I have been having is that Unique will not meter consistently for me. I have tried different ways to throw charges while trying to be consistent with no luck. With my RCBS uniflow I try to throw an 8gr charge but end up with 7.7-8.1.
Does anyone have any tricks to get a consistent charge with this dispenser/powder combo? Or should I look at another powder? Win 231 is spot on for me with maybe +/- .1gr. 2400 is fairly consistent but I would like to reserve that power for my Hornady XTP bullets.
So to sum it up I would like to load 357 with 158gr coated LSWC for general range use (recommendations for manufacture?). I want them to be warm (because I like knowing I'm shooting 357 and not a .22) but not full house magnums. Would like to use Unique or Win231 (open to other powder options that meter well). I will hopefully getting a chrono soon which should have been something I got awhile ago. These will all be shot from my 686+ 3".
Thanks from reading this long winded post!