^^^My Method and tools Exactly...^^^
^^^My Method and tools Exactly...^^^
I've done that method but am preferring to use disc's cut from primer tray covers cut slightly over the inside diameter of the dipper. I push the discs into the bottom of the dipper with a dowel, punch or unsharpened pencil then weight several charges. One to several discs and even a couple discs of primter paper can pring the charge down to what is wanted. The discs are easily removed so no alteration of the dipper is done.
Larry Gibson
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I dip powder from an aluminum cup with a tight copper wire strung through it for carding. It works great and I thank whoever I stole the idea from on CB!
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as long as you are using a middle of range load...the dipper method is fine and safe...folks did it for many years...it wont be bench rest accurate,but it sure will be average hunting range accurate...consistency is the key..same way each time,everytime.
Yep, when I started reloading it was a few years before I could afford a scale. I was using the Lee hand dies (hammer reloading ). It was for .45acp so a bit forgiving in the load department. I'd pick a load half way between min and max and choose the closest dipper. Used as above. Probably loaded a thousand rounds this way before I got my first press and scale.
After I got a scale I'd make dippers. For the .45 I'd use .357/.38 cases and trim until I got the load I wanted and confirm on the scale. I didn't weigh individual charges until I loaded for rifles.
The only black ones I have seen came in the shotgun loader kit for dipping shot. Both my .410 and 20 gauge Lee Loaders had black shot dippers.
Funny thing was the 3" .410 kit came with three dippers, none of which filled the cases correctly. As I remember they were 1/2, 5/8, and 3/4 oz, when what I needed was 11/16 oz.
Somewhere in past years there was a long thread that explained all about the markings on Lee's plastic dippers, from arbitrary numbers to cubic inch to cubic centimeter.
Robert
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I seem to remember that the set I bought in 1968 was black, but I have not seen them in a while. Have never seen any red ones.
Spell check doesn't work in Chrome, so if something is spelled wrong, it's just a typo that I missed.
Do any of you know if Lee ever updated the slide rule for the yellow dippers? There are powders listed there that I haven't heard of in 30 years. GF
Lee's data was all based on a cubic centimeter/grain measurement. Each powder had a density number. Each dipper was marked in cc. So, if you know the density of the powder you can figure out each dipper capacity, or find the cc you need for a given load. Lee also calibrates all of their powder measures in CC.
LEE Dippers: Old (Black or Red) powder dippers vs New (Yellow) powder dippers
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/sho...powder-dippers
Dippers are fine, but GET a Scale and KNOW what you really are loading. Powder Lots differ in density over time. A scale is consistent.
Adam
jmho - variables exist in both beam + electronic scales - many different conditions affect their consistency -
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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 |
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 |