Thanks char-gar I’m going to check them out 👍
Not real crazy about the Lyman 55 I have. I dont find it hard to adjust. But it seems to bind with fine ball powders. Its real good with flake powders like Unique. But I will take my RCBS Uniflow over the 55 any day.
I got one in a lot of other items and it was good for the price
The knocker is a bit unique. I use it mainly for rifle powders, so it cuts kind of heavily. I have not used that many others, so not much to compare it against
My straightshooter posts: https://castboolits.gunloads.com/sho...raight-shooter
https://castboolits.gunloads.com/sho...RAIGHT-SHOOTER
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...raight-shooter
Some people have reached out to me directly to put specific brass packages together regarding specific headstamps. Feel free to ask.
Love my 55, wouldn't trade it for anything.
Old retired guy in Baton Rouge La.
The new Uniflow 3 only has one drum. Same with the slightly older Quick-Change Uniflow model but with that one you could buy inserts separately.
Lower insert is the old model (pre-quickchange). Upper one is the Uniflow 3 model. With the quickchange you could buy extra inserts....set them once for a load and just slide in a new insert (if you want) for each load. Least you have that option. You can always just have one insert and readjust it for each load from a load book like we used to do......or buy another p.m. So far I haven't seen separate Uniflow 3 inserts.....but I expect you can order the parts you want.
I did a review on THR a while back when the 3 came out.... https://www.thehighroad.org/index.ph...#post-11570541
Last edited by GWS; 01-15-2023 at 07:15 PM.
My Father got one when he started loading. Used it with complete satisfaction. When I started, I inherited it. I used it with satisfaction too. Then I got a couple Dillon presses. I couldn’t help but notice their measures were better. Then I traded into an RCBS measure, it was better too. Dad’s Lyman just sits now. I should sell it, but it was Dad's…
”We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, yet they are still lying.” –Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
My Straight Shooters thread:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...raight-shooter
The Pewter Pictures and Hallmarks thread:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...-and-hallmarks
I have a couple of Lyman 55's and find the adequate to load with using ball powders. For stick powders I much prefer my old Belding and Mull Visible measure.
If you are going to make a hole in something. MAKE IT A BIG ONE!
Since there have been numerous complaints that the Lyman 55 cuts stick powders it makes me curious, why is that a problem? I’ve never understood what difference a few cut powders here and there could make.
bingo.
I've had a bunch of measure pass through my hands for some reason. Hornady, redding, lyman black powder, belding and mull all went down the road.
I'm still using the RCBS with micrometer for extruded powders I'm going to trickle up, a little dandy for almost all handgun loads and my harrel.
Originally Posted by Theodore Roosevelt
I bought one for the same reason, but found it very awkward to use. I transferred the operating handle on my RCBS to the left side, so I can hold the scale pan with my right, making it easy to transfer the pan to the scale, which has the pan hanger on the right. Can't do that with the Lyman.
Yes, I'm one of those anal-compulsives that has to weigh every charge. Not ashamed of it, either.
Cognitive Dissident
Guess it a matter of preference. Mine will consistently drop +/- .10 grain charges all day as long as I use the rapper correctly. To me that means one rap when filling the drum and two as I dump the load. I’ve found a second or third rap while filling will boost the charge weight enough to compensate for a lower reservoir powder level but I really should just get a baffle.
Also the lightest load I drop is 2.0g TG. I get +/- .1 grain with Unique, 4227, and Herco too.
Then too I’ve found by lightly tapping the side of the measure with a rubber coated tool handle a couple dozen times before trying to set the charge weight makes getting my charge dialed in a lot easier. After that one rap to fill & two upon dumping.
Only thing I’m not crazy about is all that rapping loosens the lock screw holding my drop tube.
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