Does the Lee Perfect Powder Measure Work ??

[hoodat]

I'm putting a kit together for a friend to get started with basic pistol reloading. I've got pretty much everything needed from my cast-offs and forum deals -- except for a powder thrower.

I'd like acceptable accuracy "as thrown" (=/- 0.1ish) with plinker sized nines for now. Powders used will be such as HP38, Auticomp, HS6 at weights of 3-7 grains. jd

[namsag]

In my experience, "it depends." For fine powders like Bullseye, I find sometimes it will leak powder out the side. On the extruded rifle powder end of the spectrum, I think it works just about as well as measures that cost 10x as much.

[Jack Russel]

I've been using one for years. I find it as accurate or more accurate than the Brass Smith or the RCBS i've used.

[414gates]

It does work, and will give you the required consistency with ball powders.

Don't expect it to last forever, the internals are plastic and will wear.

Put up a bit more money for an old Lyman 55 or used RCBS uniflow with a pistol rotor in it. These are not more accurate, but they will last longer / forever.

[Barry54]

I hated ball powder in mine. It leaked out and bound up the works. I dealt with it for years not using ball powder. I upgraded to a Hornady measure eventually.

I really like the Lee auto disc powder measures though. I have four of them. They reside on my progressive press tool heads. Not a fan of the adjustable disc option. I never could get it to drop a consistent charge.

[Hannibal]

I use one for stick powder as it works better than more expensive ones. I have resorted to using a trickler for stick powders. They are NOT user friendly and that's my current best solution.
For ball powders, I use a vintage Redding. Not saying it's the best for ball powder. It's what I had and it works very well for that.
Edit to add, none of the powder measures I've tried work great for small charge weights such as you mentioned.