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Powder measuring? - JReed - 02-11-2016
This may sound dumb but bear with me I am still learning.
I keep seeing refrences to folks weighing charges as opposed to loading by volume. Does it make that big of a difference? I ask because in my volume measure 70gr by volume weighs 74.3gr on the beam scale, just wondering which would be better or which is more prefered.
RE: Powder measuring? - Dave Roelle - 02-11-2016
Hi JReed----------------weight em work up the load and don't look back
RE: Powder measuring? - Old Jim - 02-11-2016
As Dave said; weigh 'em, keep good records and move-along!
There's fun to be had,
RE: Powder measuring? - JReed - 02-11-2016
Fair enough gents sounds good to me. Be fore I checked back here I took a trip to the garage to play. I loaded one 45-70 with 70gr of weighed powder seated a .02 card wad checked the column and was able to seat a Lyman 457125 to my rifles prefferd engagement with 0 compresion. Guess I will have to start load work up all over again ooh the agony lol.
RE: Powder measuring? - Dave Roelle - 02-11-2016
What powder Sir ?
RE: Powder measuring? - JReed - 02-11-2016
The last of my Goex 2f. Need to make a run to the store tomorrow and pick up some more. This old rifle has a chamber 2.2" long so bullets hang way out there before the touch the rifling.
RE: Powder measuring? - Dave Roelle - 02-11-2016
Just a guess i'm betting you'll have better luck with some compression
RE: Powder measuring? - JReed - 02-11-2016
Oh I have no doubts that you are right. With 70gr volume I get .2 compression so will have to play and see what happens. The joys of old guns a constant reason to tinker.
RE: Powder measuring? - laowho - 02-12-2016
Hi JR,
I tell ya, bein a bit anal and unable to shoot often enuf, I did lotsa readin, probly way past where I shoulda. As puzzled as I still am, I've accepted what the rifle's shown me so far. But this one thing I do...my beam sits right behind the thrower and drop tube, so everything I throw gets weighed too. Hardly any extra time or trouble. And if yer coffee filter wadding over primer, don't forget it's in there lest you return a bad measure into the thrower and bugger it.
(Mine seems to like 68 for everything wh/ I don't understand. Maybe the barrel harmonics dictate? And that for larger slugs the added compression required does a corresponding compensation? Fascinating.)
RE: Powder measuring? - Lumpy Grits - 02-12-2016
I weigh to only set my MVA, P/M.
The weight with BP may vary just a bit. But the volume/compression is always the same.
I'm use'n OLD "E", 2F.
Gary