dumping powder down drop tube

[bpsteve]

I don't even use a drop tube anymore but just dump the powder into the case through a normal loading funnel, place the wad on top and use a compression die to establish the desired wad height.
It's almost impossible to trickle the powder through a drop tube and get the same powder height plus it takes forever and eliminating that step speeds up the loading operation.
Steve R.
AZ.