Powder measuring?

[laowho]

Ditto the OE 2F. Tried the Swiss and OE in 1.5F and 2F and wound up back where I started.

[JReed]

Iaowho I have my scale set up just like you. For smokles cartridges I weigh every charge so i have no problems doing it with BP also.

I would love to try some OE but it isnt available locally and I seem to be alone and unafraid around these parts when it comes to shooting BPCR so I will have to wait till I move back out west to play with some.

Just went and picked up a few more pounds of Goex 2f this morning so I will get back to loading cases this weekend.

[Lumpy Grits]

JR-CK the volume weight of this new Goex against the volume of the old lot you have.
Load to the same volume, irregardless of the scale weight difference between volumes of powder.
Gary

[JReed]

Will do Lumpy. Easy to do my powder measure is still set up for the old lot.

[alfajim]

JR-CK the volume weight of this new Goex against the volume of the old lot you have.
Load to the same volume, irregardless of the scale weight difference between volumes of powder.
Gary

This falls into the same area I think. I bought the Lee Breech challenger kit it came with the Lee perfect powder measure which I am warned to not use with BP. In reading up on that it seems to be a fair number of folks who do and with no terrible results. So following the advise I picked up an old B&M visual powder measure off ebay for a great price, It has the brass tube hopper looks little used but no drop tube. I will get one from the Belden and Mull site thought I would get the magnum vernier one as it holds enough volume. No insructions though so any out there have a copy they can copy and send me in a email? can't find them anywhere. Need to know how to use it and differences with BP.
How do you do the cross over from weight to volume?

Jim

[Don McDowell]

You don't cross over from weight to volume, blackpowder charges are always in weight.
To set up your powder tubes, fill the measure with powder. Take some powder and weigh out on your scale, then pour it into the powder tube, and set the tube so that powder charge is level with the top of the tube. Then take the tube and put it up the bottom of the measure, pull the handle until you don't see the powder moving behind the glass, let the handle go, and then remove the tube and weigh the charge. Adjust the tube if necessary, then when it's all set charge the tube, dump into the case, compress the powder and seat the bullet and wad.
Easy cheesy.