Thread: Reloading - minimalist kit

Greetings All,
Additional to What Micky Duck has said above I think that the scoop that comes with the Lee Loader is 2.8cc. My older set has one in cubic inches that translates to 2.74 cc. Based on the chart on the website this would throw 38.3 grains of AR2208/ Varget and 38.4 grains of AR2206H/ H4895. The AR2208 load is a start load with the 174 grain Hornady round nose and the AR2206H load a mid load with the 150 grain projectile. Anyone who thinks that a 174 grain round nose projectile at around 2,300 fps would bounce of a deer should remember that Bell shot very roughly 200 elephants before WW1 using a .303 with a 215 grain solid that was a lot slower than that.
Regards Grandpamac.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings All,
Additional to What Micky Duck has said above I think that the scoop that comes with the Lee Loader is 2.8cc. My older set has one in cubic inches that translates to 2.74 cc. Based on the chart on the website this would throw 38.3 grains of AR2208/ Varget and 38.4 grains of AR2206H/ H4895. The AR2208 load is a start load with the 174 grain Hornady round nose and the AR2206H load a mid load with the 150 grain projectile. Anyone who thinks that a 174 grain round nose projectile at around 2,300 fps would bounce of a deer should remember that Bell shot very roughly 200 elephants before WW1 using a .303 with a 215 grain solid that was a lot slower than that.
Regards Grandpamac.

My limited experience of spoons is that you need to get a consistent action to get a consistent measure - I'm leaning towards scoop, no tap, pour. My taps lead to inconsistent amounts of powder jumping out of the scoop.

The electronic scale seems pretty consistent - I check the zero each time I put the pan on, and it always returns to 0g.

Originally Posted by davetapson

My limited experience of spoons is that you need to get a consistent action to get a consistent measure - I'm leaning towards scoop, no tap, pour. My taps lead to inconsistent amounts of powder jumping out of the scoop.

The electronic scale seems pretty consistent - I check the zero each time I put the pan on, and it always returns to 0g.

Greetings,
The way I have always used the scoops is to part fill a cup or similar with powder and press the back of the scoop down into the powder until the powder flows into it to just overflow. lift the scoop out and a slight sideways shake to level it. This achieves a consistent fill. A scooping motion with the open side of the scoop toward the powder will give inconsistent results. I read this somewhere but can't remember where.
Regards GPM.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings,
The way I have always used the scoops is to part fill a cup or similar with powder and press the back of the scoop down into the powder until the powder flows into it to just overflow. lift the scoop out and a slight sideways shake to level it. This achieves a consistent fill. A scooping motion with the open side of the scoop toward the powder will give inconsistent results. I read this somewhere but can't remember where.
Regards GPM.

Read that too. My variation on it is to fill the scoop by pouring the powder into it and then doing a light, sideways shake.