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Old May 23, 2013, 03:28 PM   #34
Mike Irwin
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"All load manuals have weight not volume"

That is correct.

It's also correct that a specific weight of a specific lot of powder occupies a specific volume.

Hence, volumetric measures like the Uniflow or Lee dippers.

Weight is simply the easiest and most precise way to verify that a particular load should be safe in your firearms.

Once you've verified the weight of a particular charge of powder, you can go to volumetric measure with high confidence that you're going to be pretty close to that weight every time.
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