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Old April 8, 2014, 05:13 PM   #1
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For those with a LNL Case Activated Powder Drop...

Solved the "mystery", but just thought I'd pass it along in case it might save someone else some head-scratching down the road.

Finished building my son's .260 a couple of weeks ago. SS Savage Varmint action, CBI bull barrel, AICS... (I need a Dad like me )

Loading rounds for the first OCW trip to the range, the "middle" size powder drop says it's for calibers up to .270...

So, I'm using this in my AP Progressive and I can feel something "sticking"...and every couple of charges powder spills out all over the place. I keep scratching my head, can't figure it out. All I know, is it's getting late- and I'm sick of cleaning up powder spills. Most of my reloading is 7mm and up with the shortest sleeve, but I do have a 6.5 Grendel that I've never had an issue with reloading, so I was puzzled.

Long story short- I finally figure out that the hole in the powder sleeve just is not large enough for the extruded H4350. It just was not dropping freely through the sleeve into the case. That is, until I lowered the ram...and the rest spilled out freely all over the shellplate.

Problem solved, with the drill press, and (I forget what size I used...) bit to open up the "hole". The 6.5 Grendel, with identical case mouth size, never had an issue because it's fed 8208 XBR ball powder.

Now that I've "opened it up", I need to buy another sleeve so that our .223/5.56 cases won't get stuck in the now-enlarged sleeve opening.

Just something to keep in mind...
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Old April 10, 2014, 08:13 AM   #2
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Thanks for the tip.
I assume you dumped all the powder from the sticking cases before your mods?

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Old April 10, 2014, 07:44 PM   #3
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Sure thing.
I really like the temp insensitivity of the extruded powders like H4350- but this was just one more "negative". We all know they meter like crap by volume, if only H4350 and Varget were ball powders.... hey, I can dream...
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Old April 13, 2014, 02:06 AM   #4
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The 6.5 Grendel, with identical case mouth size, never had an issue because it's fed 8208 XBR ball powder.
Being a little picky but IMR 8208 XBR is not a ball powder but a short extruded powder.
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Old April 13, 2014, 06:15 PM   #5
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I had to drill out one of the sleeves for AA5477 to flow freely. It would bridge up. I don't trust it and don't buy that powder any more.
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Old April 13, 2014, 06:54 PM   #6
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Being a little picky but IMR 8208 XBR is not a ball powder but a short extruded powder.
Yep, correction noted....very fine grain, not ball...
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Old April 14, 2014, 08:04 AM   #7
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Now that I've "opened it up", I need to buy another sleeve so that our .223/5.56 cases won't get stuck in the now-enlarged sleeve opening.
Is there a reason why you couldn't just drop down to the small funnel for .223, forced to use a different powder anyway.
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Old April 16, 2014, 06:00 PM   #8
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It was the small powder sleeve for the .223 that I opened up...
Now that the "drop" opening has been enlarged, it won't work for .22 cal anymore- the case neck is small enough to get stuck in the now bigger opening.
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Old April 16, 2014, 06:46 PM   #9
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Loading rounds for the first OCW trip to the range, the "middle" size powder drop says it's for calibers up to .270...

So, I'm using this in my AP Progressive and I can feel something "sticking"...
I'm so confused.
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Old April 17, 2014, 09:44 PM   #10
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See page 13:

http://www.hornady.com/assets/files/...owder-Drop.pdf

Longest of the three (for shortest cases) is pistol powder sleeve.
Middle size for .20 cal to .270
Shortest sleeve for 7mm and larger.
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Old April 18, 2014, 08:11 AM   #11
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See page 13:

http://www.hornady.com/assets/files/...owder-Drop.pdf

Longest of the three (for shortest cases) is pistol powder sleeve.
Middle size for .20 cal to .270
Shortest sleeve for 7mm and larger.
Got it, thanks. I have the LnL AP but not this manual, that I can find, and I am not disorganized. I have all the accessories for loading for my AR and 30-30 Win but have never done it. That's just back up for owning the guns. I have loaded just handgun so far and always used the PTX instead of the powder drop sleeves. They just sit in a bag in my Hornady box.

What is "middle" size, relative to the set, is actually "smaller" size for rifle.

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