Running hopper empty on LNL AP

toquin · January 16, 2014, 04:13 PM

I quit with about a inch to go. Has anybody ran till it was empty? Will it keep throwing the same weight?

g.willikers · January 16, 2014, 05:53 PM

I've inadvertently run the hopper down below the baffle on my Dillon without harm.
I did check the loads with a scale just to be sure, and nothing changed.
One would think that the weight of powder in a full hopper would compress what is at the bottom, and have some effect, but guess not.
The measure must not care.
I've done the same thing on a Lee measure, the rotating cylinder type, on purpose to check, with the same results.

higgite · January 16, 2014, 07:11 PM

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Has anybody ran till it was empty? Will it keep throwing the same weight?

I guarantee it won't throw the same weight when it's empty that it does when it's not empty.

Enough of being a smart*ss. Sorry, couldn't resist. But, seriously, you have all the resources right in front of you to answer your own question. Then you will know how YOUR powder measure on YOUR press reacts to low hopper levels with YOU operating the handle.

Nick_C_S · January 16, 2014, 07:33 PM

I don't know what "LNL" and "AP" mean, but I know that I've ran an experiment with my RCBS Uniflow. I took it to the point where the powder (I think I used HS-6 for this experiment) was down below the green transparent and into the tapered part, and it was still throwing accurately.

Good enough for me.

David Bachelder · January 17, 2014, 10:43 AM

I have the LNL AP set up with LNL Powder throw.

My experience has been that the powder charge is less accurate when the powder level gets to the top of the baffle.

January 16, 2014, 04:13 PM	#1
toquin Junior Member Join Date: May 11, 2013 Posts: 2	Running hopper empty on LNL AP I quit with about a inch to go. Has anybody ran till it was empty? Will it keep throwing the same weight?

January 16, 2014, 05:53 PM	#2
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	I've inadvertently run the hopper down below the baffle on my Dillon without harm. I did check the loads with a scale just to be sure, and nothing changed. One would think that the weight of powder in a full hopper would compress what is at the bottom, and have some effect, but guess not. The measure must not care. I've done the same thing on a Lee measure, the rotating cylinder type, on purpose to check, with the same results. __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”

January 16, 2014, 07:33 PM	#4
Nick_C_S Senior Member Join Date: March 21, 2013 Location: Idaho Posts: 5,522	I don't know what "LNL" and "AP" mean, but I know that I've ran an experiment with my RCBS Uniflow. I took it to the point where the powder (I think I used HS-6 for this experiment) was down below the green transparent and into the tapered part, and it was still throwing accurately. Good enough for me. __________________ Gun control laws benefit only criminals and politicians - but then, I repeat myself. Life Member, National Rifle Association

January 17, 2014, 10:43 AM	#5
David Bachelder Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2011 Location: Trinity, Texas Posts: 636	I have the LNL AP set up with LNL Powder throw. My experience has been that the powder charge is less accurate when the powder level gets to the top of the baffle. __________________ David Bachelder Trinity, Texas I load, 9mm Luger, 38 and 40 S&W, 38 Special, 357Magnum, 45ACP, 45 Colt, 223, 300 AAC, 243 and 30-06

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