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Old June 17, 2007, 09:02 AM   #1
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Powder Disk need customizing

My Lee Pro Auto Powder setup, was driving me nuts. Loading .40SW with
180gr LTCFP, on Accurate #5 with the receipe calling for 5.6 start to 6.0 max loads. The Lee disk, using the .37 would always throw a 5.4 quite often, and the .40 would always throw a 6.2 often. Finally got fed up, and found that a
1/4" twist drill was sloppy in the .40 hole, and didn't go into the .37 hole.
So, I drilled out the .37 getting a nice smoot cut. Now, I consistently get
5.6 to 5.8 grain loads using the customized .37 hole. Weigh my loads every
15 or so to be sure powder drops stay accurate. Before I had to weigh each one, and dump back into the hopper the majority. Has this speeded up my process. Have the Lee Classic 4 Hole Turret, but prefer to go without the Index rod, maybe now with the .40s powder problem solved, I'll try the index rod again. Although, as others I always had problems with the turret hitting perfect stop points. Full strokes, nice rythum (I think), oiled the turret, still not consistent enough In my opinion.
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Old June 17, 2007, 01:32 PM   #2
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I have heard of a couple of people now that have had problems with the dies not stopping where they are supposed to. I don't know what would cause that, my classic has never been off. I have found the Auto Charge Bar to work very well for the in between loads as long as you don't try to throw something to light.
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Old June 17, 2007, 01:39 PM   #3
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Crusty:they just don't know how to work the Lee.
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Old June 17, 2007, 09:24 PM   #4
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I've always found Lee Disc's to be "too large" or "too small" for the charges I want. I have a collection of discs from over the years. I too take a drill and make a custom cavity for my desired charge. I then mark the cavity with powder type and charge weight. In order to get consistency from the first charge, I also take a regular #2 lead pencil to the inside of the cavity in the disc. Smear the pencil lead over the entire inner surface to prevent any "static cling" of the powder.

Since I load thousands of the same caliber, bullet weight, and powder charge, I care about the other discs in the "set".
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