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jwrowland77 · May 2, 2012, 02:08 PM

I know that this may not be the most proper way to verify I don't have a double charge or no charge, but I have a dowel rod cut into pieces for each caliber and for each powder I have. After charging all the case I'm going to do, I stick the dowel rod in the case an verify against a line that is on the rod. If the line is where it should be then it's a go. If the line should disappear or be over the the case by a more than it should, then I dump the powder out (in the case of a double charge) and start over.

This is how I do it, but it seems to work and dowel rods are cheap.

May 2, 2012, 02:08 PM	#20
jwrowland77 Senior Member Join Date: March 23, 2012 Location: Conway, Arkansas Posts: 1,398	I know that this may not be the most proper way to verify I don't have a double charge or no charge, but I have a dowel rod cut into pieces for each caliber and for each powder I have. After charging all the case I'm going to do, I stick the dowel rod in the case an verify against a line that is on the rod. If the line is where it should be then it's a go. If the line should disappear or be over the the case by a more than it should, then I dump the powder out (in the case of a double charge) and start over. This is how I do it, but it seems to work and dowel rods are cheap.