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tomf52 · January 1, 2007, 07:27 PM

Have been reloading straight wall pistol cases for forty years but now have branched off to a couple off bottle neck rifle calibers, 30/30 and 223. Questions are (1) In both calibers I have the Lee Deluxe die sets with both full length and neck resizing dies, a bullet seating die, and a factory crimp die. Neither set has any provision for belling the case mouth for bullet (lead) insertion. Do I have to buy yet another die for this phase of the operation? (2) Oops! This is a pistol question. Neither my RCBS or Lee powder measures seem to want to drop consistent charges of 3 grains of Bullseye. Highly erratic drops from both measures. Anything over four grains is right on with either measure. What do you guys use for small pistol load measurment? I have the Lee dippers and a scale but find that tedious. Need a reliable powder measure. Thanks in advance for any help you can give, Tom.

January 1, 2007, 07:27 PM	#1
tomf52 Member Join Date: August 5, 2005 Posts: 46	Need some help! Have been reloading straight wall pistol cases for forty years but now have branched off to a couple off bottle neck rifle calibers, 30/30 and 223. Questions are (1) In both calibers I have the Lee Deluxe die sets with both full length and neck resizing dies, a bullet seating die, and a factory crimp die. Neither set has any provision for belling the case mouth for bullet (lead) insertion. Do I have to buy yet another die for this phase of the operation? (2) Oops! This is a pistol question. Neither my RCBS or Lee powder measures seem to want to drop consistent charges of 3 grains of Bullseye. Highly erratic drops from both measures. Anything over four grains is right on with either measure. What do you guys use for small pistol load measurment? I have the Lee dippers and a scale but find that tedious. Need a reliable powder measure. Thanks in advance for any help you can give, Tom.