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hulley · September 12, 2011, 09:12 PM

On the Lee, once a disk is in place it will drop a steady powder charge. However if I need to use less powder, the next lower amount is .6 to.7 gr less. I didnt mean that there was a variance of .6 to .7gr with each throw.
For example, I'm currently loading a 9mm round and I'm using 6.0gr, I wanted to use less powder so I dropped down to the next smaller size, that size yielded a 5.3gr charge. I'm not able to do a 5.7gr that I wanted for the specific bullet that I was using.
I was asking if the Dillon could be set up at whatever target weight that you wanted. I understand the +/- .1gr variance.

September 12, 2011, 09:12 PM	#7
hulley Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2008 Location: Hoschton, Ga. Posts: 726	On the Lee, once a disk is in place it will drop a steady powder charge. However if I need to use less powder, the next lower amount is .6 to.7 gr less. I didnt mean that there was a variance of .6 to .7gr with each throw. For example, I'm currently loading a 9mm round and I'm using 6.0gr, I wanted to use less powder so I dropped down to the next smaller size, that size yielded a 5.3gr charge. I'm not able to do a 5.7gr that I wanted for the specific bullet that I was using. I was asking if the Dillon could be set up at whatever target weight that you wanted. I understand the +/- .1gr variance.