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wncchester · August 17, 2011, 07:33 AM

All measures are volume devices; there is no way to make such a measure totally consistant in function but they all do pretty good with fine grained powder while none of them are great with coarse, large grained powders. I've used them all and know of no brand that makes a poor measure but I do know some poorly functioning users that make things worse.

For rifle shooting inside 100 yards I doubt anyone would ever see any difference with +/- .5 grain in a midsize or bigger cartridge. Small cartridges generally use fine grained powders and even with poor operating technique I can't see a hazardous amount of variation with that.

August 17, 2011, 07:33 AM	#7
wncchester Senior Member Join Date: December 1, 2002 Posts: 2,832	All measures are volume devices; there is no way to make such a measure totally consistant in function but they all do pretty good with fine grained powder while none of them are great with coarse, large grained powders. I've used them all and know of no brand that makes a poor measure but I do know some poorly functioning users that make things worse. For rifle shooting inside 100 yards I doubt anyone would ever see any difference with +/- .5 grain in a midsize or bigger cartridge. Small cartridges generally use fine grained powders and even with poor operating technique I can't see a hazardous amount of variation with that.