auriga3 wrote:Does anyone use one of these loaders?do you have to trim the used brass before loading?I only want to reload a few rounds at a time in 22.250 Remington & was looking at one of these presses.Would be grateful for any advice
auriga3 wrote:Does anyone use one of these loaders?do you have to trim the used brass before loading?I only want to reload a few rounds at a time in 22.250 Remington & was looking at one of these presses.Would be grateful for any advice
marksman wrote:my first ever loader was a lee classic loader in 22-250
IMHO you can make very good ammo with them but I would advise to get a powder scale for consistency and safety
marksman wrote:my first ever loader was a lee classic loader in 22-250
IMHO you can make very good ammo with them but I would advise to get a powder scale for consistency and safety
auriga3 wrote:Does anyone use one of these loaders?do you have to trim the used brass before loading?I only want to reload a few rounds at a time in 22.250 Remington & was looking at one of these presses.Would be grateful for any advice
Oldbloke wrote:Spot on. Scales are best. I used a couple for about 5 years.
But if you pour from one scoop to another then level off with a credit card you can be pretty consistant loads.
bladeracer wrote:Oldbloke wrote:Spot on. Scales are best. I used a couple for about 5 years.
But if you pour from one scoop to another then level off with a credit card you can be pretty consistant loads.
I sat there for a few hours, throwing scoops in the pan with some different powders (Trailboss, AR2206H, AR2208 and another I can't recall just now), and the full set of scoops.
Primarily I wanted to see how consistent they are, but I also wanted to build my own list of scoop values with different powders. It also gave me density constants for each powder.
I found that simply taking scoops of powder and leaving it to run off and find its own slump height gave me better consistency than scraping it off.
And overall the consistency was excellent. I also found the smaller scoops are more consistent so for larger charges I find it better to throw several smaller scoops.