Spilling Powder
Quote from Reloader on July 18, 2016, 9:35 pmI have had my 550b for many years. The rod on my new 5.56/.223 powder dispenser has a double bend. my old powder dispensers do not and require a clip to hold them on. Never had a problem before with pistol calibers. .45acp .40 s&w .357 mag. The new dispenser with the extra lever spills VV powder. Not tried anything else. Thinking of using a single lever dispenser from my other old caliber setups.
I have had my 550b for many years. The rod on my new 5.56/.223 powder dispenser has a double bend. my old powder dispensers do not and require a clip to hold them on. Never had a problem before with pistol calibers. .45acp .40 s&w .357 mag. The new dispenser with the extra lever spills VV powder. Not tried anything else. Thinking of using a single lever dispenser from my other old caliber setups.
Quote from Reloader on September 16, 2019, 8:51 pmThis is an old thread and I have posted this on other postings....
But.....I found the biggest problem for me on powder spilling....weather a small caliber (17 or 22) or large is.......Improper case lubing.
Often times case lube gets into the hole and when powder is dropped, it sticks to the sides. Often times it blocks the dropping of powder correctly as the powder dams up. I had that problem until I figured out that too much case lube will stick in the powder funnel and then makes the powder stick to the funnel.
I lube my cases by spraying a dryer sheet with 6 sprays front and 6 sprays back. I then put the dryer sheet in a plastic food bag and then add cases....I do 50 to 100 at a time. I then toss the bag around for about two minutes rotating and reversing the bag. I then empty the bag of brass dumping them into a container for reloading. This prevents the case lube from getting into the case opening causing powder to stick and block the opening.
I found that the case lube that Dillon sells is excellent and I also have used home made case lube with lanolin and heet carb cleaner...which is about 98% alcohol.
This is an old thread and I have posted this on other postings....
But.....
I found the biggest problem for me on powder spilling....weather a small caliber (17 or 22) or large is.......Improper case lubing.
Often times case lube gets into the hole and when powder is dropped, it sticks to the sides. Often times it blocks the dropping of powder correctly as the powder dams up. I had that problem until I figured out that too much case lube will stick in the powder funnel and then makes the powder stick to the funnel.
I lube my cases by spraying a dryer sheet with 6 sprays front and 6 sprays back. I then put the dryer sheet in a plastic food bag and then add cases....I do 50 to 100 at a time. I then toss the bag around for about two minutes rotating and reversing the bag. I then empty the bag of brass dumping them into a container for reloading. This prevents the case lube from getting into the case opening causing powder to stick and block the opening.
I found that the case lube that Dillon sells is excellent and I also have used home made case lube with lanolin and heet carb cleaner...which is about 98% alcohol.