Home Forums Reloading Varmint Rifles Which Powder Measure?

GettIng into loading metallics; Mostly handgun; maybe some 223. Bot press, primer tools, dies, but stuck on measure decision? Thinking RCBS "small" measure .... Up to 100 gr. should be plenty. Almost $100; willing to spend the $, just want the right minimum problem tool. My new press is the RCBS Summit, so measure will be on its own stand close to e scale I use for shotshells. Thanks

I've got an old RCBS that's junk and have been thinking about getting something else. I've heard great things about the Redding throwers with the micrometer adjustments. Not too high priority as I mostly use Lee dippers when not using the 550.

I use my Grandads old RCBS Uniflow. After all these years, it still throws true.

If I was to buy something new, it would be one of the Redding Benchrest throwers.

Buy once, cry once. Redding 3br with universal and handgun chambers.

I am a fan of RCBS and Redding loading equipment for the most part, for powder measures you still need to trickle with these measures. get a Harrell's Precision ,Vastly superior to the R&R

How does your Harrell's measure work with course stick powders?

I see they have several models. Which one are you using?

I have the premium model, to be honest I have not tried course stick powders in it but have loaded thousands of rounds of 6ppc,223,222 and several pistol chamberings. When I loaded up 50 rounds of 300WM the other day with H1000 I used my chargemaster combo.

Don't be to quick to dump that old RCBS. I've had a love/hate relation with one for 30+ years. I hated it until I added their micro adjustment about ten years ago. Now I love it.



I'd call Harrell's and ask em which model they recommend.
Nicest guys you ever talked to. Listening to their accent is worth the price of admission if nothing else.

I don't own one of their powder measures but if I were in the market I'd look at theirs.
They make some mighty fine BR/PPC die's too.

Redding.





Travis

Toss a baffle and micrometer on the RCBS.....

Or buy a Redding that comes with a baffle and micrometer...




Travis

Buy whatever works for you. I say this because my late father-in-law couldn't get consistent charges from my Lyman 55 so he bought an RCBS. I couldn't make his RCBS work so I kept my Lyman. I think the difference was the vigor we each used to drop the charges.

I forgot about the baffle. It's a must.

I have used an RCBS Uniflow for over 35 years. Put a baffle and a micrometer on it. On real big extruded powders I just set the Uniflow about a half a grain low then put them on the scale and trickle them up. It is always dead on with finer powders and ball powders.

Redding is my first choice , but the most under rated measure out there is the Hornady

Harrell

As I was ordering things from Brownells, the help line "expert" offered to chat and recommended Lyman saying it will require no "extras" to load anything, easy to adjust and use, etc. so I went for it. Appreciate all input above; will let you know what I think after I use it. Thanks again.

Pretty good advice there. If I was in the market for a powder measure I'd go with the Redding.

I still have the RCBS Uniflow I bought when I was 18. It still throws accurately. I did end up with an RCBS Little Dandy and several rotors in a yard sale find many years ago. I've accumulated all the rotors except but four of them. I like it for loading pistol.

I've used several measures including those by Herter's, Lee, RCBS, Harrell, and Redding. The only ones I still have are Redding.

I have three Uniflows, and a Hornady Digital...no issues with any of them.