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Hello all,
Just wondering what tool or way is best for measuring Blackhorn 209?
Thanks,
ddj
Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. - Henry David Thoreau
The best part of hunting and fishing was the thinking about going and the talking about it after you got back. - Robert Ruark
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Any good powder measure will do, but I use a powder scale & weigh all of my loads. 100 grs. by volume equals 70 grs. by weight.
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Hello all,
Just wondering what tool or way is best for measuring Blackhorn 209?
Thanks,
ddj Weighing is always best. You can get a DS-750 for $25 for the next few days-- good little unit.
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Any good powder measure will do, but I use a powder scale & weigh all of my loads. 100 grs. by volume equals 70 grs. by weight.
JohnP Thanks. I have a dillon scale I will use. ddj
Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. - Henry David Thoreau
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We just shot some this weekend for first time and used 95 grains. I was surprised as usually tapping on the powder measure results in some settling. This seemed to be very consistent. Accuracy was also great using 300 grain Hornady FPB bullets.
I am sticking with just measuring volume while in the field.
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I use a digital scale with BH. Works like a champ.
I take a powder measure and see what 5 average on the digital, then weigh them all. With my latest batch of BH209, 110grn vol weighs 84grn on my RCBS CM1500. Weighed several before the season and put them in glass vials.
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i also weigh mine. i actually find it easier to weigh out charges at home and put them in plastic vials.
obviously, there is no question the amount of powder you will use is much more consistent from shot to shot.
maybe that matters to you, and maybe it doesn't, but it is certainly more consistent.
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