Lee powder measures?

[dovehunter]

I have the Lee Perfect Powder Measure that I got for Christmas a couple of years ago and just started to use it after hunting season went out this year. After using it, however, I regret having waited so long to try it out. It is very easy to use. I don't worry with using the stupied cubic centimeters thing to set it. I have found it can be done just as quickly and certainly more accurately by trial and error using a good set of scales. I have used it mostly for throwing light handgun loads but have found that it is extremely consistent from charge to charge, at least with every powder that I have tried thus far. Even so, I dump every fifth thrown charge back into my powder scale to check it.

Now don't laugh. I have been using their dipper cups for years. What I do is pick a dipper close to, but just under, the charge weight I want to weigh and use it to throw an approximate charge onto the scale then use a powder trickler to bring it into balance. Surprisingly, if you are careful with always dipping in exactly the same fashion, I have found that even the cups can throw fairly consistent charges. I don't trust them though for throwing anything approaching maximum charges. I use them only for starting off in the ballpark.