Lee powder measures?

[Ol` Joe]

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.

Dovehunter, I`ve been doing this ever since I started loading. My dad was not the kind of guy that had the patience to play with a measure setting it only to load one box of 308 or 32spcl. He used a dipper and trickled the charge, and I just fell in the habit right along side of him. it is amazing how fast one can charge cases once you get the right dipper and a system going. I often don`t even bother with a trickler, just tap the last few kernels of powder right from the dipper.
I still have the old black and red box of dippers he used. Although they don`t have a chart for todays powders, I still use them regularly. He did, and I do however, use a measure for bulk loading

[skeet]

Have had a couple but never used 'em. Mostly used Lyman 55's and they worked fine but I bought an RCBS Electronic scale and measure locally for a hundred bucks...That thing is slick as snot. Just uncover it and you can do 1 or 1000. But I have used dippers and a trickler many times.

[dovehunter]

Originally Posted by Ol` Joe

...I still have the old black and red box of dippers he used. Although they don`t have a chart for todays powders, I still use them regularly. He did, and I do however, use a measure for bulk loading

I guess we are dating ourselves, but I also have the "old black and red box dippers" and still use them. I did, however, break down and buy the new ones too that use the funky yellow cups.

I have used Lee stuff for years and frankly have always been completely satisfied with it. I will probably be severely chastised here for saying so, but when my Lee reloading tools do the job for me I can't see buying the more expensive stuff. About the only thing they have made that I don't like - and indeed I absolutely hate it - is their Load All shotshell loader. It is without doubt the biggest piece of junk I have ever used.