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I have a Lee Perfect Powder Measure which I use for 303 & 308 loading. It seems to throw reasonably accurate measures and I top-up to my required load on a RCBS balance beam scale.
Would I be wasting my money looking for a higher quality (more expensive) thrower or are more expensive brands worth the investment?
I load in batches of 100, the Lee seems fine but I have no experience of any other brand.

Martin

if it ain't broke?

If you are only reloading small batches I would stick with what you have got for now.

With fine ball powders that I use my lee throwers are very very accurate!!

How do you define accurate +/- X gr and are you using extruded powder? I have an RCBS uniflow and it doesn't throw extruded powders very accurately. If I use a fine grain powder it's pretty close.

martin2sheds wrote:It seems to throw reasonably accurate measures

How do you define accurate +/- X gr and are you using extruded powder? I have an RCBS uniflow and it doesn't throw extruded powders very accurately. If I use a fine grain powder it's pretty close.


martin2sheds wrote:

It seems to throw reasonably accurate measures

It sounds like the guy has a basic set up that he is happy with so lets not confuse the guy eh one step at a time slowly slowly does it. He does not have to turn into a bench rest shooter over night after one post in the reloading forum.

He obviously thinks it isn't up to scratch. I'd say they're just basic questions.

Some of the most accurate rifle rounds can be made on something as bare bones basic as the old Lee Loader: the powder charge of which is obtained via the set's included dipper.

martin2sheds wrote:It seems to throw reasonably accurate measures and I top-up to my required load on a RCBS balance beam scale.
Would I be wasting my money looking for a higher quality (more expensive) thrower or are more expensive brands worth the investment?

If you throw then trickle up to weight on a balance, the thrower accuracy has no bearing on your final charge accuracy. What do you hope to gain by changing the thrower?

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rox wrote:

martin2sheds wrote:It seems to throw reasonably accurate measures and I top-up to my required load on a RCBS balance beam scale.
Would I be wasting my money looking for a higher quality (more expensive) thrower or are more expensive brands worth the investment?

If you throw then trickle up to weight on a balance, the thrower accuracy has no bearing on your final charge accuracy. What do you hope to gain by changing the thrower?

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+1, as long as your final charge is accurate the lee will be fine at getting you there or there abouts, some will be initially low, some will be initially high but as long as you're weighing and trickling or rejecting them if they're over it's only serving to get the main charge ready for it's final adjustment.