Dropping Ball Powder Charges without Weighing?

[General RE LEE]

I’ve always loaded each individual charge and trickled or adjusted as necessary.

Certain ball powders I run are on the money or off .01 a grain when I get my dropped set up.

Last night I decided to skip weighing every charge and just weigh one every 5-10 loads.

Anyone do this for banging steel at the range?

 

[3gunyotehtr]

All of the time. The only ones I weigh are my hunting loads. Everything else is loaded on a progressive. No reason to be obsessive, within reason velocity variation isn't as critical as I used to think.

 

[Carl Ross]

I have no issue throwing everything for use out to 600, and I throw everything that's ball powder. Enjoy the time savings...

 

[RodgerB]

The only time I weighed each individual charge was when I was shooting Service Rifle. For everything else I set the Harrell's powder measure and load 'em up. I don't shoot long range.

 

[NRA4LIFE]

If I'm just plinking, absolutely, saves a bunch of time. Especially with my .223's as we cannot use them for hunting big game here. My hunting loads, no.

 

[jfk69]

In my .223’s, which are the only cartridges I have using ball powders, I throw every one and don’t think twice. I’ve got two bigger cases that I’m going to work up pressure ladders with a ball powders (Staball 6.5, Ramshot Hunter, Magnum and Grand). If I find a load that works for them, I’ll throw the charges after development. Ball powders are ideal for using a thrower. I have a baffle in mine and rarely are the charges I weigh off more than .01.