Dropping Ball Powder Charges without Weighing?

Can you elaborate?
I will do a video
A good reloading block that fits the cases without a lot of slop and is easy to hold will quickly pay for itself when charging from the powder measure. These CNC machined aluminum blocks off eBay are my favorite. Plastic ones made from recycled Tikka bolt shrouds may work just as well, but the metal has a nice solid feel to it.
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45 ACP factory ammo trays work great
 
Someone probably already said it, but charging directly into cases without removing them from the load block, it’s extra important to look down into all the cases with a flashlight to make sure none were missed. For some reason my brain will skip an entire row from time to time.

A good reloading block that fits the cases without a lot of slop and is easy to hold will quickly pay for itself when charging from the powder measure. These CNC machined aluminum blocks off eBay are my favorite. Plastic ones made from recycled Tikka bolt shrouds may work just as well, but the metal has a nice solid feel to it.
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$30 for a loading tray?:ROFLMAO: I'll pass on that. Have an old rcbs one floating around. But seem to grab an old tray outta a box of 44's more often than not.
 
I do it all the time for loads I'm not particularly worried about consistency at long range. Even on my single stage I can bust out a few hundred 223 in short order.

I do like others mention and lift the whole loading tray up to the thrower. I have a bench lamp with a daylight bulb so once I charge them all I swivel it over top and visually check each case for powder and fill volume.

Just a few months ago I had one that visually I could see the fill volume was wrong. I dumped it out to weigh it and this guy crawled out.
 

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its not an issue depending on powder type. I have a powder throw that makes steel ringing ammo. My RCBS powder throw drop soo well that I'd do a PRS match with them if the caliber was a PRS caliber. Even throwing varget its pretty dang accurate. But my charge master is fast enough that I'll use it just to be certain of my powder. It keeps SD fairly low.
 
I do it all the time for loads I'm not particularly worried about consistency at long range. Even on my single stage I can bust out a few hundred 223 in short order.

I do like others mention and lift the whole loading tray up to the thrower. I have a bench lamp with a daylight bulb so once I charge them all I swivel it over top and visually check each case for powder and fill volume.

Just a few months ago I had one that visually I could see the fill volume was wrong. I dumped it out to weigh it and this guy crawled out.
Should have lit him up lol!
 
So far the three 5 shot groups I have shot of this load where I skipped weighing each charge has been under a minute. Ramshot TAC meters nicely and also works well in 6 ARC.

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Got my RCBS unit mounted today. Threw some N110 in there (very small extruded powder) and weighed 20 charges. Majority were 12.6 gr with just a few going 0.1 over/under. This will be a game changer for 300 BLK, 223, and possibly 6 ARC.
 
I tried sticking the case up to the mouth of my Hornady hopper and was getting some spillage.

It’s just as quick and easy to remove the case from the loading block, hold the case and funnel together and drop it. Quicker than loading to a pan and then to the funnel.

I’ve seen no loss in accuracy dropping ball powder charges once it’s metering the charge correctly.

First 3 shots of the day with my 6 ARC Howa Mini and Ramshot TAC.

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So I learned that my Hornady powder measure has a small and large cartridge dispenser. I was sticking my 6ARC case up to the large dispenser attachment. I found the small cartridge attachment and will try it again but certain it will work.

It's going to be fun dropping 50 charges in no time.
 
Bumping this back up to the top because I tried something tonight that has been discussed in the thread.

I loaded up fifty 308 cases tonight with Ramshot TAC and 178 ELDX. Once I got my powder measure set, I simply lifted up my loading block and went from case to case dropping charges. Wow it really is that easy and so much faster than weighing each charge.

I’m still going to trickle and weigh my extruded powder loads, but I’m becoming more of a fan of ball powders that meter consistently.
 
Bumping this back up to the top because I tried something tonight that has been discussed in the thread.

I loaded up fifty 308 cases tonight with Ramshot TAC and 178 ELDX. Once I got my powder measure set, I simply lifted up my loading block and went from case to case dropping charges. Wow it really is that easy and so much faster than weighing each charge.

I’m still going to trickle and weigh my extruded powder loads, but I’m becoming more of a fan of ball powders that meter consistently.

It’s significantly sped up my loading of 300 BLK and 223. Varget actually meters pretty well, not perfect, but still faster than using my chargemaster.
 
I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment in this thread. I've been actively recruiting powders to my arsenal that are easy to meter. I will gladly trade a minute difference in accuracy or velocity for the ability to smoothly and rythmically load rounds. At the risk of causing a run on them, the Ramshot powders have been excellent at this, as have the StaBALL powders from Winchester.
 
I tried two loads (55 gr SP and 62 gr FMJ) with TAC yesterday out of my AR and at 100 yards, it's perfectly acceptable for plinking. The reticle covered my 1" square so it was difficult to know where I was exactly aiming... I think groups could be a little tighter with a better target.

The powder dropper was a great addition to my bench, especially for only $60 for the uniflow and stand.
 
Small extruded powders works very well also. This was 10 shots at 100 yards out of my 300 BLK with a red dot. I used N110 and the 110 gr Nosler Varmageddon. Will be loading up another 250 of them this afternoon.

Can't believe I used to load these with my chargemaster!

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