Update fwiw ;-)
It's been awhile I know . I've had some major unexpected things going on for the last few months but think they're starting to work them selves out or at least I've leaned to deal with them better
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Anyways because of all that I've not been able to help him as much as was anticipated . I did get over to his house a month ago and we got everything up and running . He then loaded up some 115gr Rainer platted RN starting at 4.6gr , 4.8gr , 5gr 5.1gr , 5.2gr .
Couple observations I had .
1) Unique metered just fine through the Lee auto drum . Very happy to see that .
2) Because of #1 I'm glad that's what he's using because that stuff fills the case really good . NO WAY you can double charge that stuff with out it spilling all over the place . If I had to guess I'd say 5gr is lightly compressed , in not very close .
We went shooting about a week ago and all his reloads shot fine including cycling his Hi-Power just fine . He settled on 5.0gr as the charge he plans to use . It shot well and is a nice round number so that's a plus . As well as him having a 5.0gr check weight to confirm the scale before he starters and while he loads . I did not get to check for scorched cases or how dirty 5gr shot , maybe next time out when he has many more of all the same charge we'll check that out . I had my chrono with me but he shot them all before we set it up so that's another thing I want to do next time out just to check and see where his loads are compared to published data .
All in all it seems to be going well . The only concern right now or at least the biggest one to me . Is that he rushes through things as a whole in his daily life and reloading was no different . I had to tell him a few times "slow down" . He'd grab the tray off the scale quickly bumping the arm causing it to jump left to right real quick . I'd then explain "We now you need to zero the scale again because you just through it out of whack" . I would tell him you don't have to go at a snails pace but you need to be careful and deliberate with all your movements .
He seemed to listen well and did take his time while I was there but I know him . I can see him just blasting through 500+ rounds with out checking things after the first 10 or 20 . I'll just give him friendly reminders from time to time to keep him honest
Thanks guys for your help .
It's been awhile I know . I've had some major unexpected things going on for the last few months but think they're starting to work them selves out or at least I've leaned to deal with them better
. Anyways because of all that I've not been able to help him as much as was anticipated . I did get over to his house a month ago and we got everything up and running . He then loaded up some 115gr Rainer platted RN starting at 4.6gr , 4.8gr , 5gr 5.1gr , 5.2gr .
Couple observations I had .
1) Unique metered just fine through the Lee auto drum . Very happy to see that .
2) Because of #1 I'm glad that's what he's using because that stuff fills the case really good . NO WAY you can double charge that stuff with out it spilling all over the place . If I had to guess I'd say 5gr is lightly compressed , in not very close .
We went shooting about a week ago and all his reloads shot fine including cycling his Hi-Power just fine . He settled on 5.0gr as the charge he plans to use . It shot well and is a nice round number so that's a plus . As well as him having a 5.0gr check weight to confirm the scale before he starters and while he loads . I did not get to check for scorched cases or how dirty 5gr shot , maybe next time out when he has many more of all the same charge we'll check that out . I had my chrono with me but he shot them all before we set it up so that's another thing I want to do next time out just to check and see where his loads are compared to published data .
All in all it seems to be going well . The only concern right now or at least the biggest one to me . Is that he rushes through things as a whole in his daily life and reloading was no different . I had to tell him a few times "slow down" . He'd grab the tray off the scale quickly bumping the arm causing it to jump left to right real quick . I'd then explain "We now you need to zero the scale again because you just through it out of whack" . I would tell him you don't have to go at a snails pace but you need to be careful and deliberate with all your movements .
He seemed to listen well and did take his time while I was there but I know him . I can see him just blasting through 500+ rounds with out checking things after the first 10 or 20 . I'll just give him friendly reminders from time to time to keep him honest
Thanks guys for your help .
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