Reloading for rifles: powder measure?

For rifles, I recently bought the RCBS Chargemaster Lite and changed my life. Previously I was doing the dipper/electronic scale/trickler dance. The Chargemaster Lite weighs the next charge faster than I can seat the bullet on another round. It is also as accurate as heck.
 
For powders up to IMR 4895 in size the Lee Deluxe is very consistant. Also no fussing around finding a specific charge weight if the VDM has been determined for the lot#.
 
The Lee powder measure is as accurate as those costing much more. Been using mine for 25 years, and have never been unhappy with it's accuracy.
 
In my experience, the trick to getting the best results from a powder measure is to work up your load with a ladder test, to find a spot where small variations in powder charge do not have much of an impact your accuracy.


The Lee powder measure is as accurate as those costing much more. Been using mine for 25 years, and have never been unhappy with it's accuracy.
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20-odd years ago, Precision Shooting Magazine did a comparison test of a bunch of powder measures, (this was pre-electronic dispensers).

I don't remember who won, but Lee and RCBS were comparable, and both were pretty close to the top of the list.
 
My cousin pulled apart 10 rounds of winchester .300 blackout, and measured each charge on a scale. The difference from the highest to the lowest charge was 1.5 grains. Still shot sub MOA at 100 yards.
 
Gee and here i'm using the Lee Dippers and a beam scale and trickler to measure out each load.
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You have some company on that... ;)

I kick it old skool when I'm loading rifle cartridges off the progressive press. It's not that many, typically 100-200 at a time, and it works for me. If I had a stand-alone powder drop mounted to the bench, I might change my mind... but for now...
 
I still have the RCBS powder measure that came with my Rockchucker starter combo set and I'm happy with it if loading small quantities like rifle. I've moved on to progressives for large volume semi auto pistols and use Dillon presses and measures for those volumes.

I'd be happy with the manual lnl powder measure as long it was being used with a single stage press.
 
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