Reloading 38Spl w/ W231 - dipper vs auto trickler vs Uniflow III

[Calamity Jake]

Been using a Uniflow for 40+ years, always get good accurate weights with pistol/shotgun powder.
The trick to getting consistent weights is when you rotate the drum to fill the cavity slightly rotate
the drum back and forth tapping on the stop twice then dump the powder.
TAP TAP dump, TAP TAP dump
Be consistent with the taps, one light one heavy won't cut it.
Once you've learned how to be consistent with the taps you will find it is very accurate.

 

[Leadlobber]

I also load .38 / win 231 using a Lyman Gen 6 it throws +/- .1 g . Love it , wish I would have got it sooner .

 

[panayoti]

231 is a ball powder so it meters well. Unique and flake powders vary. Have you tried trail boss since you are doing cowboy loads?

 

[swampratt]

231 is a ball powder so it meters well. Unique and flake powders vary. Have you tried trail boss since you are doing cowboy loads?

It is called a ball powder but it is flattened balls that look like flakes.

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[OHJEEZE]

Never used the tools mentioned.

Got started with a boss pro pack

Back then it was a hodgdon powder manual.

Added a Redding 3br powder measure and Redding case trimmer next.

Wow! Been around 30 years, I am still happy!

Picked up some more goodies along the way over the years. Not hard to become a reloading addict!

 

[rickm]

I just looked at my Lee chart on dippers and the smallest for Win 231 is .30 for 3.2 gr and the next one is .50 for 5.4 grs so not sure the dipper would help you to go faster cause you would still need to use the smallest and still trickle up.

 

[mtnboomr]

I gave up on all that a long time ago. Since I don't load for precision I don't need "exact" weights. I got this and never looked back!

 

[HFS]

I just looked at my Lee chart on dippers and the smallest for Win 231 is .30 for 3.2 gr and the next one is .50 for 5.4 grs so not sure the dipper would help you to go faster cause you would still need to use the smallest and still trickle up.

I haven't reloaded in a long time so this may not be a help.
Before their current set of dippers (which are in Cubic Centimeters), Lee used to sell powder dippers with a three digit number that were in Cubic Inches (like "020" was .020 Cubic Inch of volume).
I saw a chart one time on the Internet that had both sets of dippers with the charge weights listed for a few of the common powders, but I couldn't find it again with a quick search.
(Of course, I would use a good scale and check the powder charges for myself before I would accept it as the Gospel.)

 

[Uncle TK]

I gave up on all that a long time ago. Since I don't load for precision I don't need "exact" weights. I got this and never looked back!

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What Brand is this never seen one

 

[mtnboomr]

What Brand is this never seen one

It's a Lyman Gen6 powder meter with built-in trickler. It's the cat's ass! There are newer versions of it now.