Am I the only one to have problems metering this stuff?

I found a load in the Sierra book for plinking loads for the .375H&H using this powder. I had no idea when I bought it what the individual grains looked like.

It's like a bottle of charcoal briquets! It clogs up the drop tube, and even clogs up a powder funnel.

I know when the 35 gr. load is off by 15 grains that the tube is clogged again, and have to remove the drop tube to clear it.

I'm using a Lyman measure, and I suppose I'll get advice to buy a Harrell...

Rick.

/disengage/rant/mode

Try dipping the powder. Make an old fashoned dipper out of a cartridge case. These are light plinking loads using a very bulkie powder. Minor variations are insignificant. Also drill out your funnel to the largest possible size that will work with that case.

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Originally posted by rick3foxes:
Am I the only one to have problems metering this stuff?

I found a load in the Sierra book for plinking loads for the .375H&H using this powder. I had no idea when I bought it what the individual grains looked like.

It's like a bottle of charcoal briquets! It clogs up the drop tube, and even clogs up a powder funnel.

I know when the 35 gr. load is off by 15 grains that the tube is clogged again, and have to remove the drop tube to clear it.

I'm using a Lyman measure, and I suppose I'll get advice to buy a Harrell...

Rick.

/disengage/rant/mode

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I've been using an RCBS Uniflow, and SR-4759 hasn't been any problem for me with that powder measure. It did give some trouble in my old pacific measure though.
Paul B.

I use the Lee Powder Dippers, a take-off of the suggestion to make one out of an old case. It's a great propellant for low level loads.

I use the Lee dippers. My RCBS measure balks with this powder. Feels like it is cutting the kernels and my loads aren't consistent.

Hey I started loading with IMR 4831 ( well Milsurp 4831) and a Lyman 55 measure way back when.
That is why I now have a RCBS and prefer loading everything with ballpowder!
Stick powder can be a pain in the 55.
I agree with the other post, cut off a cartridge case or get a Lee Dipper set and just dip the loads. "Splash" the powder down the side of the funnel and go plink away.
I have a plinking load for my 338 also. Fun, accurate, and don't have to get beat up . . . on top of that substitute a Hornady 200 graing flat point and it is plenty for the close shots in the woods for our TN whitetails!
LouisB