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Posted: 4/15/2011 8:46:03 AM EDT
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Anyone using this? If so how well is it working out for you?
Planning on using it for .45 auto with the powder through expander die. |
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Anyone using this? If so how well is it working out for you? Planning on using it for .45 auto with the powder through expander die. Works fine. I have helped a friend load several hundred 9mm, and a couple hundred 38spl for myself with an Auto Disk. That said the Auto-Disk was given to me for free - if it was my money to spend I would just spend the extra couple bucks and get the Pro Auto-Disk. I have one of those also, and it is a better product IMO. These powder measures work best with ball powder. That said I have used them with flake (Herco), and with stick (RE15 and others) and did not have any problems staying +/- .1grain for the most part. Every now and again you might get a charge slightly more than a 1/10 off. The only time that is really a problem is with very fast burning pistol powders where you need to be spot on. |
| I got a pro autodisk that came with the Lee Pro 1000 progressive setup for 9mm that I bought used. Works well, although the disk system is a bit messy if you're not careful (spillage) and can limit your options for a specific load with certain powders. Fortunately, this hasn't been a problem as I am working through 8lbs of AA#7 and some 124gr plated bullets for plinking loads. Had a good load combo with the disks and they shoot great, very accurate. |
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Anyone using this? If so how well is it working out for you? Planning on using it for .45 auto with the powder through expander die. Works fine. I have helped a friend load several hundred 9mm, and a couple hundred 38spl for myself with an Auto Disk. That said the Auto-Disk was given to me for free - if it was my money to spend I would just spend the extra couple bucks and get the Pro Auto-Disk. I have one of those also, and it is a better product IMO. These powder measures work best with ball powder. That said I have used them with flake (Herco), and with stick (RE15 and others) and did not have any problems staying +/- .1grain for the most part. Every now and again you might get a charge slightly more than a 1/10 off. The only time that is really a problem is with very fast burning pistol powders, at max loads, where you need to be spot on. I'm never very close to max loads in the pistol calibers I reload. The auto disks have worked very well for me with Bullseye, Power Pistol, Universal, Tightgroup, and Clays. |
| I ended up taking a block of wood with some fine grit sand paper on it and slightly lowering the sides of the base. This lowers the powder resevoir in relation to the base and thus tightens things up so there is very little gap on top of the disk. Worked for me anyway - very little spillage. |
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I ended up taking a block of wood with some fine grit sand paper on it and slightly lowering the sides of the base. This lowers the powder resevoir in relation to the base and thus tightens things up so there is very little gap on top of the disk. Worked for me anyway - very little spillage. This is the exact same thing I did to mine. It doesn't leak a bit since and throws charges dead nuts on repeatedly. If you need a charge that is in between, open up one of the holes a tiny bit on the disk to get what you need. The disks are cheap. |
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I use it exclusively for pistol and rifle. Flake and ball powder meters out the most consistent...I get margin of error near .05gr per load from the desired with flake and ball powders.
Varget (for rifles) has more discrepancy as it is an extruded powder (cylindrical in shape) probably .3-.5gr from desired load on average...Reloader 15 meters better than Varget (although it too is extruded it is shorter in length) my deviation is .2gr from desired. |
Be sure to et the double disk kit. It will allow you to tune your loads far better. For example, for 45 Colt using Unique the cavity 1.02AD= 8.0grs., the cavity 1.09AD= 8.5grs. and the cavity 1.18AD= 9.3grs. To get 9.0 grains you will have to use the two .57 cavities to drop 9.0 grains. It works great, and will allow you to use the measure to drop .223 loads as well
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