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Posted: 9/20/2011 3:32:17 AM EDT
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Hi guys,
I´m using the LEE PPM now since a couple of years without any problem. New to it is now the caliber .223 Rem., since now I always loaded "bigger" calibers (diameter). With the brass of the .223 Rem. there always goes a little powder not into but out of the brass. Mouth is to little. I´m searching for an bolt-on funnel or something like this. I don´t want to use a seperate one, so I have to go two steps more with filling the brass. Can someone help me out of this? |
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Yes, thanks, I´m doing the same thing right now.
And this is exactly what I want to avoid. This are two steps more by filling the brass against other - "bigger" - calibers. It must be possible to install a smaller funnel or something directly at the powder measure! Isn´t there anything like this on the market? Or does someone know how to build this easily on my own? |
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This only happens with the .223 Rem. brasses.
I reload 9mm Luger, .357 Mag., .45 ACP, 7,5x55 Swiss, .30-06 Springfield and the 8x57IS since a couple of years. Never had that problem, too. It´s just with the .223 Rem., where the brass mouth is such as wide as the funnel hole of the powder measure. |
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I think I'd try to scrounge up a .17 Remington case, cut the case head off it, find somebody with a lathe to turn down the existing Lee drop tube until the .17 case body fits over it snugly, and glue it on to act as a fixed funnel.
I don't have a Lee Perfect Powder measure close by, but my memory of it says that would probably work pretty well. Just a suggestion... |
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I think I'd try to scrounge up a .17 Remington case, cut the case head off it, find somebody with a lathe to turn down the existing Lee drop tube until the .17 case body fits over it snugly, and glue it on to act as a fixed funnel. I don't have a Lee Perfect Powder measure close by, but my memory of it says that would probably work pretty well. Just a suggestion... I used a 204 ruger case. Cut the case head off and flared the body a little so it fit snug. I actually replaced the drop tube with the case. Worked great but had to tap the case/drop tube to make sure all powder came out. |
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