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Originally Posted by RGPM1A
Once I had a bunch of squibs with 45 ammo reloaded with W231. Missing charges and low charges. Loaded a batch while watching the charge bar on my Dillon 550 cycle every time. Still had squibs. So I emptied the powder hopper to see if the powder was at fault. Nope. The problem was a moth lodged in the outlet of the hopper partially blocking the powder flow! How it got there haven't got a clue.
Might be the issue.
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How would you not notice that before loading? I’ve been using an RL550b for about ten years. Every loading session (even if I’m just loading more of exactly what I loaded last session) starts with calibrating/verifying the powder charge. I also empty the powder hopper after each session. So to start, I fill the hopper, charge and dump about 10 cases back into the hopper. Then I dispense and weigh 5 charges combined and divide by 5 to get the avg charge weight. If a bug had made its home in the bottom of the powder measure, I would think that would be noticed (though now that I think about it, hopefully combing and averaging 5 drops wouldn’t mask the issue).