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Old 08-18-2009, 09:14 PM
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Default Handloading Artifact What is it?


In the photograph you will see a homemade tool that I found while looking for my Lyman 310. This tool was very popular 40-50 years ago and probably much longer ago than that. I no longer remember where or how I learned how to make it.
When I found it I immediately tested it, it’s remarkable just how well it works.
The dipper is a .22lr case soldered to a coat hanger. You put Bullseye in an wide mouth pint jar (the old Bullseye Can worked well), then tilt it on it’s side about 45degrees, the dipper has to come out of the powder vertically, a slight touch on the jar side will level the powder, but when you experiment a bit, you will be able to throw very consistent 3.0 grain charges. If you are a bit light you take a center punch and widen the case mouth a tiny bit. When you get the knack you can go as fast as or faster than a powder measure.

3.0 Grains of Bulleseye was (is?) the standard target load for 148gr wadcutters in the K-38, and not a bad load for the 158 gr Keith.

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