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Originally Posted by Gorenut
Ok, I'm very glad I brought it up. The book doesn't seem to explain the Lee Dippers' numbers very well on what they mean on the chart in regards to an actual measurement. I see that 357's starting grain is .7 higher than 38+p. I haven't gotten my hands on the Lee Dippers yet, but I was under the preconceived notion that they were measured out amounts for reloading with the chart number being which Lee Dipper size to use for exact loads (if that makes any sense).
Luckily I was going to measure through the scale anyways, but its good to have double confirmation.
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Yes, they were measured and weighed at some point in time.
BUT the weight will vary. If I measure and weigh my dipped amount here it will be different than yours. The chart will give you the
"approximate amount" This is all explained by Mr Lee in the manual.
Also, buy another manual. Speer, Lyman are both good ones.
PS: Just for the heck of it I got out my dippers and weighed a .5 cc of Unique. My batch weighs EXACTLY 4.1 grains on a calibrated balance beam scale. Yours may be very different.
Notice it is
point 5 (.5 cc) not 50 CC which is a whole lot more.
