Petrol & Powder
Well-Known Member
I have a bad relationship with Unique powder. I prefer other powders for handgun cartridges, but I reluctantly keep a pound of Unique on the shelf for a few specific applications. I use it for 44 Special “Skeeter” loads and the occasional upper end 38 Special +P load. For the most part, I really don’t care for Unique powder. It doesn’t like reduced charge weights and it doesn’t meter very well in a powder measure. (at least not for me)
I do not trust Unique in the powder measure on my Dillon 550, and I will not use it in that machine. Even in a stand-alone powder measure, it just doesn’t meter well enough to make me comfortable. When I do run it in a powder measure, I set the measure to throw a reduced charge and use a powder trickler to bring each charge up to the desired weight. Not terribly efficient but accurate.
I’ve had excellent results with the RCBS Little Dandy powder measure for small charge weights of Bullseye powder. Of course, Bullseye meters beautifully, so that’s not super encouraging.
Based on the good results with small charge weights of Bullseye and the Little Dandy fixed rotor system, I’m contemplating buying a couple of rotors for my RCBS Lil’ Dandy powder measure for specific loads using Unique.
Can anyone share their experience with Unique and the RCBS Little Dandy system?
I do not trust Unique in the powder measure on my Dillon 550, and I will not use it in that machine. Even in a stand-alone powder measure, it just doesn’t meter well enough to make me comfortable. When I do run it in a powder measure, I set the measure to throw a reduced charge and use a powder trickler to bring each charge up to the desired weight. Not terribly efficient but accurate.
I’ve had excellent results with the RCBS Little Dandy powder measure for small charge weights of Bullseye powder. Of course, Bullseye meters beautifully, so that’s not super encouraging.
Based on the good results with small charge weights of Bullseye and the Little Dandy fixed rotor system, I’m contemplating buying a couple of rotors for my RCBS Lil’ Dandy powder measure for specific loads using Unique.
Can anyone share their experience with Unique and the RCBS Little Dandy system?