Poor Man's Powder measure

[Minute Of Berm]

I have also noticed that using the 55's: if you develop a rhythm of tapping the handle "just so" as it comes back up to it's stop. The consistency is very good every drop. Never gets this good with the "flapper" attachment

I concur, I stumbled across that nugget by accident, but it has proven consistent with every powder I use in the 55.

 

[Missionary]

Greetings
Another happy scooper here. Started scooping when I started reloading on a tight budget after the Army turned me loose. Been scooping ever since.
Loaded all my ammo popping steel critters in the 80's (DW revolvers) and did right well.

Ben.. I Use a glass coffee cup also. Pretty much the same scoop motion also. But I scrape my scoop level with a piece of hacksaw blade as the flat edge on the scoop top always scrapes level. My DW 41 mag with the 8 inch barrel is real particular with a 220 grain GC bullet. Just a slight change from 21.2 grains of xxx powder and groups change real fast. So the hack saw blade came into use. Even use the blade down here.

 

[Ben]

As you've mentioned " consistency " is certainly the key to using a scoop.
Sounds like your system is working real well.
Sometimes there is still room on the loading bench for the " low tech " approach to things.

Ben

 

[KHornet]

When I started loading a 222 back in the dark ages, I used the same method as Missionary, with 310 loading.
Can't remember what I went across the top with, but it was flat and level, and that was well over 50 years ago.
And Ben, couldn't agree more on the factor of consistency. It most probably the most prominent factor to
success in life!
Paul

 

[Ben]

Paul,

You speak the TRUTH ! !