Comments on: What Is Better — Weighed Powder Charge or Volumetric Charge?

By: Russ Rosene

Russ Rosene — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 20:33:12 +0000

My takeaway from the ‘volume vs. weighed’ story from the Houston warehouse BR guys was they reported that weighed was better for non compressed loads i.e. air space between the powder column and the bullet. They did state that once the bullet held the powder column still / compressed the volume method gave more consistent accuracy.

They didn’t list any chronograph data – would have been an interesting comparison of that data.

By: Grant

Grant — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 21:43:44 +0000

Volume better than weighed, using Varget??? Hilarious.

By: Mike Hern

Mike Hern — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 19:21:55 +0000

The ChargeMaster is not consistently accurate. I use one, but rely on my Gempro for fine tunning, checked for accuracy by my old trusty Ohause. Thinking of trying a volume dispenser in place of the ChargrMaster for the initial weight.

By: Trevor60

Trevor60 — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:52:50 +0000

Big assumption the weights are the same… looking at the set up I would determine it to be the drop tube lengths. The Lee system looks like it has a 6″ drop tube the powder funnel is under 1″. The drop tube allows for a better pour and packs the powder tighter with smaller and fewer air gaps giving a more uniform burn.

http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/tag/drop-tube/

By: coldboreshot

coldboreshot — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:36:38 +0000

Looking at the two pictures, specifically the one with the Chargemaster, I would consider electromagnetic interference from the bunched up power cord and extension cord sitting next the the unit. Probably the first suspect for drifting.