The best manual powder measure?

[muznut]

What do you guys think is the best manual type smokeless powder measure?

[dannoboone]

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Just thought I'd beat Richard to the punch. ;D ;D

[Al]

Yep, hard to beat a Harrells. I have a couple of Reddings that drop pretty consistent too.

[muznut]

I have been looking at the Harrells but I like the idea of the redding that you can swap the metering unit to a pistol unit. Al do you have the pistol meter chamber and if so how well does it work?

[Al]

I have a pair of the BR30's so no pistol chamber, but I have no problems getting down to 6gr of Titegroup.

Eons ago I bought a RCBS Lil Dandy with a full set of rotors and use it for most of my low volume handgun rounds.

[Richard]

None of the normal name brands like Lee, RCBS, Redding, Lyman etc. can hold a candle to a Harrell's measure. The adjustments are so easily repeatable. It just has the look and feel of quality
When I bought mine, just about everything I was shooting used under 62 gr. so that was the model I got. Even now, with the ML, most charges are under that. When I get a higher charge? I just set it for half the charge and throw it twice. It is very accurate with any of the ball powders and the short grained stick powders. As with any manual measure, you have to learn the technique and practice with it. Powders like H-4198, 322, most of the V V's like 110, 120, 130, 133, Re-7 and other similar powders can be thrown to 1/10th. gr. Probably more benchrest shooters use it than any other powder measure. Plus, the two Harrell brothers are great to deal with. The powder bottles that you get have a nice plastic plug in the bottom (the top when its mounted). This way when you throwing test charges you can dump them back in the top.
Richard