Well, I broke down and bought one last week and am in the process of trying it out.
It took me all of five minutes to figure out how to use it and I ran some extruded powder through it (Varget). I set the weight to 50.0 grains and threw ten charges. 8 of the ten were 50.0 or 50.1 as indicated on the LNL by a pleasant beep. Two went over as indicated by a different beep and large OVER on the LNL scale read out. I checked the 8 charges on my Redding balance and about half were right on the button. The other 4 required one or two +/- granules of powder (not grains but one or two granules!).
I then did the same with ball powder WC735. The results were about the same as the extruded but I had three OVERS. Checking the consistency of the weight with the Redding scale indicated that 5 were of the same weight but a little shy of the 50.0 mark and two were spot on. The ones that were shy required about 3-4 granules of powder to get on the button.
I'll post some photos later on tonight. I am off to load some ammo for an afternoon shoot.
My initial impressions are:
So far, I give it the
It took me all of five minutes to figure out how to use it and I ran some extruded powder through it (Varget). I set the weight to 50.0 grains and threw ten charges. 8 of the ten were 50.0 or 50.1 as indicated on the LNL by a pleasant beep. Two went over as indicated by a different beep and large OVER on the LNL scale read out. I checked the 8 charges on my Redding balance and about half were right on the button. The other 4 required one or two +/- granules of powder (not grains but one or two granules!).
I then did the same with ball powder WC735. The results were about the same as the extruded but I had three OVERS. Checking the consistency of the weight with the Redding scale indicated that 5 were of the same weight but a little shy of the 50.0 mark and two were spot on. The ones that were shy required about 3-4 granules of powder to get on the button.
I'll post some photos later on tonight. I am off to load some ammo for an afternoon shoot.
My initial impressions are:
- The LNL is faster than using a Lee powder thrower and scale for weighing every EXTRUDED powder load;
- The LNL is no faster than a standard lee powder thrower and Redding scale for BALL powder;
- The LNL is WAY quicker for changing powder weights to what you want then a powder thrower; and
- The scale appears to be reasonably accurate when compared with my Redding scale.
So far, I give it the
