I posted this on another forum awhile back and got some good responses.
I still tend to shy away from Unique, but see a lot of posts here where folks speak highly of it. I'm figuring there's still some knowlege I'm lacking on how to get it to meter well.
So I figured I'd post this here to see what I can learn.
Thanks in advance.
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Something that meters better than Unique
I've experienced some issues getting Unique to meter through a Redding 3 powder measure; I've gotten charges that come up 1 to 2 grains low throwing Unique through a Redding 3 w/ the handgun metering chamber. Kind of disconcerting.
Thoughts out there on maybe this is a powder issue? Same thing different words... Anyone out there in the verse have a thought on a powder that would meter better than Unique for use in pistol loads for .38spl, .44 spl, .45acp? I'm wondering if a ball type powder vs. a flake (like Unique) would meter better? I'm guessing the answer to that is "yes", but which one? I'm okay with measuring and trickling every charge for rifle rounds, but its a bit annoying to think to do that for lots of pistol rounds for plinking when mostly I just don't want to produce a squib load for use in revolver or pistol because my powder measure decided to throw a lite load of Unique in between every 10th load or so that I do check (weigh) when loading a couple hundred pistol rounds at a sitting.
OR
Is it a powder measure issue?
Something else?
Technique using the powder measure?