Dillon Powder Measure Tips

[CHA-LEE]

I have loaded almost 10,000 rounds through my Dillion 650 and the powder measure does not vary more than 0.1 grain. For example I currently have it setup to drop 4.6 grains and when it varies off of that it will do a 4.5 drop once in a while but not very often. Never a 4.4 or 4.7 drop. To me this seems pretty accurate, is it not?

[Hoser]

I have loaded almost 10,000 rounds through my Dillion 650 and the powder measure does not vary more than 0.1 grain. For example I currently have it setup to drop 4.6 grains and when it varies off of that it will do a 4.5 drop once in a while but not very often. Never a 4.4 or 4.7 drop. To me this seems pretty accurate, is it not?

Try loading rifle powders like Varget or H4350. Thats where the variations go all over the map.

Depending on what pistol powder you use it can also be a little quirky.

This is one of those "cant hurt, might help" things where most pistol powders are concerned.

[CHA-LEE]

I am using the standard Clays powder on my setup and have not tried anything else yet. I can see how the powder drop could be inconsistent if the powder granules were super fine or irregular shapes. The Clays powder seems to be pretty consistent in size and shape. Maybe that it the main reason why it runs consistent in my system?