How often do you verify powder charges?

[Flyeralan]

Here ya go:
https://dramworx.com/

Nice. Got a link to it by chance?

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[Flyeralan]

Will do, I may try it out later today.

[Big Eddy]

That depends on what powder I’m loading and what press I‘m loading on. With ball and some flake powders I check all of the first 5 and every tenth one after. Some powders like Unique, I don’t trust it so I check more often. When loading the countless thousands of rounds I have loaded on the XL 650 I only check about every 50^th charge. That is only because I know what to expect from it. I know you asked about handgun but I have to say with extruded powder I check each charge. I’m not one of those guys that thinks a tenth of a grain will make a noticeable difference so I allow plus or minus a tenth.

[Guns4545]

That depends on what powder I’m loading and what press I‘m loading on. With ball and some flake powders I check all of the first 5 and every tenth one after. Some powders like Unique, I don’t trust it so I check more often. When loading the countless thousands of rounds I have loaded on the XL 650 I only check about every 50^th charge. That is only because I know what to expect from it. I know you asked about handgun but I have to say with extruded powder I check each charge. I’m not one of those guys that thinks a tenth of a grain will make a noticeable difference so I allow plus or minus a tenth.

Gotcha. I'm using cfe pistol. Every once in a while I'll get a few plus or minus a tenth. Guess I'm over checking it at every five cases lol.

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[Mbaker78]

I use a powder cop die, so I can tell if it’s off by usually 0.2gr either way. But I still weigh one in 20 or so.

[Jeffm004]

it is my opinion, with a 550 or 650, you are more likely to make a mistake once dialed in, than the machine with a well selected powder. I'm with Big Eddie on frequency, I'll add that whatever frequency, the process should be the same routine every time. I keep enough bins around I can swap them frequently. If I look down and see powder in the scale. I have a smaller lot of suspect product. That is my typical escape.

[Mowgli Terry]

My number of checking rounds may vary. However, I stop and check everything in my 550 if for any reason the cycle is stopped. This check mainly confirms the charged case is as it should be. For me it has been every twenty rounds unless there is a stoppage.

[Mauser]

Depends on the load and how close it is to max as well as what the purpose of the ammo is. Bulk blasting with room +/- for error I weigh a charge before filling a 50rd loading block then visually confirm that all cases appear to have the same charge prior to seating bullets.