Reloader 15.5

[Burt Gummer]

Burt, you are doing some wonderful work. Appreciate you sharing your results.

My pleasure sir! No one ever has to thank me for taking time to head to a gun range! I was hoping I would be dialing in one or two different powders like Win748 and LVR so that I had a hot and cold weather load but with the new discovery of 15.5 it seemed silly not to rule it out before going through all the other work. I should be able to really run it through the ringer now as well since I picked up another pound of it today. If only one powder worked in my rifle I hope it’s this one. I’ll be posting plenty of range results.

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Frankford Arsenal has a funnel set with 8 different nozzles for different cartridges but they don't have drop tubes for them.

https://www.frankfordarsenal.com/reloadi...and-tools/

Area 419 also has a funnel set with 6 different nozzles & they do have drop tube sections you can buy to make a drop tube any length you want. They aren't cheap though. Brownells has them ...

https://www.brownells.com/reloading/powd...xTimeEvent

I first used a drop tube when I was loading 1F blackpowder in my 45-70 cases.  Makes big difference when loading coarse grained powders.

Thanks for the links and your experience using them. I actually have the funnel kit shown on the Frankford Arsenal page. I’ll admit they’re only about 1-1.5” in height so probably don’t get the drop tube effect from them. I’ll put a cheap test together before investing any substantial money in it.