Wierd idea on powder dipping.

[RainDodger]

Why bother to calibrate it? I made a dipper 30 years ago. Took a .45ACP shell and soldered a small, old screwdriver to the base. Made a nice plastic handle. I've been using it for years. It's calibrated using my Mark I, Mod 0 eyeball.

Chamfer the edge of the case to a fairly sharp edge and it's easy to pick a couple of powder grains off a scale pan, or do whatever, without disturbing the scale much.

 

[horseman1]

Thanks GLOOB.

 

[PJSprog]

How do these dippers work with with extruded powders?

Dippers are all I've ever used in my 25-ish years of loading, horseman1. I've always loaded for my 7x57 and .30-'06 with dippers. I have yet to "crunch" any powder.

 

[horseman1]

Thanks PJSprog,

I'll make one up sometime soon!

 

[pretzelxx]

Someone needs to make a computer programmable dipper! Call it the caddy dipper and have it adjust and weigh the load in your hand haha

 

[enine]

An addition is to drill and tap the primer pocket then thread in a brass machine screw so you can adjust a little bit if needed. You just don't run the tap all the way through, just up to where the threads are almost the full diameter so the screw hole is lightly undersized to keep the screw from turning by itsself.

 

[Fatelvis]

I'm still looking for the Big Dipper......

 

[horseman1]

OK, I made one too. It works well, it is about as accurate as my powder throw . I did mine a little differently. I used stuff I had in the shop in the plumbing and welding departments. A 1/2" copper plumbing cap ~1/3 filled up with (melted) solder and reclaimed .177 pellets and the handle is a brazing rod. I drilled into the copper and solder a little to get the rod to stay in place when I soldered it..Works great, but I still have to use the scale to be careful. I drilled out the lead/solder with a 1/2" bit until it measured about right. That created a nice crater inside. I still need to make a proper wood handle to go over the brazing rod on the end.