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  1. That describes my procedure. Here's what I've gotten from this topic relative to the Dillon Measure: Polishing and detailing makes a slight improvement (I've done this). Some have found grounding and other methods to eliminate static charge may help. (Tried this too) Stick powders will never equal ball powders for accuracy with this design. Other designs may give better accuracy, but Trickle techniques are required to get the accuracy I had hoped for. That level of accuracy is not required for the type of shooting I do. The small variances I'm getting won't make any real world difference. Let this go and find something else to stress over. (LOL) Shoot and have fun! Thanks to all who offered help. Tom
  2. My scale is accurate to +/- 0.01 gn. That's why I listed results to 2 decimal places. I got tired of the drifting pos scale I started loading with and replaced it. This scale is repeatable and checks favorably against my check weights. I ran 3 more 10 drop tests after the one I posted. All were somewhat better than the first. The target I posted was shot prone with a sling at 200 yds. I'll do further testing from a bench using a front rest and rear bag.
  3. Thanks to all of you who replied. I had a chance to shoot my reloads Thursday. (SMK 168 BTHP, A4064 46.8gn) They grouped much better than the Greek CMP ammo I'd been shooting. And likely within my ability to hold a consistent sight picture. The couple fliers I had were on shots that I knew I'd blown. Attached screenshot from my SOLO etarget. The grid squares are 1 moa. The green + is mean poi. Shot for group only, with same zero as used for the Greek ammo. Now I just need to practice... and as @ChuckS said "go worry about something else"
  4. I've loaded 10's of thousands of rounds on this press consisting of pistol calibers and .223. All have been with spherical powders. I've been the route of polishing everything the powder touches on a few of my measures and found very little payback from the process. Now I'm starting to load 30-06 for the Garand using an extruded powder (Accurate 4064) and questioning the lack of consistency I'm seeing. The chart shows the weight of 10 drops. The target weight was 46.80 gns. Is this likely as good as it gets? Is there enough variance to really matter? Am I really overthinking this? Am I wasting my time trying to improve on these results? I know much has been written on this. I've spent hours reading the stuff and am as confused as when I started. Thanks for beating this horse again
  5. What I'm looking for is the distance from the front of the strong mount to the first bolt hole and then to the second bolt hole so I don't end up with a bench support under the hole, making it impossible to bolt down.
  6. I'm building my reloading bench prior to the arrival of my 550B w/ Strong Mount and want to be sure I don't have a bench support where I need to put a mounting bolt. Should the Strong Mount be attached flush with the front of the benchtop? What is the bolt pattern dimensions? I plan on a stand-up bench and am 5'-6" tall. I've read that the handle should be at shoulder height. What is the distance from the bench to the handle with the Strong Mount? Thanks, Heli Av8tor
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