Questions for Jeff686

[Jim M.]

Jeff686:

I have noticed quite a few of your posts on the Brian Enos forums, and I find them to be very interesting and informative. Your advice is always worthwhile.

On at least two occasions, I have noticed comments about a "slider" that you have built that makes adjusting the Hornady LNL expander easier, and also a study of powder drop accuracy. Two sample posts are:

Oh, and I built a slider with an adjustment for the Hornady powder through expander that makes it work great! Setting the expander depth is easy and there is no messing around with screwing the dies in and out, no frustration.

and

I had a lot of trouble adjusting the powder-through expander for 38 super. So much that I designed an adjustable stop to help fine tune the system. When I setup for 9mm (for a friend), I used old Lee dies, and the Lee disk-measure. It was much easier to adjust the expander. However, I have a very expensive scale and did a study of powder drop accuracy and precision, and found the Hornady powder drop to be far superior. Typical tradeoff...

I am very interested in both the slider and the powder drop accuracy test that you mentioned. I have done a brief search on the forum for more information about both of those topics, but didn't find anything more explanatory. Since your posts are uniformly useful, I (and I'm sure many other members) would certainly appreciate further information about both of those topics. If you have explained the slider in any other posts that I missed in my search, I would appreciate a pointer to the appropriate thread. If not, I would certainly like to hear more – with pictures, if possible.

I know that you don't owe any of us anything in this regard. You can mention a new slider without any obligation to share the details. But since your posts are uniformly valuable, I hoped you wouldn't mind sharing the details of the slider, with pictures if available.

I would certainly appreciate it, and I'm sure a lot of other members would, too.

Same for the details of your powder drop accuracy study. My very short and informal tests of the Lee, Dillon and Hornady powder measures indicated that the Hornady was the most accurate (particularly with extruded powders), the Dillon was second-best, and the Lee was the least accurate, although certainly good enough for most reloading applications except very critical accuracy loads. But my tests were very short and informal, and I didn't even keep the records. Your tests sound much more thorough and useful. If you can post the results and the procedure, I would appreciate it.

Same understanding. You don't owe any of us anything in this regard. You can mention a powder measure test without any obligation to share the details. But, again, since your posts are uniformly valuable, I hoped you wouldn't mind sharing the details of this.

Jim M.