A thank you

[mtncwru]

Sorry for starting this

... anyhow - another wrench for the "real math" example above, if you throw two half loads, you will have to have two perfect throws to reach the target weight, if you just throw one load, you will only need one accurate throw....

Oh yes, there are a WIDE variety of wrenches you can throw into that example. I was working on the assumption that if someone is just throwing loads, they're looking to decrease variance and are less interested in perfect charge weights every time. For that, you just gotta weigh them.

I follow the "Handloading Hump Day" series that the AMU publishes on their Facebook page, and I find it quite interesting the things they choose to care about when it comes to reloading processes. Over the years they've experimented with all sorts of things in an effort to determine the most efficient use of their armorers' time. Even with the thousands of rounds they load each year, they still take the time to weigh every powder charge, including their pistol charges, if I recall correctly. I think that's one of the strongest arguments in favor of weighing every charge: if it didn't matter, if there was a faster way that gave as good a result, the AMU wouldn't take the time to do it.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I think that's one of the strongest arguments in favor of weighing every charge: if it didn't matter, if there was a faster way that gave as good a result, the AMU wouldn't take the time to do it.

Is that you BartB? Gotta be only one.

 

[powderbrake]

When you speak of average charges, and the variations between charges, it may be true that they average out to your selected charge....BUT... the impact location of a SINGLE firing is what is important. The score is important, and you don't want an "average" here, you want an "X".

Thus weighing each charge, and adjusting it to your desired charge is preferable. That is why a good scale with a high accuracy is important.

 

[Fotheringill]

My head hurts, who throws for accuracy?


Ray

Most Major League pitchers.

I parted ways with math in the 9th grade when I was asked where the trains crashed in an algebra problem a long, long time ago. Then again, I had to learn how to use a slide rule.