Measuring case capacity accurately with a burrette?

[JAlfred]

Anyone tried it? Seems it would accurate, if slow. I am waiting for the Nyquil to kick in, thinking random thoughts.

 

[Phil]

NyQuill in a burette, sounds interesting.......A slow prolonged sleep........

 

[Ned Ludd]

You could certainly do it that way, but this method is much easier (and faster):

http://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/case-volume-determination-pic-heavy.3896148/

 

[Ned Ludd]

I've used burettes for titrations in the laboratory regularly for over 30 years and I can tell you it's not nearly as fast or simple as dunking the bullet in water as I described or using a squirt bottle to fill it, then determining water weight on an analytical balance. Not even close. As was pointed out, one limiting factor is the size and graduations on burettes that are commercially available. They simply aren't normally graduated in fine enough increments to be useful for this purpose. A small microliter or nanoliter scale pump might do the trick, but there you're talking about some major money just to use it for case volume determination. Even though I really like the idea (thinking out of the box), I'm guessing in this case the burette would largely end up being simply an efficient water delivery tool, as opposed to a precise water volume measurement tool.

 

[savagedasher]

I've used burettes for titrations in the laboratory regularly for over 30 years and I can tell you it's not nearly as fast or simple as dunking the bullet in water as I described or using a squirt bottle to fill it, then determining water weight on an analytical balance. Not even close. As was pointed out, one limiting factor is the size and graduations on burettes that are commercially available. They simply aren't normally graduated in fine enough increments to be useful for this purpose. A small microliter or nanoliter scale pump might do the trick, but there you're talking about some major money just to use it for case volume determination. Even though I really like the idea (thinking out of the box), I'm guessing in this case the burette would largely end up being simply an efficient water delivery tool, as opposed to a precise water volume measurement tool.

You have my vote Larry