Weighing powder to the kernel

[Ned Ludd]

I found an "unusual" kernel in a Lot# of Varget today while weighing powder. This guy takes weighing powder to +/- one kernel to a whole new level. LOL. At almost 1" long, I'd also imagine he might cause a wee problem in a trickler. No worries, I broke his monopoly up into little pieces.

 

[memilanuk]

"Back in the day" when we were hand trickling charges onto those crappy Denver Instruments / Acculab 'milligram' scales... I remember absolutely *hating* Viht N150 back then (2008-2009 ish). There were like four different distinct kernel types - little bit short, little bit long, a longer 'cheese puff' that weighed almost nothing, and these tiny little super-dense nuggets that almost had their own gravity. Hand trickling that stuff, on those scales, was almost enough to drive me to drinkin'

 

[Dos XX]

Tie a thread to one end and suspend it vertically in the center of the case through the neck. Then put kernels all around it and cut the thread. Guaranteed X.

 

[K22]

"Back in the day" when we were hand trickling charges onto those crappy Denver Instruments / Acculab 'milligram' scales... I remember absolutely *hating* Viht N150 back then (2008-2009 ish). There were like four different distinct kernel types - little bit short, little bit long, a longer 'cheese puff' that weighed almost nothing, and these tiny little super-dense nuggets that almost had their own gravity. Hand trickling that stuff, on those scales, was almost enough to drive me to drinkin'

Nothing wrong with drinking if you drink the right stuff - Maker's Mark.

 

[NZ_Fclass]

Tie a thread to one end and suspend it vertically in the center of the case through the neck. Then put kernels all around it and cut the thread. Guaranteed X.

Always wondered what the long tube was for in artillery rounds.

 

[urbanrifleman]

Weighing powder to the kernel seems to me to be like checking big block Chevy fuel mileage with an eyedropper.

 

[D Coots]

Thanks for the red pointer to identify.....

 

[Webster]

Always wondered what the long tube was for in artillery rounds.

Do you know what a short timers stick is. I had one in Nam. A 105mm primer tube with a 50 cal bullet stuck on one end and a 50 cal case on the other end. They fit together perfectly. You were supposed to carry it around to indicate you had less than 30 days. I think we would have got in trouble if we carried it every where we went.

 

[Bob3700]

Weighing powder to the kernel seems to me to be like checking big block Chevy fuel mileage with an eyedropper.

Depends on the volume of the case ur putting that kernel of powder into! A 308 is quite different from a Hornet. The smaller the case the more effect that one kernel has. Not everyone is running big block Chevy’s.

 

[urbanrifleman]

Depends on the volume of the case ur putting that kernel of powder into! A 308 is quite different from a Hornet. The smaller the case the more effect that one kernel has. Not everyone is running big block Chevy’s.

Yeah, but almost invariably the smaller the case the smaller the kernel.

 

[mikecr]

Depends on the volume of the case ur putting that kernel of powder into! A 308 is quite different from a Hornet. The smaller the case the more effect that one kernel has. Not everyone is running big block Chevy’s.

The pressures you're running makes a difference as well.
If your pressure is high enough to get into diminished returns, then you might not even need to weigh charges.

 

[JimPag]

I've been weighing to the kernel for years and it doesn't make me a better shooter. All the bullshit of trying to do everything to perfection isn't going to make you shoot better. A friend of mine who is one of the best if not the best score shooter throws his charges with a Jones powder measure. Learn how to read your wind flags if you want to shoot better. And in the end all the crap you try to do to your ideas of perfection won't mean a damn thing if you pull the trigger at the wrong time.

 

[urbanrifleman]

I've been weighing to the kernel for years and it doesn't make me a better shooter. All the bullshit of trying to do everything to perfection isn't going to make you shoot better. A friend of mine who is one of the best if not the best score shooter throws his charges with a Jones powder measure. Learn how to read your wind flags if you want to shoot better. And in the end all the crap you try to do to your ideas of perfection won't mean a damn thing if you pull the trigger at the wrong time.

Someone should sticky this post to the top of the Forum.

 

[quest450]

Off topic BUT it amazes me how the 600 and 1K benchrest shooters are even able to hit the paper without wind flags

 

[urbanrifleman]

Off topic BUT it amazes me how the 600 and 1K benchrest shooters are even able to hit the paper without wind flags

Sighters?

 

[Bill K]

Experience and years of shooting.

Off topic BUT it amazes me how the 600 and 1K benchrest shooters are even able to hit the paper without wind flags

 

[Bob3700]

It has always been a three legged stool; ammo, rifle, and shooter. If each one of those elements is not up to the task, u are just a donor! A sea of wind flags does not make u a good shooter. Flags lie, it is the rifleman who takes in all the info available and puts the bullet in the x ring.

 

[jds holler]

I believe that in many things you can be paralyzed by perfection. Many folks won't even attempt something because they just can't do it "perfectly". Probably most of us have either known someone like this -- or been him.

I've become a pretty strong believer in the adage, "Good enough is always good enough. Better or perfect, is the enemy of "good enough". jd

 

[davidjoe]

If you fellas come across any defective money, pm me before fixing it.

 

[Ned Ludd]

Thanks for the red pointer to identify.....

In a thread as important as this, there can be no room for ambiguity. Just wanted to make it absolutely clear to which kernel I was referring.