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« on: September 03, 2009, 09:52:55 am »
Hi Bruce:
So then it appears that the powder baffle, if present in a Star Powder tube, is or was a retrofit item provided by the owner and or could have been provided by Star?
Regarding benchrest powder throws... most reloading (decapping, shoulder bumping and slight neck sizing, powder charging and bullet seating) is done at the range, outdoors, usually under a covered shed on picnic type tables or similar type tables in a designated reloading area.
Due to wind and weather, this does not allow for weight measurments of any accurate manner. The typical benchrest shooter uses a micrometer type powder measure, such as a modern Harrell measure or an older Culver or Jones measure (among others). These measures have an audible "Click" type ball detent micrometer for setting charges. Usually for a specific bullet and gun and set of cases, a consistant powder throw is achieved at the range without any weight measurment but rather a volumetric measurement.
At home in a controlled environment, you can weigh the click load to define the weight but when discussing powder charges, powder type, lot number and click number information is exchanged. On certain days when the weather is hotter or cooler, the clicks may be added on to or reduced by +/- one or two clicks.
In any case I find the Star powder dispenser to be quite accurate for my purposes with or without a baffle as long as you keep the powder column in the powder magazine as close to the same level within reason. I suspect that throws with only 1/2 inch of powder in the magazine would differ in weight vs throws with a full magazine of powder. That would stand to reason.
Thanks for the inputs on this guys...