Okay, for a start, the industry calls these powder "measures" when actually they are powder meters. They don't measure anything, they meter our set amounts of powder. But we all know them loosely as measures. Got that out of the way.
My main powder measure for 34 years has been an RCBS Uniflow model. Recently, I bought a quantity of estate reloading gear. In that batch were three powder measures, one being a like new RCBS Little Dandy. I've been aware of the Little Dandy for years, never thought much of it, taking fixed charge rotors as it does. Small powder reservoir. But, since I already had this one (came with three rotors), I decided it might be good for charging pistol cartridges. I bought ten or twelve more rotors (cost a fortune); you can charge in more that one pass if you can't get a rotor in the exact charge for your applications but I don't think my requirements are that exacting. Not to mention dumping out the powder, changing the rotor, and refilling with powder. They make number 00 and 0 rotors for very small charge increments.
The acquisition of the Little Dandy is just a lead-in to my discovery. In installing a rotor into the Little Dandy, I placed the finger wheel on the right side. When I started charging cases in a loading block, it felt very backwards. Then I looked at my old Uniflow powder measure that I'd been using for decades. When I originally set that up, I placed the throw handle on the left side. All these years, I've been throwing with my left hand and holding the loading block (or individual cases) in my right hand. I guess I'll continue to do it that way.
Maybe I have my measure in the "wrong" place in relation to the press. On my bench, I have an open work space in front of me. The press is mounted to my right; the powder measure is located to the left of the open space. That way, I can charge the cases on the left; the scale, loose bullets and charging block are in the middle (open space); and the press is on the right. It seems like a logical order of progression to me.
I'm naturally right dominant but there is one other thing I do left-handed. No, not that one. My wife made this observation, which I never thought about. I wipe my butt left-handed, always have and don't know how that got started. My wife is a perfectionist, she says I do it "wrong." I say if it works, it isn't wrong. Touché.
My main powder measure for 34 years has been an RCBS Uniflow model. Recently, I bought a quantity of estate reloading gear. In that batch were three powder measures, one being a like new RCBS Little Dandy. I've been aware of the Little Dandy for years, never thought much of it, taking fixed charge rotors as it does. Small powder reservoir. But, since I already had this one (came with three rotors), I decided it might be good for charging pistol cartridges. I bought ten or twelve more rotors (cost a fortune); you can charge in more that one pass if you can't get a rotor in the exact charge for your applications but I don't think my requirements are that exacting. Not to mention dumping out the powder, changing the rotor, and refilling with powder. They make number 00 and 0 rotors for very small charge increments.
The acquisition of the Little Dandy is just a lead-in to my discovery. In installing a rotor into the Little Dandy, I placed the finger wheel on the right side. When I started charging cases in a loading block, it felt very backwards. Then I looked at my old Uniflow powder measure that I'd been using for decades. When I originally set that up, I placed the throw handle on the left side. All these years, I've been throwing with my left hand and holding the loading block (or individual cases) in my right hand. I guess I'll continue to do it that way.
Maybe I have my measure in the "wrong" place in relation to the press. On my bench, I have an open work space in front of me. The press is mounted to my right; the powder measure is located to the left of the open space. That way, I can charge the cases on the left; the scale, loose bullets and charging block are in the middle (open space); and the press is on the right. It seems like a logical order of progression to me.
I'm naturally right dominant but there is one other thing I do left-handed. No, not that one. My wife made this observation, which I never thought about. I wipe my butt left-handed, always have and don't know how that got started. My wife is a perfectionist, she says I do it "wrong." I say if it works, it isn't wrong. Touché.
