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Laugh all you want, Gunner. Your joke was my scientific experiment: Loading for my Sako .221 Fireball, I came accross the perfect powder for it: H322. Filled the case, maximum velocities, mild pressures, extreme accuracy. This was an excellent chance to compare meticulously weighed charges against powder-measure thrown charges (criteria being accuracy on target, and more scientifically, chronographed velocity reading consistency). I found that with this measure-friendly powder and inherently accurate cartridge (and as almost all benchrest competitiors have discovered), the measure-thrown charges were AT LEAST as consistent for performance as the weighed ones.
Then I took the next obvious step: merely scoop up a .221 Fireball case full of powder, level it off, seat a bullet and shoot. I cannot say the Standard Deviations were as good as measured and weighed charges, but I CAN say the groups were hauntingly similar, and chronograph readings floored me for their lack of variation that I expected.
Looking now for a good Dr. Pepper can from which to scoop. Might improve my results.
Then I took the next obvious step: merely scoop up a .221 Fireball case full of powder, level it off, seat a bullet and shoot. I cannot say the Standard Deviations were as good as measured and weighed charges, but I CAN say the groups were hauntingly similar, and chronograph readings floored me for their lack of variation that I expected.
Looking now for a good Dr. Pepper can from which to scoop. Might improve my results.