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Posted: 9/22/2012 11:25:46 AM EDT
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I tried benchmark today.
55 gr Hornady SP and 60 gr Hornady HP. I the benchmark liked the heavier round. I usually shoot varget, but benchmark runs so much nicer thru the lee perfect powder, I think Im a convert. |
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Good to know as I just purchased a pound of Benchmark last week. I usually use Varget also, but my local shop was out.
Do yourself a favor and ditch the Lee powder dispenser. I have all Lee reloading equipment, but always hated the powder measurer. I bought an RCBS Uniform powder measurer off Ebay last year and have never used my Lee measurer again. I know alot of reloaders trash Lee, but I have never had an issue with any of their stuff, except the powder measurer and their scale (which I also upgraded to the RCBS scale). |
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Good to know as I just purchased a pound of Benchmark last week. I usually use Varget also, but my local shop was out. Do yourself a favor and ditch the Lee powder dispenser. I have all Lee reloading equipment, but always hated the powder measurer. I bought an RCBS Uniform powder measurer off Ebay last year and have never used my Lee measurer again. I know alot of reloaders trash Lee, but I have never had an issue with any of their stuff, except the powder measurer and their scale (which I also upgraded to the RCBS scale). I started out with a RCBS powder thrower and their manual trickler, then I bought a Chargemaster Combo. Punch in the grains you want, push another button, and it spits it out for you. It even works well with Varget. There's no going back for me. And thanks for the info about Benchmark, guys. I've always been curious about it. |
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I have the Lyman dps3 electronic powder dispenser sorta like chargemaster but cheaper. Meters varget with ease occasionally it will through a wild one in wich my alarm goes off just dump in resvior and do it again. 8208xbr ,AR COMP my fav How long have you had it? And about the Benchmark, has anybody used it much with heavier bullets? I found very little info for it for anything heavier than 55gr in .223. |
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As far as an extruded powder goes, is it a fine extruded powder or coarser?  It has a very thin short kernel. Meters very well for an extruded powder. You won't find a lot of data for heavier bullets simply because it's on the fast side of .223 powders and better suited to lighter bullets. |
Just couple months scored killer deal on it at local gun shop 50$ keypad Was broke as it was floor model so I called Lyman sent it in and they sent me brand new unit under warenty. Their 269.99 at cabelas here in town. You can buy data cable has cd with program to enter your recipes in and download to hard drive on unit. Plus you can download recipes from other websites to it I don't personally own that though. I couldn't pass it up as they were clearencing everything due to they were closing their doors. Only way I would of afforded one. I really need to get decent off press powder drop for my bulk pistol and new beam scale. But with our baby showing up 6 weeks early budget is on lockdown  for now
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I have the Lyman dps3 electronic powder dispenser sorta like chargemaster but cheaper. Meters varget with ease occasionally it will through a wild one in wich my alarm goes off just dump in resvior and do it again. 8208xbr ,AR COMP my fav How long have you had it? And about the Benchmark, has anybody used it much with heavier bullets? I found very little info for it for anything heavier than 55gr in .223. |
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Just couple months scored killer deal on it at local gun shop 50$ keypad Was broke as it was floor model so I called Lyman sent it in and they sent me brand new unit under warenty. Their 269.99 at cabelas here in town. You can buy data cable has cd with program to enter your recipes in and download to hard drive on unit. Plus you can download recipes from other websites to it I don't personally own that though. I couldn't pass it up as they were clearencing everything due to they were closing their doors. Only way I would of afforded one. I really need to get decent off press powder drop for my bulk pistol and new beam scale. But with our baby showing up 6 weeks early budget is on lockdown for now
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I have the Lyman dps3 electronic powder dispenser sorta like chargemaster but cheaper. Meters varget with ease occasionally it will through a wild one in wich my alarm goes off just dump in resvior and do it again. 8208xbr ,AR COMP my fav How long have you had it? And about the Benchmark, has anybody used it much with heavier bullets? I found very little info for it for anything heavier than 55gr in .223. That's kinda how I got my RCBS. The Cabela's where I used to live had it in the Bargain Cave for $260. I decided to look for an RCBS when an acquaintance told me about going through 3 of the Lymans due to, you guessed it, the keypad going bad. Of course it was under warranty and they replaced it each time, but the last time he just took it back in for a refund, and bought a RCBS. |
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