hendrix's rifle
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Put your pan directly under the drop tube, as in touching it and you won't get any spill. Quick tap to make sure its all out and jobs a good'unI found that my Lee thrower needs a careful technique to avoid throwing variable loads.
I keep the hopper above half full.
I am careful to operate the lever smoothly. I find that if you get a kernel stuck it can throw over as you bang the handle when it gives.
Ball powders are definitely more accurately dispensed than extruded ones.
I use a Target Master type (made my own) trickler and balance beam scales now. So it is not that critical how I handle the measure.
But in all honesty I have not noticed that the RCBS one I have is much better than the Lee. They both have their foibles and I checked thrown charges every ten rounds or so.
I will add that the best way I found to dispense powder without spillage is to use a large ish fired case. I used a 308 one when I loaded for my 243, it went into the powder measure and poured without spilling into the scale pan.
I loaded hundreds of rounds for my old CF2 and my 222 with the Lee measure. I have never struggled to hold less than half MOA once I found a good load.