I'd like to have a set of the LEE powder dippers, now yellow instead of black. ( dang it! )
I got to try the powder dipper system out one time with a LEE Loader set that I bought for a collectable old military rifle that my family wanted to shoot - but probably wouldn't shoot very much.
I still have that Swedish Mauser.
To try the Swede out, I loaded rounds with the LEE Loader and I used a B-Square scope mount that clamps on the rear sight without altering the gun, along with a cheapo red-dot sight I got at Wal-Mart.
Using the powder dipper to measure the charges was easy and fast.
Time to go to the range!
I brought my teenage Daughter along with me, who had been playing an online first-person shooter game called
Medal of Honor where she had established a reputation as a virtual sniper with the Springfield scoped sniper A3-03.
She wanted to see what firing a real rifle was like, and if her online skills would do her any good in the real world. - I was curious about that last part, myself.
- So she sat down at the bench with the 9-pound Swede with its red-dot sight, and fired a real rifle for the first time.
She put the first three rounds she had ever fired into 1" at 100 yards with that old Swede.
Naturally, everything had to come to a halt then, so the old man ( that's me ) could go get that target, suitable for framing.
So, the powder-dipper system produced ammo good enough for minute of angle, out of a 100 year old military surplus rifle.
As long as you're not trying to squeeze out the last few FPS of velocity, the dipper system is quick and easy, and produces accurate ammunition.
I think I'm going to buy one of those sets, now.
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