I have never loaded Bullseye powder. A friend of mine is trying to use it for 380 Auto. It is giving him unusable variances in weight. He is using a Dillon 550.
I have not tried anything yet. Is Bullseye just a hard to measure powder?
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Re: Bullseye
I use Bullseye exclusively for .38 loads , and I find it meters fine from an RCBS measure. Almost as well as a ball powder. No gripes here. FWIW
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Re: Bullseye
Works okay in all my measures including the ones on my Dillon 650.
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Re: Bullseye
Thanks fellows, it seems like sometime in the last 40 years I would have used bullseye. It sounds like a good one.
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Re: Bullseye
I use it in 9mm with a RCBS Uniflow. Works well.
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Re: Bullseye
One thing for sure it's cheap as most loads don't take much, by the same token it's one of those powders that lends itself to double charges as it doesn't come close to filling most cases with most loads so caution is needed, but there are other powders in the same category. I started with the 9mm and went through a lot of BE in the first couple of years.Steve-R wrote:Thanks fellows, it seems like sometime in the last 40 years I would have used bullseye. It sounds like a good one.
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Re: Bullseye
The problem is probably not so much Bullseye as the fact that most tiny little cartridges don't have a lot of variation between min and max charges.
On a 90 grain bullet Hodgdon lists 2.7 to 3.0 grains. That's .3 grains. I'd expect most measures to be pretty good with that but with a progressive you have to be extra careful and there's more going on which can lead to more variation. IF he's not using the right powder bar that could be an issue. IF he's not used to the press he may need to work on operating it the same every time.
I load a lot of 9mm with Bullseye and don't have problems dropping consistent charges.
On a 90 grain bullet Hodgdon lists 2.7 to 3.0 grains. That's .3 grains. I'd expect most measures to be pretty good with that but with a progressive you have to be extra careful and there's more going on which can lead to more variation. IF he's not using the right powder bar that could be an issue. IF he's not used to the press he may need to work on operating it the same every time.
I load a lot of 9mm with Bullseye and don't have problems dropping consistent charges.
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Re: Bullseye
3.0 should be super easy to drop I use 3.2 in my 9mm loads but have gone down to 3.0 with no problem.
I also use a Dillon 550 too.
he might need to set the return rod on the powder measure to pull it down all the way, and operate the handle with a little more gusto on the way up.
I also use a Dillon 550 too.
he might need to set the return rod on the powder measure to pull it down all the way, and operate the handle with a little more gusto on the way up.