Hornady LNL AP Powder Problem

[Bill Steele]

Yes, they say to use the one shot cleaner, it does have a dry lube in it tho.
If you used the one shot case lube, I could see problems.

Ahso. thanks.

[mr2lor]

I've just checked Hodgdon website and it showed that they also have another similar powder, H4831 SC (shorter grain) to help flow through powder measure. I guess the one that I have is for handloading.

Problem solved?

[morrow]

Very important! My dropper wasn't dropping consistent charges. It was constantly off by about 1-2 grains up and down. I scratched my head for a while because I followed the DVD exactly. What I realized is that you should not lube the dropped at all. The DVD says to use the Hornady One Shot to clean it out and lube it up. I found that the lube caused the dropped to drop very inconsistently. I took everything apart and used carb cleaner on it and reassembled it dry. It drops the EXACT charge about 90% of the time and the other 10% were 0.1gr over. Good enough for me!

The internal components of the Hornady powder measure will rust without lube or something. That's one thing I hate about Hornady, so many bare steel/cast iron/sheet metal parts.

Not many options since the powder measure internal parts need to be completely dry. Some people use automotive wax to try and stop rusting.

[Nessal]

I don't own one, but I always thought Hornaday's recommendation was to use the One Shot degreaser, not the One Shot case lube.

its the one shot cleaner and it has a dry lube in it. even though its a dry lube it still affects thr ability to drop consistent charges.