(very) dumb question: reading poweder measure...

[LRCampos]

Sorry for this dumb question. I got my Harrell powder measure a few weeks ago and I would like to know how to read the clicks...?

I mean: It has 6 clicks from one number (say 60) to another (ex: 61). And a dot mark in the middle.

If I move it to 2 clicks after the 60 mark, how do I read it: 60,2?

And if I put it right on the dot that represents the middle, read like: 60,3 (as it is 3 clicks after 60) or 60,5 (as it is in the middle, bettween 60 and 61)?


Thank you in advance for any help!

 

[LRCampos]

Hello! I will

And when you put 2 cliks after the middle dot, would you say 60,5?

This way all your reading will be only from ,1 to ,5, right?

 

[Boyd Allen]

First of all, I must correct you on one thing. Yours is not, in any way, a dumb question.

In classic parlance each number is a "click" as in 52 1/2 clicks. (I believe that the original Culver conversions of Lyman 55 measures only had one division between numbers.) Continuing on with the fractional labeling, and applying it to my Harrell measure's six divisions from one number to the next, I refer to (and note) the settings between 54 and 55 as 54 1/6, 54 1/3, 54 1/2, 54 2/3, and 54 5/6. The matter of illogical tradition/custom in this is that the term "clicks" refers to settings at the numbers, not the individual detents between them, except as a fraction. Of course you are free to adopt any system of reference or notation that pleases you. I am only reporting mine. You should remember that there is no standard of measure calibration that assures that the volume thrown at say 54 clicks by one measure will be the same as the same setting on another measure, even of the same brand. Furthermore, measure operation technique plays a large part in determining how much powder is thrown at a given setting, so even it the same measure is used, amounts thrown by different individuals will likely show significant differences. For this reason, discussions of load data should always be by weight, leaving the measure setting numbers for ones own use, where a relative rather than absolute value may suffice.