Originally Posted By: CatShooterOriginally Posted By: DoublessUse soap and hot water; wash the Uniflo thoroughly, and then dry it. Finally, before first use, dip the powder reservoir (all the plastic but not the aluminum) in a room temperature bowl of soapy water, stand it up open end down on a paper towel and let it dry. The soap will remove the static electricity that is inherent in the plastic.
Once you get a layer of graphite on the reservoir the static will no longer be a problem, but you need to do something to eliminate it at first. The soapy water does that...
Another trick you may find helpful: before you use the Uniflo, take a ruler or similar and measure the total length of the powder reservoir. Divide that by three, and put sharpie marks on the outside at the 1/3 and 2/3 measurements. Then, keep your powder between those two marks while loading; it will keep the powder charge more consistent between throws. And make sure you use a powder baffle as well...
If you use a baffle, you don't need to mark the powder tube - it is meaningless.
If you don't use a baffle, then making the powder tube won't help, it is meaningless (again)... the loads will vary a lot.
I wondered how long it would take you to disagree with me... thank you for telling me that what I do/did is meaningless. It is much appreciated.
I loaded for almost 20 years before I bought a baffle, and keeping the powder in the center third of the Uniflo resulted in loads that were in a lot of cases more accurate than I am. In short, my experience does not match yours...
The biggest influence on powder variation between charges is the type of powder formulation; but I guess that goes without saying...
It is called eliminating variables, or at least keeping them to a minimum. We evidently have different ways of accomplishing the same thing, apparently: assembling handloads that will out-shoot factory ammunition.
And yes, a dryer sheet will work just as well as soap and water. But dryer sheets cost a lot more than soap. When I started handloading we weren't using dryer sheets. My Uniflo is now right at 35 years ago and still hasn't seen one...