I just finished loading up 600 rnds of 17Hornet and I used a couple new tools that really helped. The first was a flexible LED strip that mounted inside the press. Great little idea that I found at Cabelas for 15 bucks. It enabled me to double check powder level before I placed a bullet and added a bright light in a shadowed work space. The second product was a new funnel by CRT(Custom Reloading Tools). It's aluminum and is threaded for adapters that fit .17, .20 and .22 caliber cartridges. The make another for the larger calibers. What I like about is that the funnel with the .17 adapter will sit on the case without tipping. My other funnels won't do that. That means it frees up one hand. Last year I threw all the powder charges weighing every tenth one. It was fairly accurate; keeping every thing within .2 grains. The 17Hornet is a super accurate round but charge weights between 10 and 12 grains mean that .2grns can make a difference. This year I weighed every charge with my Hornady Chargemaster. It went very smoothly and every charge was within .05gns. This ammo groups even better. I've been getting 1/2" 3 shot groups and 3/4" 5 shot groups. It's a lot of fun to hit a dime sized dot with the first shot let alone a sagerat's head at a hundred yards.
