Putting Unique back in the bottle

I am working with a one pound "bottle" of Unique. In order to return unused portions of this coarse powder back in the container without spilling any, I had been using a Lee powder measure funnel that I had around from my starter reloading kit several years back.

I couldn't get the powder to flow through the funnel without a lot of coaxing and patience. Today I looked closer at the funnel and found I could very easily open up the throat, given a shop full of tools, in particular a good sized round file with a tapered end. I finished with a cone-shaped grinding stone. The powder goes right through now. All I was trying to do is make the mouth of the container wider, hopefully with something lying around and not good for much else.

The funnel is only a couple bucks from any Lee dealer. I did some searching on funnels, and it would take almost twenty bucks for a large caliber model to equal what this modified cheap red funnel can do. Check it out.

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