Calipers

[Shootinsurveyor]

Bout to retire the 20 year old Frankfort Arsenal digital calipers i have. What is the market determining as the go to in the digital caliper market?

Probably load +- 500 rifle rounds a year

 

[BBob]

Tried and true favorite is Mitutoyo. Watch for cheap knockoff/fakes though. YouTube has advice there to spot the fakes.

 

[wapitibob]

Fowler or Mit's from MSC to be sure they're legit; SPI are fine too.

 

[Judd]

I'm in the Mitutoyo camp too. They have a store on Amazon so those are legit too. I have the solar version because it never seems I have the right watch battery when they go out. I liked the first so much I bought a 2nd. Highly recommend.

 

[Shootinsurveyor]

thanks fellas. Finances are different for me 20 years later as I could only drool at the Mitutoyo back then. Good to know they are still the one.

 

[betelgeuse]

Mitutoyo or Browne and Sharpe. I am still using a 30 YO dial, Browne and Sharpe

 

[journeyman713]

Mitutoyo is best bang for the buck, and I have some of the others to compare it too.

 

[Castle Rock]

I have used ebay cheapies forever with no issues

 

[streamerfish]

I've never had a set not work...At least something that is somewhat name brand.

Personally I have been pretty happy with Igage units.

 

[betelgeuse]

Some of the cheapies work fine. I just always check them on a standard periodically.

 

[Castle Rock]

I have used ebay cheapies forever with no issues

Actually that’s a lie, I used cheapies since before ebay was a thing, prolly on the third or fourth set in over 30 years

 

[bnewt3]

Watched this a while back. Theres some surprisingly good stuff out there for not much money.

Huge disclaimer: sample size on each is 1 so take it with a large grain of salt.

 

[TNBuck2]

That guy needs to switch to decaf.

 

[ColPenguin]

I'm in the Mitutoyo camp too. They have a store on Amazon so those are legit too. I have the solar version because it never seems I have the right watch battery when they go out. I liked the first so much I bought a 2nd. Highly recommend.

Amazon is full of fakes. Their storefront doesn't have the full line-up, or the digital version of their caliper.

As much as I dislike eBay for their anti-gun policies. It's a better place to score a deal on a digital Mitutoyo and have some dispute protection if one does get scammed.

 

[Shortschaf]

i went with Igaging when I started a few years ago. As someone who semi-regularly uses Starret and Mitutoyo, Id get another Igaging for my reloading hobby in a second

Edit to add: IMO the biggest perk with good calipers vs cheap ones isn't accuracy, it's the battery life. And Ive had to change the battery in my Igaging once in 6 years

Amazon.com

 

[streamerfish]

i went with Igaging when I started a few years ago. As someone who semi-regularly uses Starret and Mitutoyo, Id get another Igaging for my reloading hobby in a second

Amazon.com

Yeah, that's what i use also, recommended by a friend who uses them for his work.

 

[bnewt3]

That guy needs to switch to decaf.

best to skip to the end where he puts things into a spreadsheet

 

[MT762]

Used Brown and Sharpe (off Ebay) is probably the best deal going at this exact moment. And I liked my old Japan-made Mitutoyos from my student machine shop days. My newer ones (Brazil-made?) are not quite as great but still seem accurate.

I use digital mitutoyos for COAL stuff, but once they got some miles on them, they stopped being accurate reading OD or ID. Had to set them up for OD only.