Powder Scales
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Tumbleweed
Lil-Rokslider
My opinion fwiw. I use a balance beam and feel it's the most accurate way to go. I can see less than 1/10 grain variances between the marks. When weighing my charges I usually tap the beam and weigh 3 times to rule out any anomalies. If I want to get real carried away, I can start swapping out different size powder kernels to get dead nuts on.
With the electronic units they only guarantee +/- 1/10 grain accuracy. Not good enough for me, for most yes. You're putting your faith in the electronics instead of what you can see with your eye.
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With the electronic units they only guarantee +/- 1/10 grain accuracy. Not good enough for me, for most yes. You're putting your faith in the electronics instead of what you can see with your eye.
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I use the charge master, the rcbs 750 and a Lyman balance beam.
Just started using the charge master.......oh boy, I'm in love.
Randy
Just started using the charge master.......oh boy, I'm in love.
Randy
Billy Goat
WKR
Chargemaster. I believe for the time versus accuracy it's right where I need to be. In other words, it's accurate enough and not too slow.
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Randy, I use the RCBS rangemaster 2000 and not getting the best results. I use to have the RCBS chargemaster combo and loved it.....those bad boys are real spendy now days. I might barrow a balance beam scale from my gunsmith and give it a try.
Shrek
WKR
Find an old Lyman M5 made by Ohaus or the Ohaus 1005. They’re the same scale. Send it to Scott Parker and have it tuned. Never worry about your scale again other than to clean it once in awhile with alcohol.
Every electronic scale will eventually fail and there’s plenty of reasons they’ll drift. Buy a set of check weights and check any electronic scale before every use and often during use. I use a powder measure to throw charges a couple of tenths under and then trickle up to the exact weight. I can do this about as fast as a Chargemaster can dispense a charge. The beam scale works every time I go to use it , never drifts , and someone else will be able to use it decades after I’m gone.
New Ohaus beam scales are made in Mexico now and are so bad Scott Parker won’t attempt to tune one. The Redding scale is a good scale and Scott will tune one. Don’t really need to have the scales tuned but when tuned they’re crazy sensitive and repeatable. Scott is slow and unreliable about when he’s going to get a scale done but eventually he does get it done.
vld223@ yahoo.com is his email address.
Btw , for personal use with your scale a bullet makes a fine check weight. Pick a bullet and keep it with your scale. The scale doesn’t need to be exactly accurate but it does need to be repeatably accurate. Using the same bullet , exact same bullet , to check will tell you if the scale is repeating itself and your charge weights are the same in your personal loads. It doesn’t matter one bit if the load you worked up to say 47.5 grains on your scale is actually 46.9 grains as long as you are using your scale and it weighs out the same 47.5 grains every time. Repeatability is key not accuracy to the standard.
Every electronic scale will eventually fail and there’s plenty of reasons they’ll drift. Buy a set of check weights and check any electronic scale before every use and often during use. I use a powder measure to throw charges a couple of tenths under and then trickle up to the exact weight. I can do this about as fast as a Chargemaster can dispense a charge. The beam scale works every time I go to use it , never drifts , and someone else will be able to use it decades after I’m gone.
New Ohaus beam scales are made in Mexico now and are so bad Scott Parker won’t attempt to tune one. The Redding scale is a good scale and Scott will tune one. Don’t really need to have the scales tuned but when tuned they’re crazy sensitive and repeatable. Scott is slow and unreliable about when he’s going to get a scale done but eventually he does get it done.
vld223@ yahoo.com is his email address.
Btw , for personal use with your scale a bullet makes a fine check weight. Pick a bullet and keep it with your scale. The scale doesn’t need to be exactly accurate but it does need to be repeatably accurate. Using the same bullet , exact same bullet , to check will tell you if the scale is repeating itself and your charge weights are the same in your personal loads. It doesn’t matter one bit if the load you worked up to say 47.5 grains on your scale is actually 46.9 grains as long as you are using your scale and it weighs out the same 47.5 grains every time. Repeatability is key not accuracy to the standard.
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Shrek
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Randy , check that Chargemaster every time you use it with check weights. It’ll be correct every time until it’s not !
rayporter
WKR
scott parker has got quite the reputation.
Shrek
WKR
Yes he does ! I’ve got a scale tuned by him but he took his sweet time doing it. I don’t know of anyone else doing this work or I’d try them.
rayporter
WKR
you ought to see some of the auto dumps out there. the ones that dump to a single kernel of powder!!!
Tumbleweed
Lil-Rokslider
You must have had a bad scale then. I've found them to be extremely precise, reliable and repeatable. I can't bring myself to trust the electronic units
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rayporter
WKR
there is some fancy stuff available.
The beam scales definitely aren’t worth the hassle and inconsistency for me. My Chargemaster has proven to be more accurate.
Shrek
WKR
That says more about you than beam scales.
cmahoney
WKR
I have a Hornady auto charge I purchased when they first came out and the more expensive frankford Arsenal scale. I don’t trust either of them down to a 1/10. They both give different readings and the frankford’s displayed weight increases as it sits empty. The Hornady seems more consistent and is perfectly fine for less than precision long range loads.
I am in the market for something new, considering a beam or high end electronic scale.
Has anyone used the A&D scales like they sell at Area 419?
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I am in the market for something new, considering a beam or high end electronic scale.
Has anyone used the A&D scales like they sell at Area 419?
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rayporter
WKR
I use a chargemaster a lot. at least 600 times in the last 8 days, but..........
if you weigh a charge on it and compare that with a high dollar lab scale you may get a surprise.
if you weigh a charge on it and compare that with a high dollar lab scale you may get a surprise.
rayporter
WKR
I have watched 2 guys loading with that a and d at night after shooting.
they are awesome beyond a doubt. and a lot faster that you would think. at least equal to and maybe faster than a cm.
they are awesome beyond a doubt. and a lot faster that you would think. at least equal to and maybe faster than a cm.
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