which scale would you trust?

same here. I don't check every 10 load, more like every 50(pistol rounds), but I do calibrate the scale every time before I use it. It has been very accurate.

GrillBoss said:
I bought an inexpensive Frankford Arsenal digital scale and it has proven quite accurate based on my lab quality check weights. I always make sure it is level, has strong batteries and warms up before I use it. I check it every 10 loads with a check weight that is near the weight of my powder load. I believe that using high quality check weights is the best way to know how your scale performs.
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stubblejumper said:
I have seen beam scales that were not properly calibrated, as was proven with check weights. They were properly zero'd, but they consistently read high or low. The people that were using them had no idea that they were out of calibration.
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This. Beams may be typically more accurate then electronics but not always. My own beam is zero'd properly yet has a 0.1-.2gr error in it, when checked.
 
luckey said:
wow.. I wonder what optic you have on your rifle. Acog would be too cheap for you I think. :)
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Nova316 said:
Anyone know of a place to get good check weights? I have asked around here for lab check weights with no such luck
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The only ones I've seen are the RCBS check weights that are generally available other than that commercial Scale companys should have them but pricey
 
OK it's scales are simple. Beam is most accurate but room for human error and can be waaaay off. Cheap digital are garbage the nice ones come with a calibration weight to verify scales accuracy before weighing.

Then the obvious things like a very stable surface so there's no movement around the scales.
Not so obvious.....a loonie weights 7 grams give or take .2 giving a range of 6.8-7.2
Also cellphones effect digital scales if yours jumps up and down take you cell phone and other devices of the like and re scale. I bet it will be a more stable weight reading....
 
I like my RCBS Chargemaster. I do check it will the calibration weights, and it is very accurate. Moreover, using it in conjunction with my turret press, the powder is weighed and ready by the time I'm ready for it. No waiting. I could never go back to a beam scale.
 
Fargone4sure said:
I like my RCBS Chargemaster. I do check it will the calibration weights, and it is very accurate. Moreover, using it in conjunction with my turret press, the powder is weighed and ready by the time I'm ready for it. No waiting. I could never go back to a beam scale.
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I second the Chargemaster along with a RCBS Beam seems like a perfect pair
 
They've been using balance beams for about 2000 yrs. Back then when you paid for stuff in gold, if your scale was out it could either cost you money or get your throat cut for cheating someone
 
I have RCBS check weights. They are not accurate really either, but are consistent. Once a load is worked up I use the check weight and write that number down before in my book as an actual, or if I reloaded on a different scale then I would use the check weight. A bullet will work provided it's labeled, but bullets do not weight the same either so you need to keep track of them.

My 5-0-5 is exactly the same as my check weights from .5 to 10 grains, then it's 20=19.9, 50=49.7, 100=99.2, and 200=198.4.

My .270 load is 59 grains of RL 22 or 59.5 grains of check weight.
I just checked an old RCBS e-mail, the check weights are NIST class F, so whatever that works out to lol..
 
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