Howdy folks. Am about to begin reloading for the very first time and am currently 'getting my s**t together.' I have a digital scale that is very accurate to 1/10 of a gram. Is this sufficiently accurate for reloading purposes? I have checked the scale against a scientific set of weights and it is dead on.
Dumb newbie question
- Thread starter rockdoctor
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Simple math.
buy a reloading scale.
your "dead accurate" scale will show 0.1 grams for anything from 0.10 to 0.1999. if your at 0.1999 you will be 1.5 grains over what you think you are.
with all scales you want a scale that can measure one order of magnitude more than you need to.
meaning if you want to measure 1 grain you need a scale that can measure 0.1 grains ( 0.006 grams )
not to mention most digital scales suffer from drifting when a very low weight is put on them, such as 5 grains of unique ( 0.3239 grams )
to put this into perspective the difference between 9 grains of unique and 10.5 grains ( a difference so small your scale cant measure it ) could be the difference between a hot load and a kaboom.
+1.
0.1grams is 1.54 grains, not nearly precise enough for reloading use. When I am reloading rifle rounds I will not accept being off 0.1 grains on a ~47 grain charge, your scale can be off by more than 3% on that charge weight.
Mark
