Digital Reloading Scales

Rifleman1984

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I am looking for some recommendations on digital reloading scales. I have a balance beam scale but I would like to make the switch to a digital scale. I have been looking around for awhile now and it seems to be a tough choice. I want to get something that is accurate but does not cost loads of money. I have noticed that a bunch of scales get bad reviews.
 
Hornady Lock-N-Load Auto Charge Powder Dispenser

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around $300, much faster for me anyways, i used a lee (most accurate in the world, even makes coffee) scale before.
 
Rifleman1984 said:
I am looking for some recommendations on digital reloading scales. I have a balance beam scale but I would like to make the switch to a digital scale. I have been looking around for awhile now and it seems to be a tough choice. I want to get something that is accurate but does not cost loads of money. I have noticed that a bunch of scales get bad reviews.
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I almost blew up my brand new 270 WSM with the help of my new 35$ digital scale!
I'm throw it away but could sell it to you if you really want it ;)

I've gone back to my 25 years old RCBS balance beam scale, it never fails.

Alex
 
AlexF said:
I almost blew up my brand new 270 WSM with the help of my new 35$ digital scale!
I'm throw it away but could sell it to you if you really want it ;)

I've gone back to my 25 years old RCBS balance beam scale, it never fails.

Alex
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X1 Different rifle but same story. That MTM piece of sht went right back to Bass Pro.
 
I bought an RCBS Rangemaster 750 digital scale, it has served me well. I have checked it against a high end scale from work and it is very accurate

I bought it from Cabellas, for about 90
 
I use the Rangemaster also. I had a laod for 260 target rifle that went from a 45-50 fps variation to a 15 fps by switching from a beam scale to the Rangemaster. One warning is that it does not seem to like flourscent lights too much; I have to rezero it every 3-5 minutes.
 
RCBS Chargemaster combo. Dispenses and weighs. Excellent reviews and excellent customer service. I use 3 of them.

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Balance beam scale, with Lyman check weights does everything anyone needs a scale to do for reloading. A good powder measure (or the old Lee scoop system) throws loads with amazingly consistent Velocity SD's, as if that matters in accuracy. And, benchrest shoots still use measures rather than scales to win matches where thousandths of an inch matter.
Digital scales just read to smaller units. They are no more accurate than a quality balance beam scale. They are faster for folks who insist on weighing every charge, by why anyone would do that is beyond my capacity to understand. Using that time to do concentricity run outs on the bullets, or the loaded cartridge would payoff in smaller groups.
 
Ive been using a PACT scale for about 6 years now. Its generally a very good scale, but it has its gremlins just like any electronic scale.

I have my eye on a new Acculab scale for this winter.
 
Using a gempro 250. I find I get drift as well so just double check against a known weight every now and then. That being said most scales will have drift regardless of what you do.(even high end ones)
 
Way back when digital scales first came to be, I went big bucks on a $400 Dillon.
The cats meow, or so I thought. Gremlins in my LR reloads took years afterwards to overcome. Turns out the Dillon would drift .6gr+and-, when anywhere within 20 feet of a flourescent ballast.
Wasted big time on components, and a couple barrels, before going back to to the rcbs/ohaus 10/10 balance beam.
 
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