Opinion on scales

lledwod said:
RCBS 5-0-5 for me. 100% satisfaction for almost 20 years now ....
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You have the best scale for the reloader of ammunition that was ever built.
No check weights of any shape or form needed. The factory did all that for you, by cutting the little nicks in the beam for you.
All you do is keep it clean and turn the levelling screw to level it on the surface you are using and bingo--you have the correct weight!
 
I started reloading on a hornady electronic scale and I always wondered if it was right calibrating it every so often. Then I bought a Dillon mechanical and I do not wonder anymore, you can't screw around with gravity and a balanced beam if the beam says zero it is, VS if the electronic scale says zero you wonder if it's right.
 
I have a cheap electronic scale and an Ohaus 10-10. I no longer use the electronic scale for measuring charges. It is inaccurate and frequently loses its zero.

The 10-10 does not have either of these issues, for the most part. I have noticed it losing 0 on occasion but I suspect that has more to do with my loading room setup and disturbances.
 
Using RCBS 1500 charge master at the moment. There are around 10-15 over under charges out of 100 when doing 15+ GT charges. And 25-30 over charges when I was doing 3.5-4.5 gr titegroup powder charges. And, this is my only scale.. never used anything else. Hope this helps.

Cheers!
 
I have two balance beam scales on my reloading bench. Both are RCBS, but probably actually built by Ohaus.
One is the very reputable 10-10, the other the Elite model 304. Both are great scales, that can be trusted.

But, I also have 2 Chargemaster 1500 setups on an adjoining bench. For pretty well all hunting purposes, they
are just fine. I have checked their powder drops numerous times against the balance beam scales. I have
yet to find any discrepancy between the two types.

I do have restrictors in the drop tubes of the electronic units. It reduces the number of overcharges thrown to
practically zero. I have also checked one Chargemaster against the other one on a number of occasions. No
difference ever noted.

My reloading room is free of any air movement, and I keep any magnetic objects well away from any scale.
Another factor that can affect electronic scales is fluorescent lights. Good to use incandescent or LEDS,
rather than fluorescents if possible. D.
 
I've been using an RCBS 5-10 scale for many years and it works great. I recently bought a digital scale on flea-bay for about $25 delivered and it's great too.
The RCBS scale is my go to and I check it with my digital scale for comparison and they are extremely close in the weights indicated. The digital scale also came with a check weight. I prefer the digital scale when checking my cast bullets for voids or weight discrepancies because it's very quick in giving a direct readout and therefore much much easier to run a couple hundred through at a time.
Buy both.
 
Interesting - Are you using the straw mod?

tivatian said:
Using RCBS 1500 charge master at the moment. There are around 10-15 over under charges out of 100 when doing 15+ GT charges. And 25-30 over charges when I was doing 3.5-4.5 gr titegroup powder charges. And, this is my only scale.. never used anything else. Hope this helps.

Cheers!
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