RangerPark
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Near Edmonton, AB
Hello Everyone!
I recently decided to make the move to the FX-120i and Auto Trickler combo. I ordered both at the same time but the FX-120i got here first so I thought I'd try it out. I ordered the scale from Cambridge Environmental. They were good to deal with, no problems there.
First impression on the FX-120i is that it looks like a solid unit. Well packaged, easy to put together, as you can see from the photos it's fairly large. The FX-120i doesn't come with a calibration weight. I wish I had known, but it's my fault since I didn't look into it. Nothing Amazon couldn't solve.
Since I wanted to compare it to the Chargemaster, it then made sense to use the same calibration weights for both. The Chargemaster comes with 2x 50 gram weights, the FX-120i needs a 100 gram weight for calibration, so I calibrated both scales with the same weights.
I zeroed both scales with RCBS scale pan. I then used the Chargemaster to measure 20 charges of 44.0 grains of IMR 4064. Each charge read 44.0 on the Chargemaster and I used the FX-120i to re-measure each one. I got the following results:
44.12, 44.02, 44.04, 44.06, 43.98,
44.04, 44.10, 44.04, 44.02, 44.12,
44.06, 44.04, 44.12, 44.04, 44.06,
44.04, 44.02, 44.02, 44.04, 44.12.
I then used the FX-120i to confirm what weight range would result in a 44.0 reading on the Chargemaster. I determined that the Chargemaster would indicate 44.0 grains for charges between 43.92 and 44.12 grains as measured on the FX-120i.
That's a difference of 0.2 grains, which happens to be the Chargemaster's smallest weighing increment. That's about 10 granules of IMR 4064 or Varget. So the claim that the FX-120i measures to the granule seems to hold true.
That's all I have to report for now. For those of you that were wondering, the FX-120i definitely seems to be a step up in accuracy. When I get the Auto Trickler, I'll do a speed comparison between both.
Cheers! And fire away with the questions if you have any.
I recently decided to make the move to the FX-120i and Auto Trickler combo. I ordered both at the same time but the FX-120i got here first so I thought I'd try it out. I ordered the scale from Cambridge Environmental. They were good to deal with, no problems there.
First impression on the FX-120i is that it looks like a solid unit. Well packaged, easy to put together, as you can see from the photos it's fairly large. The FX-120i doesn't come with a calibration weight. I wish I had known, but it's my fault since I didn't look into it. Nothing Amazon couldn't solve.
Since I wanted to compare it to the Chargemaster, it then made sense to use the same calibration weights for both. The Chargemaster comes with 2x 50 gram weights, the FX-120i needs a 100 gram weight for calibration, so I calibrated both scales with the same weights.
I zeroed both scales with RCBS scale pan. I then used the Chargemaster to measure 20 charges of 44.0 grains of IMR 4064. Each charge read 44.0 on the Chargemaster and I used the FX-120i to re-measure each one. I got the following results:
44.12, 44.02, 44.04, 44.06, 43.98,
44.04, 44.10, 44.04, 44.02, 44.12,
44.06, 44.04, 44.12, 44.04, 44.06,
44.04, 44.02, 44.02, 44.04, 44.12.
I then used the FX-120i to confirm what weight range would result in a 44.0 reading on the Chargemaster. I determined that the Chargemaster would indicate 44.0 grains for charges between 43.92 and 44.12 grains as measured on the FX-120i.
That's a difference of 0.2 grains, which happens to be the Chargemaster's smallest weighing increment. That's about 10 granules of IMR 4064 or Varget. So the claim that the FX-120i measures to the granule seems to hold true.
That's all I have to report for now. For those of you that were wondering, the FX-120i definitely seems to be a step up in accuracy. When I get the Auto Trickler, I'll do a speed comparison between both.
Cheers! And fire away with the questions if you have any.
