Recommend me a powder scale

Any scale will work with the Lee Safety scale being the cheapest. I used one for many years and hated it. I now use the RCBS 505 and love it.
 
kfn said:
Go down to your local headshop and get a .01gram scale (50gm capacity)which also reads in grains.
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Check the price, that was my initial idea too. The hornady one is still cheaper the best price i could find in .00 of a gram was 60 bucks and to .000 is over a hundred and you must do the conversion.
 
punkrockboy said:
The Lee safety scale is extremely accurate.
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You would think so with the beam only measuring 100 gr compared to the 500 gr beams of most powder scales. But my experience with the Lee scale was dismal at best and dangerous would be a better description. The scale was not repeatable, even with check weights, and often showed a powder charge as being lighter than its actual weight. Of all of Lee's products that I've tried over the years, some of which have been quite good, their powder scale was the worst. When I look for a balance beam scale I look for RCBS, Ohaus, or Redding in no particular order . . . ABL, anything but Lee!
 
I've used the same Ohaus 5-0-5 for more than 30 years and still like it. I'm not in a hurry when I reload and prefer the reliability of a beam over the speed and ease of an electronic. I used electronic balances at work and all were finicky to some degree or another but were convenient, notice many recommend checking the electronic scale with a beam balance.
 
I picked up a 2nd-hand RCBS 5-10. Really like it, zeroing is quick and with the thumb-screw, one can get really precise with the weight, and its easy to do too.

The only downer is eye-balling the little pointer. All the balance beams employ a pointer to show you when your target is reached. For older eyes, its hard to see and a strain to bend over to table level.

In my case, I get my little daughters, who are all blessed with great eyesight, to tell me when the lines line up. It becomes a great game and one tells me when the line is up, the other puts the bullet and still another pulls the bullet seater. All in, everybody gets to help Daddy reload...ah yes, quality time with the family. ;)

Or, if you don't have young children to help you, you can do what this guy did. Or like some of the other posters here suggest...just get an electronic powder measure. Weighs and dispenses all at once. How boring.
 
Only shotshell?

In all honesty I dont ever recall having much use for a scale when loading shotshells.
Powder bushings by the dozens and a good powder bushing chart but the scale wasnt even on the bench when the shotshells were being cranked out on the old Pacific 366.

I'm not saying dont buy one just that you'll likely find it to be of limited use.
 
i use a terminator electronic from dillon. for more safety i'm zeroing the thing between each session and check with either a loony wich is exactly 7 grams, or the check weight that come with it. very accurate.
 
I've using a Hornady scale for over 15yrs now. It's fast, accurate, easy to use and priced well.

I would heartily recommend this scale to a reloader who is loading for a few rifles.

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I went with a Jennings Mack 20 on the advice of Jerry from Mysticprecision. It replaced the cheap POS MTM unit that came with my reloading kit when I first started out. Seems to go for around $120 in Canada, but can be found for well under $100 on the other side of the border.
 
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