scale accuracy?

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My bro works in a lab and has agreed to help me find a good electronic scale. He asked me what level of accuracy I need - up to 1 gram, 0.1 gram, 0.01 gram, 0.001 gram, etc...

This will be for power. Any suggestions?

Cheers,
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+/- .1 Grain would be ideal for most reloading.
+/- .3 grain would be acceptable and make sure you didn't blow up, but accuracy may suffer.

So, a quick google, tells me, you should ask for .01 grams. Which is roughly .15 grains.
 
Electronic scales are better.

Most guys starting out in the reloading game have or get one of those balance beam scales. You know, the one with the numbers and graduations on the beam just being a sticker someone slaps on.
While they do work, they are not exact to be sure. Should the balance beam sticker be put on a little to the left or right, it will still measure but not accurately. I ended up buying a very nice PACT electronic scale, MADE IN USA not that Chi-com stuff.
I once stacked my friend's balance beam scale against my PACT electronic one measuring small amounts of fast burning pistol powder. The electronic scale always measured true, but the balance beam was off about 2/10th of a grain. So my electronic scale measured 2.8 grains of BullsEye, while the balance beam measured 3.0 grains.
Balance beams are great starters, you will eventually graduate to an electronic scale later on....
 
hatman1793 said:
Most guys starting out in the reloading game have or get one of those balance beam scales. You know, the one with the numbers and graduations on the beam just being a sticker someone slaps on.
While they do work, they are not exact to be sure. Should the balance beam sticker be put on a little to the left or right, it will still measure but not accurately. I ended up buying a very nice PACT electronic scale, MADE IN USA not that Chi-com stuff.
I once stacked my friend's balance beam scale against my PACT electronic one measuring small amounts of fast burning pistol powder. The electronic scale always measured true, but the balance beam was off about 2/10th of a grain. So my electronic scale measured 2.8 grains of BullsEye, while the balance beam measured 3.0 grains.
Balance beams are great starters, you will eventually graduate to an electronic scale later on....
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I am not in complete agreement with your take on balance beam scales.
At home I have two Balance beam scales, an RCBS 10-10, and a RCBS 304.
I also have an independent Electronic scale plus the one on my Chargemaster combo.
I have yet to see a difference when using any of these scales, and I often check the Electronic ones with my balance beam to verify calibration.
Possibly a cheap balance beam may exhibit some variance, but good balance beam scales are still as accurate as anyone needs to be.
Regards, Eagleye.
 
balance beam scales are finicky sometimes, but more accurate than most digital scales. the weights are calibrated, it doesn't matter where the sticker is, you zero the scale with the indicator at the zero mark and the pointer mid swing.
 
I have a Dillon D-Terminator scale that is very accurate to a hundredth of a gram. Good price and a wonderful piece of blue equipment to match all the other blue reloading gear I have! Good scale for the money, use it for reloading and weighing newborn snakes! Comes in grams and grains and is easy to use and calibrate. Got rid of my balance beam scale after getting this one!
 
I have a Acculab that is accurate to 100s of a grain. I use my lyman to get close and finish with the Acculab.
 
I'd think that consistancy is more important that accuracy.

If you do all your loading on one scale and it measures consistently the same weight time after time, year after year, you're good. So what if it's off by 1/10th of a grain as long as all the loads are all weighed the same?

Canadian_Zuk said:
balance beam scales are finicky sometimes, but more accurate than most digital scales. the weights are calibrated, it doesn't matter where the sticker is, you zero the scale with the indicator at the zero mark and the pointer mid swing.
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Exactly!



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