Scales
- Thread starter Hound Dog
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- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
I'm not an expert on scales, but I'd be surprised if one type proved to be intrinsically more accurate than the other. Digital scales as a rule are easier to use accurately, as there can be operator error in the set up and reading of a balance beam scale. For example, a balance beam scale that is zeroed to read zero with an empty pan may not give a true indication of weight at 50 grs. That's why I zero the scale to the weight I intend to weigh with check weights. If you are sneaking up on your target weight with a tricker, the magnetic dampening of the balance beam scale might cause it not respond quickly enough so you must bump the beam and allow it to resettle before you can read your true weight. Digital scales by contrast respond accurately to very small changes in weight and although they can be adversely effected by air currents and electrical interference, if you minimize these variables, the digital scale is faster and easier to use accurately.
Darn kids! Beam!
I started with and still use a beam scale because , being a member of the Methuselah club, I'm comfortable with it. I'll be getting a digital scale soon because I'm sure they're faster but the beam will remain on hand in case the hi tech toy goes on the blink, as they do, so there!
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- Interlake Manitoba
I start my loads with a beam scale and finish it with a electric scale on all my loads...
- Location
- In the middle of gopher country
With 40 years of reloading on my bench. I'm still using a beam scale. It's good enough for 0.3 groups. BTW, the scale that I use now is the second beam scale because on the first one the knife blocks wore out.
Make you choice and live with it. Either way I am sure you will be o.k. with it.
Cheers
Make you choice and live with it. Either way I am sure you will be o.k. with it.
Cheers
If you compare really cheap scales, a beam scale will be more accurate/reliable than a cheap digital.
At around a hundred dollars each, they will be similar.
As you get into the hundreds of dollars range ($300+), a moderate dollar digital is better than a hundred plus dollar beam scale.
Note that digital scales in the hundreds of dollars $300 to $600 are just approaching mid range. The "good" ones start at around $1 to $2k.
At around a hundred dollars each, they will be similar.
As you get into the hundreds of dollars range ($300+), a moderate dollar digital is better than a hundred plus dollar beam scale.
Note that digital scales in the hundreds of dollars $300 to $600 are just approaching mid range. The "good" ones start at around $1 to $2k.
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Now listen here, you young whipper-snapper, I'll have you know that I am the president of that thar Methuselah club, and I don't even mention them thar dig all things!
My Redding beam is oil dampened and has nothing to do with them magna- whatever type of dampening.
- Location
- In the middle of gopher country
OMG.... was dirt invented when you obtained that scale???
Dirt? We were too poor to have dirt. We had to walk past other peoples dirt on the way to school, 25 miles each way, up hill both ways, in the snow, in our bare feet, carrying borrowed firewood.
Looks like our grandkids'll be doin it again
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Speaking of slings, us oldtimers used to make them out of two shoelaces attached to either side of a 2 inch leather square. Tie a loop in one lace, put your index finger through it, load your rock in the leather square, pinch the second lace between thumb and index finger. Whirl and release the loose shoelace when ready.
Of course, back then we played with toy guns, wooden swords, and ran with scissors, so don't let anyone see you try this nowadays...
