Weight of Canadian Dime

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I just bounced my RCBS 5-0-2 off the floor.:redface: I do not have another scale or known weight handy for immediate verification. Can anyone tell me the weight of a Canadian dime?
 
unstableryan said:
ok...

So..

'75 32.9
'86 32.1
'98 32.5
'04 27.5
'07 27.5


How's that?
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Easy, they changed the weight of the dime to the lightweight around 2000. Most pop machines wouldn't recognize the lighter ones until they were adjusted...

here's an interesting little tidbit on dimes...

From 1968 to the year 2000 the dime would contain 99.9 percent nickel, and after that date it would contain 92 percent steel and a remaining composition blend of copper and nickel.

BTW, use a bullet.:D
 
Official weights of Canadian dimes in weight, sorted by year :

1870-1967 : 2.33 grams
1968-2000 : 2.07 grams
2001-present : 1.75 grams

Hope this helps.
 
My 5-0-2 weighs a 1999 at 31.7. I would have used a bullet like Cappy suggested but I do not have any. I gave away most of my stuff a while back and just got back into loading for clay. In the past, most of my bushings have been close, but I am trying a different powder, and I am a bit uptight when I load so I will verify my bushings later with a known weight. Thanks for so many quick replies.
 
just zero the scale. unless you broke or lost a piece of it, nothing has changed. The beam, the hook, the pan tray, the pan, all that stuff will be the same.
 
I generally use bullets as a test wieght as well. I have also wieghed all of my field points and broadheads for my crossbow and the wieghts are very consistent. Since you are loading shotgun only, I would suggest getting a bullet or two from a buddy who loads for rifle, or pick up a package of 100gr or 125gr field points at Canadian tire (around $5/12 last time I bought some). Then you have a known wieght to compare to.

Jim
 
buy yourself a set of check weights and do not touch them with your fingers. use tweezers to put them on your scale. it will save you a lot of trouble.
 
Covey Ridge said:
I just bounced my RCBS 5-0-2 off the floor.:redface: I do not have another scale or known weight handy for immediate verification. Can anyone tell me the weight of a Canadian dime?
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Franklin Arsenal says 26.6 grains for a 2009 dime,

26.4 for another 2009 and 26.9 for yet another.
 
I use a scale weight check set. Yes they cost a few bucks, but I can zero the scale to the precise weight I wish to weigh, so I have piece of mind. Many balance beam scales vary once the sliders move away from the zero position. You could find that your scale is right on over the powder weights you use, but to me the check weight set is cheap insurance.
 
Most of the powder charges I weigh are in the 45 to 55 gr range. On each of my scales is a little piece of double sides carpet tape. Stuck on each piece is a 223 bullet weighing 45 gr. I have touched the soft point with a file so each weighs exactly 45 gr.

Before each loading session, and from time to time during each session, I weght the bullet, just to make sure nothing funny has hapened.
 
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