What kind of scale do you use, beam or electronic
- Thread starter ciPeterF
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- Location
- Sudbury, On
Plinking loads: Cheapy MTM digi-scale.
Target loads: Beam.
Target loads: Beam.
where did you get your acculab scale?
blacksmithden
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I've got 2 balance beam scales....a Lyman and a Texan. The Texan is pretty old but it still works perfectly and reads exactly the same as my Lyman. I've also got a digital no name scale that I bought from some pot head at a fleamarket for $18.00. It actually measures in grains, so I bought it with the knowlege that it probably wouldn't last long. The thing is still going strong 2 1/2 years and probably 10,000 rounds later. The only thing I've done was change the battery.
- Location
- Halifax - NS
+1
Had a Dillon D-terminator go nuts on me a couple years back; started showing higher than actual weights - even after calibration and zeroing. Replaced it under warranty, but now I run both.
- Location
- Saskatchewan
I use a Pact BBK for most work, but it is fussy. I must be sure to have it running a half hour before I want to use it, otherwise the readings "creep" about 2 gr. during warm up. It is reliable and fast after that. I have an old Pacific beam scale that is accurate reliable, but slow because it has no magnetic dampening. If I was to do it over, I'd buy a good quality beam scale with dampening and be happy for the next thirty years.
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
So do you guys use a trickler at all? And do you measure every charge? I just can't imagine how much time it takes. I check every 10 rounds on my beam for my .223 loads, but was thinking about starting to use a tricler and an electric scale to get some perfect loads. Right now they seem to be only within 0.2 grains.
^^^^^Agreed. .2 grains can be trickled with two quick turns of the trickler handle. What you will really notice on the electronic scales when you weigh each charge is how consistent or inconsistent you thrower is with the different types of powders. With a balance beam all you see is that the pointer is not where it is supposed to be.
I guess it all boils down to what you consider to be an accurate enough charge for the rounds you are creating. If a thrown charge does what you need it to do, then good enough.
I guess it all boils down to what you consider to be an accurate enough charge for the rounds you are creating. If a thrown charge does what you need it to do, then good enough.
