What powder scales are you guys using?

RCBS 5-0-5
Lyman Gen 6
MTM Mini-Digital

I like to cross-reference them to verify but they are all accurate and consistent with each other (provided I remembered to change the batteries in the MTM).
 
deadeyes40 said:
Lyman M5 balance beam scale. probably older than I am as it was my father in laws before it was mine.
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I bought mine 30ish years ago, at that time, the LGS owner said the gently used M5 was older than I was. Mine is complete with box and check weight.

I have one of those small Hornady Trickler's. It worked much better after I weighted the base with handful of shotgun pellets c/w silicone to seal them in.
 
Odinson said:
I have 3 electronic and 2 beam scales. I found the electronic units to be less accurate than the beam type consequently, I use the beam.
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Lol ! Are you still using a rotary dial analog phone ?
I am reloading 10000 + rounds a year, will spend a year doing so with a beam scale. Electronic scale are used in Labs all over the world and they are very accurate. The FX120 read .01 grain..that one powder kennel…try that with that beam scale..she will not even move with one kernel.

This is now a urban legend - a myth- that beam scale are more precise. It is not true today.
 
Johnny G1 said:
Ohaus triple beam that is 50+ yrs old and still perfect weight, just checked a bunch of bullets the other day, bang on.
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Bullet are notorious to vary. I shoot benchrest and even custom handmade bullet must be sorted by weight.
Even more on commercial off the shelves bullet. Bang on ? If all your bullet are ‘bang on’ this is proof your scale is not accurate enough.
 
Janeau said:
Lol ! Are you still using a rotary dial analog phone ?
I am reloading 10000 + rounds a year, will spend a year doing so with a beam scale. Electronic scale are used in Labs all over the world and they are very accurate. The FX120 read .01 grain..that one powder kennel…try that with that beam scale..she will not even move with one kernel.

This is now a urban legend - a myth- that beam scale are more precise. It is not true today.
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I think this is comparing apples to oranges,
Totally different price point.

For the type of shooting and reloading the majority here does that one kernel won't make a difference.

In saying that, a good clean ohaus made magnetically dampened balance beam scale should be able to indicate a kernel more or less, of extruded powder that is, not a kernel ball or flake powder.
 
bertn said:
I think this is comparing apples to oranges,
Totally different price point.

For the type of shooting and reloading the majority here does that one kernel won't make a difference.

In saying that, a good clean ohaus made magnetically dampened balance beam scale should be able to indicate a kernel more or less, of extruded powder that is, not a kernel ball or flake powder.
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My rcbs beam scale indicates when I add just 1 kernal of extruded powder. I don't use a trickler at all, I get it very close and then add kernals with tweezers. I know its slow but for the amount I reload it works fine.
 
Janeau said:
Lol ! Are you still using a rotary dial analog phone ?
I am reloading 10000 + rounds a year, will spend a year doing so with a beam scale. Electronic scale are used in Labs all over the world and they are very accurate. The FX120 read .01 grain..that one powder kennel…try that with that beam scale..she will not even move with one kernel.

This is now a urban legend - a myth- that beam scale are more precise. It is not true today.
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Read post #39 and hang your head in shame. Unless you spend $100k on a digital scale, a beam will always be more accurate. :p
 
GemPro250 and RCBS Chargemaster Light. I used a Hornady G2 1500 previously but found it too sensitive to temperature and interference - apparently more common in battery operated scales. Started with a Lee safety scale, but found it far more time consuming than digital, and I won't be going back to the beam scale unless electricity ceases to be a thing. Nothing wrong with having one for backup though. Personal preference dictated by your reloading requirements and depends on how much you want to spend.
 
woodlotowner said:
I use my Lyman digital to get close, then drop it in the RCBS 5-0-5 scale to tune the charge. Digital scales (any I have used in the past), in my experience, are consistently less accurate than a reliable beam scale. The RCBS scale will indicate individual grains of cylindrical powders and one or two grains of ball. Hard to beat that.
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woodlotowner said:
Read post #39 and hang your head in shame. Unless you spend $100k on a digital scale, a beam will always be more accurate. :p
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HUH...?! Really?

I'm not trying to pick a fight, but those statements are hard to believe.
 
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jerrya said:
My rcbs beam scale indicates when I add just 1 kernal of extruded powder. I don't use a trickler at all, I get it very close and then add kernals with tweezers. I know its slow but for the amount I reload it works fine.
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%100 My redding moves with even a tickle of flake. 1tenth grains is a 3/64 movement on the indicator, very easy to see.

The issue with digital is not under senitivity, its over sensitivity... just the furnace turning onnthrows them for a loop... there is a reason the old ones needed an hour to "warm up". Because just the heat of the electronics warming up set them off.
 
Janeau said:
Lol ! Are you still using a rotary dial analog phone ?
I am reloading 10000 + rounds a year, will spend a year doing so with a beam scale. Electronic scale are used in Labs all over the world and they are very accurate. The FX120 read .01 grain..that one powder kennel…try that with that beam scale..she will not even move with one kernel.

This is now a urban legend - a myth- that beam scale are more precise. It is not true today.
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The FX 120 is a great scale and will really speed things up when paired with an auto-trickler.

That said, a well tuned beam scale while much slower, will absolutely move from one kernel. I have loaded over 6k match rifle ammo with an Ohaus and one extra kernel of varget will move the indicator off from perfect alignment.
 
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