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Both. And I check them all(2 digitals and one beam) against each other and with a full range of check weights. The digitals always come with weights to check them in the middle and max. I prefer to check them throughout their entire range. But I'm extremely anal and have bought almost every digital scale marketed for reloading. I didn't have acceptable repeatable results with well over 95% of them.
I didn't vote because nothing really fit. I use both, but not because I'm trying to be extra careful. I just use different tools for different applications.
Digital to check the Uniflow every 20 or so rounds when loading for pistol stuff.
Beam scale when loading rifle so I can throw a little light and trickle up. Trying to trickle up to a weight on a digital is a huge PITA.
I could use the beam for the pistol stuff, but we picked up a NIB digital at a gunshow for a song so it gets put to use too.
I use 2 digitals and check them against each other frequently. Plus I have light and heavy check weights. So far so good in my limited 5 years of the hobby.
I use an Ohaus 10-10 which I check against Lee Safety Scale/RCBS 5-0-5. I also have a couple of older MidwayUSA digital scales that I use to sort rifle cases and bullets. I use check weights with all of them.
For my scales, beam scales are accurate to .1 gr and the digital scales to .2 gr.
Ohaus 10-10/Lee/5-0-5 scales move with 1/4"x1/4" piece of paper. Digital scales won't register until 1/2"x1/2" piece of paper is used and display .1 gr.
If I am loading near max/max loads, I will use beam scale. But for some repetitive tasks that doesn't require precision, digital scale is faster. YMMV
I use digital scales at work but beam scales at home. RCBS (Ohaus) 10-10 and Dial O grain are my favorites. Take care of them and they will last a lifetime.
I use adblockers and element hiding in Firefox and apparently the 'Both' option was removed. I can see it now using Internet Explorer.
There's lots of things I don't see here like stickies, ads, sig lines, banners, etc.
I use beam scales (have both a Redding and a Lee - I occasionally check on both if I'm getting the measure setup to do big batches). Also use regular vernier calipers.
For someone who makes his living as a computer programmer I have an unusually distrust of digital measuring devices.
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