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Let’s see what your using!

I have (maybe had, can’t find it since I moved) a Frankfort Arsenal digital scale that I have used for the better part of a decade. Got it because I was tired of fiddling with a Lee balance scale. Both worked well enough. The digital is easier to use, and swaps units a bit which has come in handy a couple times.

I gave up on finding my FA digital and ordered this. Reviews look decent. I will review when I receive it. We need a few cheap options because there are plenty expensive options that we know are good.

https://www.amazon.com/Milligarm-Re...jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==
 
Redding R2 for almost everything. I had an old RCBS 505 that was great, but I knocked it off the bench one day and it expired.
 
WestKentucky said:
It will be nice to have 2 known good scales to compare against each other.
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You know the story about person with two watches? :)

In addition to Lee Safety/Ohaus 10-10/RCBS 5-0-5, FA DS-750 was the first digital scale I used and while it ranged +/- 0.1 gr to check weight ranges of powder charges I used, it was fast and good for sorting bullets and to do quick powder charge checks. It was a durable scale that took the everyday rough handling at the bench and large blue lit display was a plus when my vision got worse with age.

These days, micro-circuitry that runs small digital scales must be so common place and consistent enough that last several I bought had higher resolution than my beam scales and are able to resolve check weights down to .04 - .08 gr.

WestKentucky said:
Scales ... Let’s see what your using!
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These are digital scales I have in addition to Ohaus 10-10 and RCBS 5-0-5 that consistently verify check weights down to .1 gr - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...les-1-mg-analytical-lab-scale-for-120.873830/

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From left to right:
  • Ohaus ASTM Class 6 check weight set down to 1 mg (.015 gr)
  • VEVOR Analytical Lab scale that can verify check weights down to .08 gr and resolve Varget down to one kernel - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...lab-scale-for-120.873830/page-2#post-11627511
  • WAOAW scale that will verify check weights down to .06 gr
  • FA DS-750 - Longtime bench work horse that will verify check weights down to .1 gr
  • Gemini-20 scale will verify check weights down to .04 gr
 
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I recommend buying both Digital and Balance.

then get a set of calibration weights as your standard

do a QC once a week, put the results in a chart to see were it hits in 6-Sigma. Nice Bell shape curve… U R Golden

then shoot it out of a High Point
 
LiveLife said:
Hey, now you are talking. :D

< While I would not buy a Hi-Point, I was impressed by accuracy of samples I have shot ... Respect for this USA made firearm company :thumbup: >
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Fixed barrel, nothing more accurate then that
 
20220212_185100.jpg This is what I use. Has a little paddle that immerses into an oil cavity The paddle does a great job of steadying the beam quickly with minimum swaying. Huge difference with and without oil. Love this old scale. Dad bought it 40 years ago at a gun show for cheap. New Old Stock. Old but new. Wouldn't trade it for anything new on the market! 20220212_184208.jpg 20220212_184303.jpg
 
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I use both a balance and a digital. I am using a Dillion Eliminator beam scale which is made by Ohaus and a RCBS Chargemaster Lite as my digital scale. Both have been accurate and repeatable. I test with check weights before every loading session.
 
Have a long suffering RCBS beam balance; thot' to replace it with a Dillon electronic that I still use. It gets a little fussy against my check weights, so it has been back to the beam balance.
BTW, if you can find some wooden coffee stirrers, they make a great way to give a beam balance a very gentle tap to let it settle.
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I’ve got a My Weigh Gem Pro 300 that I’ve been quite happy with. It reads my check weight set accurately every time I turn it on, so my old Redding beam scale lives in its box, tucked under the back corner of my desk. A160A830-B821-4519-9CCE-1D3694115F2B.jpeg
 
EE69BAC0-0DD2-4198-9189-68FA2549F015.png Dillon RL1100. I’m not spry enough to crank a K a minute. But it most certainly will turn out a thousand in 50 minutes. At a good steady pace.
Redding die set, with micrometer seating and crimp dies. Mighty Armory hold down for swaging. Mr. Bullet feeder, Dillon case feed. And endoscope camera to keep an eye on powder drop, since it drops powder on the back of the press.
 
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WestKentucky said:
Let’s see what your using!
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I'm using the same scale. Dead-nuts accurate, but I had to polish (10000-grit) the pan stem and stem guide (the moving/sliding parts). Also de-stressed the mounting screws. (If that doesn't make sense, I can take a picture.) Otherwise, the "stick-tion" will drive you nuts.

In the winter, the dry Colorado air (10%RH) causes static; electronic scales can drift a bit. I put the scale on a large piece of sheet aluminum and grounded it to a wall outlet. It's more stable. Most cheap electronic scales expect room temperature. My reloading bench is in an unheated garage. I load at >50F.

Measurement repeatability is the test of any scale. Place a test weight on it (can be anything, like a 9mm brass case), then blow on it. Note the number, then blow on it again. If it comes back with +/- 0.001g, you're good to go. Mine does.
 
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View attachment 1059273 Dillon RL1100. I’m not spry enough to crank a K a minute. But it most certainly will turn out a thousand in 50 minutes. At a good steady pace.
Redding die set, with micrometer seating and crimp dies. Mighty Armory hold down for swaging. Mr. Bullet feeder, Dillon case feed. And endoscope camera to keep an eye on powder drop, since it drops powder on the back of the press.
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That thing looks BEAST mode! one Day!!!
 
Mark_Mark said:
That thing looks BEAST mode! one Day!!!
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It is a pretty dang hard to beat setup for punching up a pile of handgun ammo in pretty short order. Prefill 10 primer tubes fill both feeders then get cranking. Drop 3 handfuls of cases and 1 handful of bullets every time you drop a new stack of primers. It’ll eat a brick of primers very quickly.
 
1911in9mm said:
It is a pretty dang hard to beat setup for punching up a pile of handgun ammo in pretty short order. Prefill 10 primer tubes fill both feeders then get cranking. Drop 3 handfuls of cases and 1 handful of bullets every time you drop a new stack of primers. It’ll eat a brick of primers very quickly.
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Are you a pro shooter? that’s alot of ammo
 
I had actually planned to do just that. But took an incredible raise to work overnight instead of days. With one going to college this fall and the other next fall, the money was too good to pass up.
 
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