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Beams vs Scales digital
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<blockquote data-quote="woods" data-source="post: 427490" data-attributes="member: 6042"><p>In my opinion and in my experience, NO</p><p></p><p>I can remember several anomalies with the beam scale when I first started reloading. Perhaps I did not have a good one.</p><p></p><p>Now I have the RCBS 1500 and it is very accurate and dependable. Contrary to some others experience, it does not need to be warmed up, is not bothered by flourescent lighting. I calibrate it each time I turn it on and the pan always weighs exactly 155.0 grains everytime. Each time I lift the pan to charge the case the display always says -155.0 grains everytime. Each time I have to pull a bullet the powder weighs exactly what my spreadsheet says I charged it with before everytime.</p><p></p><p>However you have to realize that to be accurate down to the individual granule, you have to set the dispense to throw slightly less than you want and then dislodge a few granules off the end of the tube. For example in this case I want to charge 60 grains so I set the dispense to 59.7 gr</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/bwestfall/RELOADING/DSCN0146.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>It might throw 59.9 grs</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/bwestfall/RELOADING/DSCN0148.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>dislodge a few granules off the end of the tube with a small pick</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/bwestfall/RELOADING/DSCN0150.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>and you get exactly the weight you want. It usually takes about 3 kernels of powder to make .1 grains.</p><p></p><p>So IMO the scale is 100% accurate and reliable but the dispenser is a highly accurate powder thrower.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woods, post: 427490, member: 6042"] In my opinion and in my experience, NO I can remember several anomalies with the beam scale when I first started reloading. Perhaps I did not have a good one. Now I have the RCBS 1500 and it is very accurate and dependable. Contrary to some others experience, it does not need to be warmed up, is not bothered by flourescent lighting. I calibrate it each time I turn it on and the pan always weighs exactly 155.0 grains everytime. Each time I lift the pan to charge the case the display always says -155.0 grains everytime. Each time I have to pull a bullet the powder weighs exactly what my spreadsheet says I charged it with before everytime. However you have to realize that to be accurate down to the individual granule, you have to set the dispense to throw slightly less than you want and then dislodge a few granules off the end of the tube. For example in this case I want to charge 60 grains so I set the dispense to 59.7 gr [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/bwestfall/RELOADING/DSCN0146.jpg[/IMG] It might throw 59.9 grs [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/bwestfall/RELOADING/DSCN0148.jpg[/IMG] dislodge a few granules off the end of the tube with a small pick [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/bwestfall/RELOADING/DSCN0150.jpg[/IMG] and you get exactly the weight you want. It usually takes about 3 kernels of powder to make .1 grains. So IMO the scale is 100% accurate and reliable but the dispenser is a highly accurate powder thrower. [/QUOTE]
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