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<blockquote data-quote="Topgun 30-06" data-source="post: 639592" data-attributes="member: 28854"><p>Trickymissfit---That quote you put up was part of my post and stated by boomtube. I, myself, was a W&M Investigator with the State of Michigan for over 30 years before retiring in 2002. The reason I agreed with him and have to disagree with you is that you are not talking about a digital scale in your particular job that is/was a cheap $100-$300 instrument like they are making for powder weighing systems. I would venture to say that the digital equipment used for what you mentioned was in the many thousands of dollars and would be like comparing apples to oranges for what we are talking about in this thread. Trying to trickle a final charge weight and stay within +/- 0.1 grains on the scales we are discussing is not simple because of the way they are made and they are not in a laboratory setting. They may be fine to dispense an initial lesser charge while you're placing the previous charge and seating a bullet in a case, but I would still trickle up to the final weight each time with a good beam scale. That's the reason I just use an OHaus beam scale for the entire procedure because I didn't get into reloading for speed and mass production, but rather to take my time and relax while putting out what I want in a reload and being extra confident it's where it should be. A good beam scale properly maintained will last several generations of reloaders and I doubt there are many digital scales being sold at prices reloaders are paying that will do that just because of the mere electronics involved for those low prices.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topgun 30-06, post: 639592, member: 28854"] Trickymissfit---That quote you put up was part of my post and stated by boomtube. I, myself, was a W&M Investigator with the State of Michigan for over 30 years before retiring in 2002. The reason I agreed with him and have to disagree with you is that you are not talking about a digital scale in your particular job that is/was a cheap $100-$300 instrument like they are making for powder weighing systems. I would venture to say that the digital equipment used for what you mentioned was in the many thousands of dollars and would be like comparing apples to oranges for what we are talking about in this thread. Trying to trickle a final charge weight and stay within +/- 0.1 grains on the scales we are discussing is not simple because of the way they are made and they are not in a laboratory setting. They may be fine to dispense an initial lesser charge while you're placing the previous charge and seating a bullet in a case, but I would still trickle up to the final weight each time with a good beam scale. That's the reason I just use an OHaus beam scale for the entire procedure because I didn't get into reloading for speed and mass production, but rather to take my time and relax while putting out what I want in a reload and being extra confident it's where it should be. A good beam scale properly maintained will last several generations of reloaders and I doubt there are many digital scales being sold at prices reloaders are paying that will do that just because of the mere electronics involved for those low prices. [/QUOTE]
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