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DPS III vs. Chargemaster 1500
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<blockquote data-quote="johnnyk" data-source="post: 192757" data-attributes="member: 307"><p>A scale is only as accurate as the standards (weights) used to calibrate it. If you compare two different scales, they should be calibrated beforehand using the same standards. Even then you may get two different readings due to the different natures of the scales (i.e. electronic vs mechanical), but you've eliminated the standards variable.</p><p> I think your best bet is to get one scale and stick with it. I am a scale technician by trade. Guess what I have on my desk, not 18" away from my computer? A RCBS ChargeMaster! I work with probably every name brand scale there is daily. The ChargeMaster is not the best scale out there, but for reloading and shooting tiny groups and hitting targets at distant ranges it is all the mortal man needs!</p><p> I've used Sartorious, Denver Instruments and Ohaus electronic lab balances for reloading. A couple of these read out to the thousandths (.001) of a grain. My reloads then were no more accurate than they are now using the ChargeMaster "only" reading .1 gn. I used to cut powder kernels into pieces to get my scale to read as close to 67.000gns as possible. Now that's anal retentive! Just as GoodGrouper suggested, most rifles can't shoot the difference.</p><p> Something to think about. Your scale reads 50.00 gns of powder and your rifle loves this load. Groups are .200" at 100yds. If you weigh this charge out on "your" scale and then take it over to the most accurate scale in the world that reads to .000001 gns and find out your load really weighs 50.005555 gns, then what? Does it matter? Heck no! a 10 mph wind has more affect on your bullet than that. JohnnyK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnnyk, post: 192757, member: 307"] A scale is only as accurate as the standards (weights) used to calibrate it. If you compare two different scales, they should be calibrated beforehand using the same standards. Even then you may get two different readings due to the different natures of the scales (i.e. electronic vs mechanical), but you've eliminated the standards variable. I think your best bet is to get one scale and stick with it. I am a scale technician by trade. Guess what I have on my desk, not 18" away from my computer? A RCBS ChargeMaster! I work with probably every name brand scale there is daily. The ChargeMaster is not the best scale out there, but for reloading and shooting tiny groups and hitting targets at distant ranges it is all the mortal man needs! I've used Sartorious, Denver Instruments and Ohaus electronic lab balances for reloading. A couple of these read out to the thousandths (.001) of a grain. My reloads then were no more accurate than they are now using the ChargeMaster "only" reading .1 gn. I used to cut powder kernels into pieces to get my scale to read as close to 67.000gns as possible. Now that's anal retentive! Just as GoodGrouper suggested, most rifles can't shoot the difference. Something to think about. Your scale reads 50.00 gns of powder and your rifle loves this load. Groups are .200" at 100yds. If you weigh this charge out on "your" scale and then take it over to the most accurate scale in the world that reads to .000001 gns and find out your load really weighs 50.005555 gns, then what? Does it matter? Heck no! a 10 mph wind has more affect on your bullet than that. JohnnyK. [/QUOTE]
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