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<blockquote data-quote="bchannell" data-source="post: 71049" data-attributes="member: 3447"><p>Just for the sake of accuracy, which after all is what we're talking about here, better read that ad again, that's .001 GRAM accuracy, which equates to about .0154 grain, which is PLENTY accurate I must admit. It is not necessary to weigh to that extreme, and would be needlessly time consuming. .1 grain is plenty accurate enough for even the most accurate rifle or pistol. Benchresters go mostly by volume anyway, and they get along fairly well.</p><p></p><p>The Dillon scales came in several different models over the years. I did a review of electronic scales a while back and tested all the versions of the Dillon. The older 1200 grain capacity DTerminator is one of the best electronic scales made, out of all tested, which included RCBS, PACT, Lyman etc. The newer Dillons are trash, and in my opinion are dangerous. I wrote them an email explaining my findings and they replied that their scales are for setting up a powder measure only, where a charge is thrown into the pan and the pan is placed on the scale, with no more powder being added. Their scales cannot discern the difference between a zero shift and powder being trickled into the pan.</p><p>I use the older Dillon DTerminator until someone comes out with something better, but I doubt they can beat it by much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bchannell, post: 71049, member: 3447"] Just for the sake of accuracy, which after all is what we're talking about here, better read that ad again, that's .001 GRAM accuracy, which equates to about .0154 grain, which is PLENTY accurate I must admit. It is not necessary to weigh to that extreme, and would be needlessly time consuming. .1 grain is plenty accurate enough for even the most accurate rifle or pistol. Benchresters go mostly by volume anyway, and they get along fairly well. The Dillon scales came in several different models over the years. I did a review of electronic scales a while back and tested all the versions of the Dillon. The older 1200 grain capacity DTerminator is one of the best electronic scales made, out of all tested, which included RCBS, PACT, Lyman etc. The newer Dillons are trash, and in my opinion are dangerous. I wrote them an email explaining my findings and they replied that their scales are for setting up a powder measure only, where a charge is thrown into the pan and the pan is placed on the scale, with no more powder being added. Their scales cannot discern the difference between a zero shift and powder being trickled into the pan. I use the older Dillon DTerminator until someone comes out with something better, but I doubt they can beat it by much. [/QUOTE]
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