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<blockquote data-quote="diriel" data-source="post: 527274" data-attributes="member: 26983"><p>Trickymissfit,</p><p></p><p>Good to know. Yeah I have read where you have to have a fairly constant temp, and GOOD electrical power supply. Then you have to let the scale warm up for hours on end.</p><p></p><p>I am just not into all of that. Grab my calibration weight, calibrate my scale, and start reloading. The calibration only takes a couple of minutes, them im up and productive. </p><p></p><p>Until the day comes where I can Just turn the scale on and calibrate it, no thanks. My old mechanical scales do quite nicely, and will measure down to a single tenth of a grain. Hard to imagine even the highest end rifle being able to really take advantage of better than that.</p><p></p><p>I hear you on certain ball powders. On larger cases, some days I will even do the Double Throw for an end Powder Weight. These days I do not use a whole lot of ball powder though. Back when I was a reloading freak, I sometimes went out shooting just so I could have an excuse to reload some more. Odd as that may sound. These days, I prefer to load up a bunch, and then go out and have a good time numerous times before having to reload again. Some times that gets me into major weather changes, like from 105 F. ++ to down near, or even below freezing. I had started to take note of some ball powders giving me a lot of vertical, and even some times the load seemed like a whole different load due to the temp change. With the "extreme" stick powders I find this to be less of a problem. I don't like having to have several different loads for various temp / elevations. Getting old and lazy I suppose, truth be known. </p><p></p><p>I have had great luck with H4831sc, and H1000. Sure there IS a difference you can "see" out at long range with these loads, under the above stated conditional changes. The thing is, that difference, as long as you have REALLY done your load work up, is mild enough to be considered more of a shooters challenge, than a deal breaker. At least, that is how it seems to me. Others may have different results. My 6.5x55 BJAI likes the H4831sc, my old (sold it to brother & law) 300wm loved the H1000. </p><p></p><p>The most important thing is to have a good outing!</p><p>Gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="diriel, post: 527274, member: 26983"] Trickymissfit, Good to know. Yeah I have read where you have to have a fairly constant temp, and GOOD electrical power supply. Then you have to let the scale warm up for hours on end. I am just not into all of that. Grab my calibration weight, calibrate my scale, and start reloading. The calibration only takes a couple of minutes, them im up and productive. Until the day comes where I can Just turn the scale on and calibrate it, no thanks. My old mechanical scales do quite nicely, and will measure down to a single tenth of a grain. Hard to imagine even the highest end rifle being able to really take advantage of better than that. I hear you on certain ball powders. On larger cases, some days I will even do the Double Throw for an end Powder Weight. These days I do not use a whole lot of ball powder though. Back when I was a reloading freak, I sometimes went out shooting just so I could have an excuse to reload some more. Odd as that may sound. These days, I prefer to load up a bunch, and then go out and have a good time numerous times before having to reload again. Some times that gets me into major weather changes, like from 105 F. ++ to down near, or even below freezing. I had started to take note of some ball powders giving me a lot of vertical, and even some times the load seemed like a whole different load due to the temp change. With the "extreme" stick powders I find this to be less of a problem. I don't like having to have several different loads for various temp / elevations. Getting old and lazy I suppose, truth be known. I have had great luck with H4831sc, and H1000. Sure there IS a difference you can "see" out at long range with these loads, under the above stated conditional changes. The thing is, that difference, as long as you have REALLY done your load work up, is mild enough to be considered more of a shooters challenge, than a deal breaker. At least, that is how it seems to me. Others may have different results. My 6.5x55 BJAI likes the H4831sc, my old (sold it to brother & law) 300wm loved the H1000. The most important thing is to have a good outing! Gary [/QUOTE]
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