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What kind of digital calipers do I need?
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<blockquote data-quote="mountainman" data-source="post: 478190" data-attributes="member: 30120"><p>I use Starrett calipers and mic's only. I guess I should add that I used starrett mic's and calibers everyday for the last 30 years, several times an hour at my job. takes me about 2 seconds to reset the calibers( turn the dial) and yes their mic's take a few minutes to reset( need allen wrench)but rarely need it.. Also used fowler digital calibers as well, just press one button to reset to zero and pretty good battery life. I'm talking pricey mic's and calibers, few hundred dollars each but they take the abuse, you wouldn't believe the things I saw happen to them. Tryed several cheaper brands but they just didn't hold up, just a few weeks use and they were trashed. Can't remember the brands because I tryed every brand we could fined to help lower cost but starrett are the only ones that held up. If I remember right your looking at about 1K+ or so for both calibers and a mic. I know, cost to much, but for my personal use their going to way out last me and I have yet to adjust my personal mic's in 30 years of reloading and the calibers take about 1 to 2 seconds to zero,press a button or turn a dial. The fowler calibers measure down to .0001 and the starrett dials and mic's to .001. You can get 1/10,000 mic's if you want. Mine were free so I can't complain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mountainman, post: 478190, member: 30120"] I use Starrett calipers and mic's only. I guess I should add that I used starrett mic's and calibers everyday for the last 30 years, several times an hour at my job. takes me about 2 seconds to reset the calibers( turn the dial) and yes their mic's take a few minutes to reset( need allen wrench)but rarely need it.. Also used fowler digital calibers as well, just press one button to reset to zero and pretty good battery life. I'm talking pricey mic's and calibers, few hundred dollars each but they take the abuse, you wouldn't believe the things I saw happen to them. Tryed several cheaper brands but they just didn't hold up, just a few weeks use and they were trashed. Can't remember the brands because I tryed every brand we could fined to help lower cost but starrett are the only ones that held up. If I remember right your looking at about 1K+ or so for both calibers and a mic. I know, cost to much, but for my personal use their going to way out last me and I have yet to adjust my personal mic's in 30 years of reloading and the calibers take about 1 to 2 seconds to zero,press a button or turn a dial. The fowler calibers measure down to .0001 and the starrett dials and mic's to .001. You can get 1/10,000 mic's if you want. Mine were free so I can't complain. [/QUOTE]
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