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.001 gram (.015grain) scales?
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<blockquote data-quote="archangel485" data-source="post: 1985890" data-attributes="member: 97905"><p>I agree with this, the upside of a precision digital scale over a beam scale is definitely not more precision (at least for .01 grain resolution scales, you can buy .001 grain resolution digital scales which are more precise). On a beam scale, you can see the scale move an obvious distance with each granule you trickle in, so you can definitely get within one granule with a fairly inexpensive beam scale. You do have to make sure you're looking at it from the same point every time, but otherwise they're very repeatable. In fact, a 0.1 grain resolution digital scale is actually a downgrade from a beam scale in terms of precision. However, what I noticed is that fatigue sets in when reading that needle after loading 50-100 cartridges plus it's not quite as fast to reach a "balanced" state. I wanted a good digital scale for the reduction of fatigue alone, but faster to a result is also nice. And deciding what your accepted margin is a little more difficult. In other words looking at the needle you think 'now is that more or less far from the center mark than that cartridge 15 charges back?' With digital you have a number, for me +/- .02 grains is my margin I allow, much harder to tell whether or not you've met that margin on a beam scale, but I'll concede you can get pretty close.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="archangel485, post: 1985890, member: 97905"] I agree with this, the upside of a precision digital scale over a beam scale is definitely not more precision (at least for .01 grain resolution scales, you can buy .001 grain resolution digital scales which are more precise). On a beam scale, you can see the scale move an obvious distance with each granule you trickle in, so you can definitely get within one granule with a fairly inexpensive beam scale. You do have to make sure you're looking at it from the same point every time, but otherwise they're very repeatable. In fact, a 0.1 grain resolution digital scale is actually a downgrade from a beam scale in terms of precision. However, what I noticed is that fatigue sets in when reading that needle after loading 50-100 cartridges plus it's not quite as fast to reach a "balanced" state. I wanted a good digital scale for the reduction of fatigue alone, but faster to a result is also nice. And deciding what your accepted margin is a little more difficult. In other words looking at the needle you think 'now is that more or less far from the center mark than that cartridge 15 charges back?' With digital you have a number, for me +/- .02 grains is my margin I allow, much harder to tell whether or not you've met that margin on a beam scale, but I'll concede you can get pretty close. [/QUOTE]
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