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ChargeMaster scale inconsistent
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<blockquote data-quote="epoletna" data-source="post: 2917575" data-attributes="member: 87371"><p>All the precautions above about outside influences are good -- neon lights, a fan in the room, fluctuation in line current, breathing on the scale. They all affect the final result. I leave mine turned on all the time, so there is no warmup time, but I still got fluctuation.</p><p></p><p>About a year ago I went to throwing charges two-tenths below and trickling up on a balance beam scale.</p><p></p><p>Just last month I bought an electronic scale off Temu on the internet. Tiny thing, and I figured it was a poor use of $6 when it arrived (yes, $6 -- shipped!) but I put the battery in and thought I'd give it a try. It turns out I get far more accurate results (based on results with check weights) than either the Chargemaster or the balance beam. Hard to believe the cheap Chinese scale could beat a balance beam, but it was consistently more accurate to about 0.2 grain. It is a lot slower, but for long range or bench rest loads, of which I only shoot less than 100 rounds at a time, I am not troubled by the few extra minutes it takes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="epoletna, post: 2917575, member: 87371"] All the precautions above about outside influences are good -- neon lights, a fan in the room, fluctuation in line current, breathing on the scale. They all affect the final result. I leave mine turned on all the time, so there is no warmup time, but I still got fluctuation. About a year ago I went to throwing charges two-tenths below and trickling up on a balance beam scale. Just last month I bought an electronic scale off Temu on the internet. Tiny thing, and I figured it was a poor use of $6 when it arrived (yes, $6 -- shipped!) but I put the battery in and thought I'd give it a try. It turns out I get far more accurate results (based on results with check weights) than either the Chargemaster or the balance beam. Hard to believe the cheap Chinese scale could beat a balance beam, but it was consistently more accurate to about 0.2 grain. It is a lot slower, but for long range or bench rest loads, of which I only shoot less than 100 rounds at a time, I am not troubled by the few extra minutes it takes. [/QUOTE]
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