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Reloading
Powder scale or e-scale? that is the question
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 830277" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>First. All scales can be off and you should check them with the weights furnished as often as you can.</p><p></p><p>Some beam scales can drift off due to the dampening system and should be checked.</p><p></p><p>When I first bought an electronic scale it was off of my beam scale buy over one grain so I made a set of weights for the exact load on my beam scale for the rifle I shot a lot. it varied to dead own to .3 or</p><p>.4/10 of a grain so I just thought I Had a bum scale and bought another. It was very consistent but</p><p>it also read different than my beam scale so that is why after three or fore E scales I work up the load on my </p><p>beam scale and sometimes zero the E scale and dump the beam scale charge on the E scale</p><p>to see what it says. this new weight is entered in my loading notes as the E scale weight and it works</p><p>the same just a different weight number.</p><p></p><p>The reason I do this is that in some circumstances a 1 grain difference can totally change the consistency of a load.</p><p></p><p>Both scales work good, as load as you except the fact that they normally wont agree with each other.</p><p></p><p>I have some pet loads that are over 50 years old and when they change it is normally the powder batch</p><p>number and adjustments have to be made so I use the beam scale as the bench Mark.</p><p></p><p>And to answer your other question-I trickle each load that has to be accurate to zero 10ths. and measuring </p><p>by volume if done right is very accurate but when I try to make every component as </p><p>close to the same as possible it gives me confidence (It probably doesn't make that much difference</p><p>but I do it anyway).</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 830277, member: 2736"] First. All scales can be off and you should check them with the weights furnished as often as you can. Some beam scales can drift off due to the dampening system and should be checked. When I first bought an electronic scale it was off of my beam scale buy over one grain so I made a set of weights for the exact load on my beam scale for the rifle I shot a lot. it varied to dead own to .3 or .4/10 of a grain so I just thought I Had a bum scale and bought another. It was very consistent but it also read different than my beam scale so that is why after three or fore E scales I work up the load on my beam scale and sometimes zero the E scale and dump the beam scale charge on the E scale to see what it says. this new weight is entered in my loading notes as the E scale weight and it works the same just a different weight number. The reason I do this is that in some circumstances a 1 grain difference can totally change the consistency of a load. Both scales work good, as load as you except the fact that they normally wont agree with each other. I have some pet loads that are over 50 years old and when they change it is normally the powder batch number and adjustments have to be made so I use the beam scale as the bench Mark. And to answer your other question-I trickle each load that has to be accurate to zero 10ths. and measuring by volume if done right is very accurate but when I try to make every component as close to the same as possible it gives me confidence (It probably doesn't make that much difference but I do it anyway). J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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