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Recommend a powder scale?
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<blockquote data-quote="dmr400" data-source="post: 1969261" data-attributes="member: 33691"><p>One thing that folks with 20 year old beam scales overlook, those scales were built to much higher tolerances than what are available now that I can see. Production has shifted to China or Mexico, and they just aren't the same. I spent a considerable amount of time working on/ with an rcbs beam scale that came with my rockchucker kit, and even after getting the variation to half of what it was from the factory it will still have a measureable variance of nearly .2 grains using the same exact bullet placed in the pan 5 times. None of the reputable scale "tuners" will touch these things. Im sure there are scales out there I'm not aware of, but none of the basic beam scales that come in the kits these days are worth messing with for precision rifle ammo meant to be used over about 300 yards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dmr400, post: 1969261, member: 33691"] One thing that folks with 20 year old beam scales overlook, those scales were built to much higher tolerances than what are available now that I can see. Production has shifted to China or Mexico, and they just aren't the same. I spent a considerable amount of time working on/ with an rcbs beam scale that came with my rockchucker kit, and even after getting the variation to half of what it was from the factory it will still have a measureable variance of nearly .2 grains using the same exact bullet placed in the pan 5 times. None of the reputable scale "tuners" will touch these things. Im sure there are scales out there I'm not aware of, but none of the basic beam scales that come in the kits these days are worth messing with for precision rifle ammo meant to be used over about 300 yards. [/QUOTE]
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