okay, call it poor-mouthing, cheapskating, or whatever the hell you want to....har! I'd like to buy a 500 grain scale from one of the brethren if anybody has an extra one for a small fee. I have 2 old 300 grainers....sent my 500 grain scale back to Lyman years ago and they wanted $35 to 'repair' it...told them to make a rectal suppository out of it. So, I got out the ancient Redding 300 grain scale and have been happy ever since...until I started casting heavy 458 bullets. A thousand grain scale would probably be the very best, but I don't cast bullets over 450 grains and have no intentions of ever doing so. Don't everybody curse me at once..he-he, but hey, it's almost Christmas and I'm nearly broke (yeah, ain't we all). So, if there is a scale drawing dust under your bench you'd part with for cheap, let me know. If I find such a beast, I'll give this 300 grainer away.

Jumptrap, rig a 300 grain counterweight for the scales you have.

Jumptrap: So happens I have a Redding 500 gr scale you can have as a Xmas present. ben.
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ben,

that's mighty generous of you, but I'm not looking for a freebie. I'll email you and we'll work out the details.

Jumptrap,

Did Lyman take your recommendation?

Regards.....

well, it's apparent they have something stuck up their....uh, exit. They could own the majority share of the mould business if they wanted too, but instead they sit back and watch their lunch being ate by RCBS, and mostly small private makers. Go figure!!!!!

Thanks ben, you were the only respondent I had, I'll send a MO tomorrow.

Leftoverdj, How do you affix a 300 grain couterweight to a scale? I would like to be able to use my 300 grain scale for weights up to 600 grains. If the counterweight is on the scale, do you manually add 300 grains to everything you measure?

If I can figure out how to do this, it would be more fun than finding money on the street! :> Turbo

Turbo--Put enough weight in your scale pan to zero at 300gr. Reset your adjustable weights to zero. Add enough weight to the light end of the beam to bring the pointer back to zero. Dump the weight out of the pan and weigh whatever you want, and add 300gr to what the scale indicates.

nvbirdman, Thanks! That's so simple! Just the kind of solution I wanted to learn. Turbo

You think that was easy, you should ask me about measuring trigger pull weight!!
nvbirdman

nvbirdman, OK, I'll ask, how do you measure trigger pull? I'm ready for another great tip! :> Turbo

Bent rod to fit over trigger without touching stock with a can on the end of the rod. Pour birdshot into the can until you hear the snap. Weigh can, shot and rod.

If you don't have a scale handy, substitute bullets of a known weight for the shot. Count bullets and figger 7000 grains to the pound.

[ 12-02-2003, 08:54: Message edited by: Leftoverdj ]

leftoverdj beat me to it. Be sure to raise the gun slowly so you measure the weight, not the speed of the jerk. Be sure the gun is empty, and if you're checking a rifle or semi-auto, and if you're a blonde, make sure the safety is off.

Nv, only fair since you beat me to it last time.

another quick and dirty way to measure trigger pull that I use is an old baby scale that I have laying around. Put an empty gun butt down on the scale balancing it vertically with your finger. The scale will read the weight of the gun, now start pushing down on the trigger till it breaks, subtact gun weight from total =trigger pull. Works with handguns also. Nick