I love it, but use it mostly for weighing brass and roundballs, as I use a Belding & Mull powder measure with the mic setting, which I do check on the Pact scale before reloading. you do need to use in a place with out drafts (wiund or A/C vents) and I'd best advise you plug it in and allow it to warm up and stabilize while you get out the rest of your stuff.

Tight groups!!

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E.g. -- The digital will read to 0.1 gr. and provide the same reading for 25.00 gr. and 25.03 gr. perhaps not reading 25.1 gr. until the actual weight runs 25.08 gr.

With a beam scale it's possible to read variations in the beam position between 25.0 gr. and 25.1 gr.

The digital is also subject to drafts, and movement of the bench. I set up my digital scale on a bench that is not attached to the work area where I'm reloading.

The digital scale is excellent for weighing brass and bullets! It's also useful for looking at variations in the weight of loaded ammo -- to check if maybe you've double charged a round or failed to put a charge in a case.

For "dead nuts" accuracy (a machinist's term for zero tolerance) the beam scale is the way to go.

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Posted by Genghis:
A balance beam will show slight deviations in weight whereas a digital will only change its readout at a certain point.
E.g. -- The digital will read to 0.1 gr. and provide the same reading for 25.00 gr. and 25.03 gr. perhaps not reading 25.1 gr. until the actual weight runs 25.08 gr.

With a beam scale it's possible to read variations in the beam position between 25.0 gr. and 25.1 gr.

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And what particular application in your reloading requires this degree of accuracy? Do you have a load which is safe at one level but after loading an additional .05g of powder, it's over max? How many granules of H-4831/RL-19/Varget/"You Pick It" are needed to get .05g? Does accuracy go all to heck when cartridge cases or bullets are .05g to heavy or light?

Come on folks -- we spend to much time worrying about needless stuff that we can measure, simply because we can measure it. 1/10th is plenty accurate for anything we load for.

You'll be much better served by a good trigger, good bedding and a good barrel. After that, practice. Don't worry about the small stuff.

Not to jump your case Genghis, JMHO.

Martindog

The electronic scales greatest use to me,is weighing cases and bullets...............

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