Si-Bore Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Some of you may like to see the test results I came up with after weighing on my 505 scales and checking them against a high quality electric scale. https://www.facebook.com/prshooting/posts/1377123355678810:0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 What are your conclusions from that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-Bore Posted April 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 What are your conclusions from that? Good quality beam balance scales are accurate enough to load within 0.04g if setup correctly. Reducing parallax and magnifying with a tablet or camera/screen combo aids the precision of the scale reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Actually, within the sort of parameters we are likely to be dealing with, it doesn't matter if they are accurate so much as it does being consistent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-Bore Posted April 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 (edited) Actually, within the sort of parameters we are likely to be dealing with, it doesn't matter if they are accurate so much as it does being consistent. I completely agree. It was the consistency I was exploring hence the 20 charges measured. Edited April 12, 2017 by Si-Bore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Is that 0.04 gram or grain (gn) just to be clear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-Bore Posted April 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 0.04 grains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 What you ought to do is measure scooped powder charges for comparison. Then you realise that even scooped powder charges often shoot very accurately. I weigh every charge very carefully but when I started reloading 40 odd years ago we all had scoops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1066 Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Not bad from a fairly basic scale that must be more than 20 years old. (grey) Once you get down to the .02 grain area you are getting to the stage where it dosen't matter how much you pay for scales unless you're going to think about cutting kernels in half. Good test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted April 12, 2017 Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 That's made me feel better plus I've just ordered a bit of glass for my bench Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savhmr Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Another user of 20 yr old-plus RCBS (10-10) scales here. They're as accurate as any reloader could ever need. If people could read the wind better, they'd do more for their shooting precision than worrying over a few points of a grain when loading, but as with all things reloading, it's all about removing as many variables as possible and a good set of beam scales will do this very adequately. Nice test. Personally, I think that correlating MV SD with these tests might me more telling. I've always been of the mind that neck tension consistency is more important than tenths of a grain, and for that matter, what primers are used. Laurie Holland did an interesting scientific comparison of primers a while back showing just how much they affect consistency (check out UKV for details). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 i used one of these for a few years. http://balance.balances.com/scales/1353/ mainly as checkweights and such for a domestic scale i had. its kind of like using a 44ton truck to drive home with a pint of milk. tad overkill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-Bore Posted April 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 i used one of these for a few years. http://balance.balances.com/scales/1353/ mainly as checkweights and such for a domestic scale i had. its kind of like using a 44ton truck to drive home with a pint of milk. tad overkill. Wowsa! That's a few coins! 😱 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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