JimTom wrote:Thanks everyone for your input, and a special thanks to Oldbloke for doing a fair bit of leg work for me. I have ordered a set of RCBS m500. Was a close contest between between those and the Redding Mod 2.
Looking forward to their arrival.
Oldbloke wrote:JimTom wrote:Thanks everyone for your input, and a special thanks to Oldbloke for doing a fair bit of leg work for me. I have ordered a set of RCBS m500. Was a close contest between between those and the Redding Mod 2.
Looking forward to their arrival.
What did they set you back?
JimTom wrote:G'day Gents
So I have just deposited my second electronic scale item into the bin. A few months ago I chucked a powder dispenser and today a set of electronic scales, so circa $600 worth of kit, both green in colour and made in Fu#$ing China. Lesson learned. Admittedly they are 4 years old however I'd have thought I'd get a bit more longevity out of them than that. I had previously given these items a good wrap on this forum as they did actually perform really well up until recently.
I am now thinking I am going to get a set of balance scales and utilise my powder thrower. After all it does throw really accurately, that is until you get up into the slower burning powders like 2209 where there can sometimes be a slight variation.
I was thinking the RCBS 1000 balance scales.
Anyone have any recommendations?
Bills Shed wrote:There is nothing wrong with electronic scales, but you get what you pay for. Those dinky reloading scales from the main name brands are pretty poor. I have a Ohaus scale and it is good gear. Had a Sataurious before that and that had to be 15 years old. Look at any decent laboratory and you will struggle to find a beam balance in use. I have no fight with a beam balance, and I own one too. Saying that it is in a box that I have not opened in a long time.
Bill
Oldbloke wrote:"$178 plus $15 delivery mate. Was the cheapest I could find"
Not cheap. But I'm sure they will do the trick for many years.
JimTom wrote:Oldbloke wrote:"$178 plus $15 delivery mate. Was the cheapest I could find"
Not cheap. But I'm sure they will do the trick for many years.
Most places had them for sale circa $235. No doubt there would be postage on top of that too.
JimTom wrote:Bills Shed wrote:There is nothing wrong with electronic scales, but you get what you pay for. Those dinky reloading scales from the main name brands are pretty poor. I have a Ohaus scale and it is good gear. Had a Sataurious before that and that had to be 15 years old. Look at any decent laboratory and you will struggle to find a beam balance in use. I have no fight with a beam balance, and I own one too. Saying that it is in a box that I have not opened in a long time.
Bill
Yes mate I agree that if you are prepared to pay the big dollars for good electronic then They would be fine.
cz515 wrote:JimTom wrote:Bills Shed wrote:There is nothing wrong with electronic scales, but you get what you pay for. Those dinky reloading scales from the main name brands are pretty poor. I have a Ohaus scale and it is good gear. Had a Sataurious before that and that had to be 15 years old. Look at any decent laboratory and you will struggle to find a beam balance in use. I have no fight with a beam balance, and I own one too. Saying that it is in a box that I have not opened in a long time.
Bill
Yes mate I agree that if you are prepared to pay the big dollars for good electronic then They would be fine.
I agree with Bill on this. Have a chargemaster full. Had cheepo digital scales and they are all rubbish on their own ways. A Lee beam scale was ok. And even got a redding beam scale.
A few years ago I picked up a laboratory digital for about $200 bucks (they are over 1k new) and it's just awesome.
cflake wrote:I had my Hornday electronic scales die about a year ago.. lasted 2 years or so and just stopped working. I even pulled them apart to see if I could fix anything but it all looked fine to me. $500 or so down the drain.
I looked at different options and I could roll the dice and waste another $500 or step up and pay around $1500 or so for better 'quality' but they are still all from various gun manufacturers, not companies that make scales (and that's all they do). I bought the A&D scales for around $1100 and used them with a redding manual powder thrower & trickler for around 9 months until my auto trickler arrived. Total cost is over 2 grand but it's fast and very accurate. The scales are absolutely amazing. Buy once, cry once but you can buy in stages to spread the pain out a bit.
cz515 wrote:Some people have to much freely time
JimTom wrote:Oldbloke wrote:"$178 plus $15 delivery mate. Was the cheapest I could find"
Not cheap. But I'm sure they will do the trick for many years.
Most places had them for sale circa $235. No doubt there would be postage on top of that too.
Oldbloke wrote:JimTom wrote:Oldbloke wrote:"$178 plus $15 delivery mate. Was the cheapest I could find"
Not cheap. But I'm sure they will do the trick for many years.
Most places had them for sale circa $235. No doubt there would be postage on top of that too.
Are they OK?
ash_hendo wrote:The only other bugbear is it is "pressure" sensitve, measuring powder in a tray where the weight is spread out gives a different result to say in a case where all the pressure is in one spot (by about 0.1 grain)
Bills Shed wrote:ash_hendo wrote:The only other bugbear is it is "pressure" sensitve, measuring powder in a tray where the weight is spread out gives a different result to say in a case where all the pressure is in one spot (by about 0.1 grain)
I gather that this is not an analytical scale then. One of the tests for setup on a analytical scale is the placement of weights in different positions.
Bill
Bills Shed wrote:Temp is hard to manage but turning it on the 30min before hand is the solution. Laboratories just do not turn them off.
Bill