Tom J. Lang wrote:
Bill,
Anything the affects the “balance” of the beam will affect the zero. I think you have an older balance, but if you have a zero compensator it is probably not as old as I thought. If possible send me a picture at my email address [email protected] it would help a lot. Nobody left here can remember a balance called a Dial-O-Matic. The only name I can find is Dial-O-Gram.
tjl
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This one belonged to my dad. I put it in a box in 2005 when he died. I will probably never use it. still in excellant condition. I recall using it in the 80 and 90s. I bought a used 10-10 in the 90s and since I use a dillion and mainly target loads, dont really have the need for this one.
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If its still functional it would bring a pretty good price on Ebay!
Somewhere north of $200 to the right buyer.
Neat scale - too bad it was dropped but probably for cost and not that well bought by consumers given the cost back then of their 10-10 scale.