Hombre0321
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There are trade off's in the use of any scale, how accurate do your loads need to be?
The digital scales work OK if you allow them to warm up and can live with the + or - a 10th of a grain. To get better accuracy than that with a digital you need to spend around $1,000 for a Lab quality scale. The beam type scales can be very accurate but they will need a good tune up to get to that absolute accuracy.
I shoot Long Range Benchrest as well as 1,000 yard F-Class. In this type of shooting a simple and small difference in powder charge of a 10th of a grain can and will make a difference between just shooting or shooting well enough to take home another one of those Fake Wood trophys. Accuracy in reloading takes on a whole nuther meaning at those extreme distances.
Now with that said the "Point Blank" Benchrest shooters who for the most part load at the range and never ever pre-load seldom ever weigh a charge. The throw all of there charges from a good powder measure like a Harrels. Can't argue much with there results as the world record 100 yard point blank score is .009. Yea thats right 5 shots at a 100 yard's and the group measured, less the size of the bullet, .009 of an inch.
I don't know how many of you guys need the type of accurate measuring that I and most Long Range Shooters "Think" we need. I load by throwing all of my charges with a RCBS Charge Master and throw them a 1/2 grain light. I then transfer the powder to a "Tunned" Beam scale and trickle to the disired weight.
I shot a 1,000 yard F-Class match this past weekend. My score for the 60 shots of record was 598-49X the X Ring in this shooting is a 1/2 MOA at a 1,000 yds or 5" the 10 ring is 1 MOA or 10 Inches. I was beat by a feller who shot a 599-15X. I know this man very well and he is a former National Champion, he also is 77 years old. I have been in his reloading room when he was preparing his match ammo. He use's a simple RCBS Pact type scale and never checks anything other than the calibration he does when he starts loading.
Maybe I need to re-think this whole accuracy of the powder charge thing.
Roland
The digital scales work OK if you allow them to warm up and can live with the + or - a 10th of a grain. To get better accuracy than that with a digital you need to spend around $1,000 for a Lab quality scale. The beam type scales can be very accurate but they will need a good tune up to get to that absolute accuracy.
I shoot Long Range Benchrest as well as 1,000 yard F-Class. In this type of shooting a simple and small difference in powder charge of a 10th of a grain can and will make a difference between just shooting or shooting well enough to take home another one of those Fake Wood trophys. Accuracy in reloading takes on a whole nuther meaning at those extreme distances.
Now with that said the "Point Blank" Benchrest shooters who for the most part load at the range and never ever pre-load seldom ever weigh a charge. The throw all of there charges from a good powder measure like a Harrels. Can't argue much with there results as the world record 100 yard point blank score is .009. Yea thats right 5 shots at a 100 yard's and the group measured, less the size of the bullet, .009 of an inch.
I don't know how many of you guys need the type of accurate measuring that I and most Long Range Shooters "Think" we need. I load by throwing all of my charges with a RCBS Charge Master and throw them a 1/2 grain light. I then transfer the powder to a "Tunned" Beam scale and trickle to the disired weight.
I shot a 1,000 yard F-Class match this past weekend. My score for the 60 shots of record was 598-49X the X Ring in this shooting is a 1/2 MOA at a 1,000 yds or 5" the 10 ring is 1 MOA or 10 Inches. I was beat by a feller who shot a 599-15X. I know this man very well and he is a former National Champion, he also is 77 years old. I have been in his reloading room when he was preparing his match ammo. He use's a simple RCBS Pact type scale and never checks anything other than the calibration he does when he starts loading.
Maybe I need to re-think this whole accuracy of the powder charge thing.
Roland
