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billyb
03-17-2011, 06:27 AM
Does any body have a good, cheap, semi accurate way to measure trigger pull weight?
Old No7
03-17-2011, 08:29 PM
Gun UNloaded...
Barrel up...
String or wire to trigger...
Other end to empty coffee can...
Add sand or coins, whatever, until it trips...
Then weigh it -- the can, NOT the gun -- at your local Post Office.
Sometimes a "DeLiar" fishing scale works OK too.
RCBS sells a low-cost ($20?) and a medium-cost ($40?) trigger pull scale (with springs), and if you really get serious, Lyman makes an electronic one ($60?).
Good luck.
Old No7
billyb
03-18-2011, 01:54 AM
Duh! How simple. Time to get my head out of the box. Thanks for the idea.
Terry Balding
03-18-2011, 06:33 AM
I use a digital fish scale $10.
Terry
Hawkeye 250
03-23-2011, 07:49 AM
Yea I got a digital one off ebay a few days ago for $5 and works great. Pretty consistent too
godale
03-28-2011, 10:37 PM
i always used the fish scale too
I just use water. Then pour in a measure cup that shows ounces.
JDY
thirty06
04-02-2011, 12:12 PM
How much does an ounce of water [by volume] weigh?
Colon Terminus
04-02-2011, 10:13 PM
How much does an ounce of water [by volume] weigh?
1 ounce. Haven't you heard the old saying "a pints a pound the world around"?
Actually it weighs a teensy bit more than 1 ounce but hardly enough to matter, something like 43 thousandths of an ounce more.
thirty06
04-03-2011, 09:42 AM
OK got out the scale. 1 oz.water by volume =369 grains. 1oz by weight = 437 grains
This is my well water your mileage may vary. But this tells me 1oz. by volume is not 1oz by weight.
Please set me straight on this. Am I figuring wrong?
Blue Avenger
04-03-2011, 12:28 PM
No, your right. one oz lead wont = one oz of gunpowder by volume either
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