Electronic Scales

[GrenGuy]

With all due respect, WTF do you call reloading in a sealed up building, in Texas, in the summer, without even a fan on when its 105 outside if not "wanting it bad enough"?

Well, I typed a fine reply, but it said I didn’t have permission to post? Others have complained about this, perhaps the moderators could explain why this happens? I know You want it bad enough...My solution is to dump powder in a closed up bathroom, not in the garage.

[Stumpkiller]

My basement is L shaped and my loading bench is in the toe. As far from the entry steps and outside door as I can get.

[Ernest T]

Well, I typed a fine reply, but it said I didn’t have permission to post? Others have complained about this, perhaps the moderators could explain why this happens? I know You want it bad enough...My solution is to dump powder in a closed up bathroom, not in the garage.

Your idea has merit, especially since loading powder doesn't require reefing on a press so the equipment can just sit on the counter. I'm sure enjoying the winter though!

[Ernest T]

I decided to go with the Creedmoor.

Its gotten good reviews
Its been reported that it has very little to no drift over long periods of time.
Its native language is grains
I think its accuracy is more than adequate for measuring precise loads.
I like the design of the wind screen.
Its now almost $300 less than the A&D.

The only negative is I'm not sure how I'll interface my trickler with it.

I'll let you know how it works.

[Ernest T]

The scale came today.




It's got a ding on the display, I haven't decided if I want to send it back yet.



I just had enough time to mess with it a few minutes tonight. These Hornady bullets appear to be very close to their advertised weight. I set the scale up to weight 55 grains and it indicates just below that weight.



The TRX says it weighs just below 55 grains too.



These bullets made by Magtech aren't as close to their advertised weight.

[GrenGuy]

That is a good start. The real test is to weigh out a powder change to 29.92 grains, consistently.

If You keep over shooting the target weight by .02grn, You can always cut kernels ;-))

[Ernest T]

I got lucky, my Lyman trickler has long enough spout to drop the powder into the pan. I drilled a hole in the side of the windscreen and stuck the spout through it. The Lyman has a cast iron base that screws in and out of the bottom of the trickler to raise or lower it, depending on the height of the scale you're using, but it was a little short for the Creedmoor. I used a piece of 3/4" plywood to raise it.






I set the Lee Safety scale up to measure 40.8 gr of powder and checked the weight against the TRX-925. For an analog scale, the Lee is pretty accurate.

[Ernest T]

I started reloading by setting up my RCBS Competition powder measure to drop just under 40.8 grains and trickled up to the target of 40.8 grains. I found the powder measure is more accurate than I thought it was when I was using a digital scale that only displayed to tenths.

That black dot in the lower left corner comes on when the scale is weighing and changing the display.





The scale isn't especially fast at weighing a charge, but its sensitive enough to recognize when you're trickling and the unstable icon comes on as it responds to the powder being dropped into the pan. If you try to go too fast, you can overshoot the mark because the scale isn't fast enough to keep up. It's not slow, just not especially fast.

Displaying two digits to the right of the decimal point makes it easier to measure accurately, but it also causes some issues when you're .002 below the target and drop a grain into the pan and it shoots up to .003 over.