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Just Jim Full Member Offline Posts: 186 Joined: May 11^th, 2019	Suggestions for new powder scale... Mar 18^th, 2020 at 8:50pm	Print Post
	We are now in our lovely new forest home in the southern Appalachians, but it was a tough move. Lots of my wife's fine furniture shattered, and quite a few things never seen again, including my reloading scale. I had a base model Lyman I used since about 1972, but it went bad and started sticking. I replaced it with a vintage Lyman M5, and it was flawless in its operation, but now it appears to be gone. What do you all prefer in a simple balance beam scale? Something cheap and readily available used would be right up my alley, but before searching, I thought I'd see if there was any agreement about a preferred scale. Thanks... Jim


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Jeff Houck Junior Member Offline Posts: 78 Location: Pocatello Joined: Jan 11^th, 2014	Re: Suggestions for new powder scale... Reply #1 - Mar 18^th, 2020 at 9:24pm	Print Post
	A mechanical balance scale that can weigh 1000grs. or more. I've used my Lyman 10-10 for 50+ years and it's never had a problem and never lost calibration. There have been times when I've weighed the entire cartridge so I needed the entire capacity of the scale. Electronic scales will fail in their electronic components, batteries, calibration etc. Unless you buy a high end analyitical scale you just can't trust the data to be consistant. My cheapie reloading scales never lasted very long. Certainly not 50+ years. The mechanical scales will always work reliable as long as gravity stays the same.

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Just Jim Full Member Offline Posts: 186 Joined: May 11^th, 2019	Re: Suggestions for new powder scale... Reply #2 - Mar 18^th, 2020 at 9:51pm	Print Post
	Jeff Houck wrote on Mar 18^th, 2020 at 9:24pm: The mechanical scales will always work reliable as long as gravity stays the same. Yes, I'm a HUGE fan of simple balance beam scales, but they can fail. I presume it was something in relation to the bearing and knife edge arrangement that went wonky in my old Lyman. I cleaned it several times, checked for ferrous fibers near the dampening magnet, etc, but it would no longer produce uniform results. Oh well, it was used when I got it, and it performed well in constant use for multiple decades. Hard to fault that!


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11451 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Suggestions for new powder scale... Reply #3 - Mar 19^th, 2020 at 1:21am	Print Post
	Just Jim wrote on Mar 18^th, 2020 at 8:50pm: We are now in our lovely new forest home in the southern Appalachians, but it was a tough move. Lots of my wife's fine furniture shattered, and quite a few things never seen again, including my reloading scale. I had a base model Lyman I used since about 1972, but it went bad and started sticking. I replaced it with a vintage Lyman M5, and it was flawless in its operation, but now it appears to be gone. What do you all prefer in a simple balance beam scale? Something cheap and readily available used would be right up my alley, but before searching, I thought I'd see if there was any agreement about a preferred scale. Thanks... Jim You can get a powder scale anytime. Fine furniture shattered? My God! Tell us about that. What happened?

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SBoomer Oldtimer Offline Posts: 954 Location: Michigan's Frozen North (U.P.) Joined: Jan 28^th, 2010	Re: Suggestions for new powder scale... Reply #4 - Mar 19^th, 2020 at 9:01am	Print Post
	I have tens of thousands of rounds across my Pacific(Hornady) Model M. Been using it for all my reloading needs since 1974. If I had to get another, I would look at the oil dampened Model O. I have an oil dampened Redding for weighing cast bullets and it settles in one oscillation. I won’t use it for powder as the grain “tab” notches are too fine and even a small bump will move it a notch or two....not fun when loading up near max for a Hornet .


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Just Jim Full Member Offline Posts: 186 Joined: May 11^th, 2019	Re: Suggestions for new powder scale... Reply #5 - Mar 19^th, 2020 at 9:08am	Print Post
	westerner wrote on Mar 19^th, 2020 at 1:21am: [quote author=68575156684B4F220 link=1584579002/0#0 date=1584579002] You can get a powder scale anytime. Fine furniture shattered? My God! Tell us about that. What happened? Don't want to use up bandwidth here, but will just tell the funny part of it: We selected a mover based in part on the GREAT move my Mother had with them only a month previously. I tell everyone - sales guy, packers, driver - that I'm confident they are motivated to take care of everything, but that my wife's furniture is her pride and joy, and that it SIMPLY CAN NOT BE DAMAGED! I point out in particular, her 9K dining table and six chairs. After arrival, our driver enters with his head hanging low, and tells me one of the fancy carved chairs has had a leg broken off. Throughout the day, he is forced to repeat this performance twice more. And then there were the other things. Sigh... It would seem my statement of CAN NOT BE DAMAGED was taken as an inspiring challenge!


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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: Suggestions for new powder scale... Reply #6 - Mar 19^th, 2020 at 6:12pm	Print Post
	I have used an Ohaus balance beam when I need absolute precision. Just checking bullets, I usually use an RCBS digital, but have to double check the "0" occasionally. I have checked it against the Ohaus and it is good enuf for bullet sorting and a lot faster.

	"some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence
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SSShooter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2917 Location: Southern NJ Joined: Aug 1^st, 2010	Re: Suggestions for new powder scale... Reply #7 - Mar 21^st, 2020 at 9:39am	Print Post
	Been using a Gempro 250 (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) for 15+ years and it always works great (knock on wood - will likely meltdown when I start reloading later today since I've said this ). I almost never turn it off (only when the power goes out in a storm) and change the batteries about every 18-24 months (once went longer and had to spend 30min cleaning out the corrosion). I check the calibration every few months and as long as I have not turned it off it is still spot-on. I like that it goes from grn to oz to gm with the push of a button.

	Glenn - 2x CPA 44 1/2 w/22LR (Shilen ratchet-rifled & Bartlein 5R rifled), 38-40RH & 38-55WCF (Bartlein 5R rifled) & 40-65WCF (GrnMtn 'X') barrels
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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11451 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Suggestions for new powder scale... Reply #8 - Mar 21^st, 2020 at 12:28pm	Print Post
	Just Jim wrote on Mar 19^th, 2020 at 9:08am: westerner wrote on Mar 19^th, 2020 at 1:21am: [quote author=68575156684B4F220 link=1584579002/0#0 date=1584579002] You can get a powder scale anytime. Fine furniture shattered? My God! Tell us about that. What happened? Don't want to use up bandwidth here, but will just tell the funny part of it: We selected a mover based in part on the GREAT move my Mother had with them only a month previously. I tell everyone - sales guy, packers, driver - that I'm confident they are motivated to take care of everything, but that my wife's furniture is her pride and joy, and that it SIMPLY CAN NOT BE DAMAGED! I point out in particular, her 9K dining table and six chairs. After arrival, our driver enters with his head hanging low, and tells me one of the fancy carved chairs has had a leg broken off. Throughout the day, he is forced to repeat this performance twice more. And then there were the other things. Sigh... It would seem my statement of CAN NOT BE DAMAGED was taken as an inspiring challenge! At least his head was hanging like the guilty dog he is! Thank God it was your wife's furniture and not one of your prized single shot rifles. There is a silver lining behind every dark cloud. I've been using the same RCBS powder scale since 1972. Goes to every match with me. Has been bounced around and taken apart and assembled thousands of times. No complaints.

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