powder measures

FBecigneul said:
I came up through the old school system. You must be using that new math. 0.1 and 0.1 doesn't equal 0.2, it equals 0.1 and so you can load your way and I'll load my way. 0.1 + 0.1 = 0.2 divided by 2 = 0.1
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look i know you are a known shooter, and i am a nobody,,,,but you are wrong.
old math...i'm probably the same age as you.
the accuracy of each scale is plus or minus 0.1......when using two scales, you ADD the worst accuracy from each to obtain the worst accuracy of the two, you DO NOT average them.
the worst case on each scale is full plus or minus 0.1....... the worst case is plus 0.1 from one scale and plus 0.1 from the other, the SPREAD is 0.2 PEROID.
THE BEST case is no difference, or 0.0.

as i stated earlier, the real problem is YOU DO NOT KNOW what the numbers are...plus or minus or the same...the scales are NOT ACCURATE enough to tell you.

plus or minus 0.1 means just that, a potential 0.2 spread.

mike in co
 
Pete Wass said:
The same except by trickeling using your thumb and finger. Faster and not as likely to over throw.
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Mmmm... not so much, in my experience. And I have actually tried the 'me vs. the machine' on this one.

The amount I have to back off the thrower in order to not have it over-throw is more than I can quickly/easily trickle by finger (or at trickler). I suppose some folks may not find it thus... and it's certainly cheaper to buy a Lee Perfect powder measure if you're going to trickle up anyways rather than pretty much any of the other solutions ;) Like I said, my preferred method is to let it dispense while I seat the bullet, wipe off the loaded round and place it in the ammo box. Kind of hard to do those operations simultaneously by hand trickling...

As always, there's more than one way to skin a cat... ;)
 
FBecigneul said:
How many among you have test weights for your scale, accurate to 0.01? How many test and zero their scale in their day to day life? Mike, zero your scale and test it a number of times with your test weight or weights. Tell me, is it always off high or is it always off low or is it always off both? Come back and tell me how a scale that is always off either direction is still in your possession. Get a scale that works and then trust it only after you have tested it in daily use.
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dont mis-quote me.
my comment was that a 0.1 scale is actually PLUS or MINUS 0.1 which means a potential 0.2 spread.
and
my scale is plus or minus 0.02 with a 0.03 sensitivity.

what this means is that my loads are plus or minus 0.02...or a spread of 0.04 with a worse case spread of 0.06......
this is aprox 3 times better than the worst case of a 0.1 scale.

my dedicated scale sits on steel base, with a 48 lb granite top and is on 24 hrs a day.
yes my scale works, and yes i trust it.
i just wieghed a 35 gr weight..it was 35.00 4 times...it flashed .00/.02 once and it flashed .00/.98 once......this is well with in the design of the tool.....

mike in co
 
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