Newbie questions

DownInTheCounty said:
I have been using this digital scale for several years. If you trickle, go very slow and let it catch up. Once you reach the charge you want, take the pan with the powder off and then put it back on and see if doesn't read the same weight. Trickle slow and it works fine. I've used this scale with both the Lee powder dispenser with disks and the Dillon.

I was very hesitant to buy a $20 digital scale and trust my fingers and life to it's accuracy, but after buying and testing, I have no regrets.
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I have found that you can speed up the settling (on any digital scale) if you just touch the pan with your finger. Small changes won't show up as quick as larger changes, touching the pan forces it to resettle.
 
Thanks, I'll save it on my list and order one soon. I'm going to at least try out the Lee scale to familiarize myself with it in the meantime.
 
Are y'all using check weights on all types of scales?

Have any recommendations on which ones to buy?
 
I used to have a job where calibration of some pretty precise instruments was part of my duties. We had a set of calibration weights that had been certified by the German equivalent of NIST to a known value with a precision far finer than our laboratory's analytical scale could measure.

I bought a set of .001-100g weights and compared them on the Mettler-Toledo analytical scale in our lab. I know the weight of my check weights to the nearest .0001g, but the sensitivity and resolution of my reloading scale can't even measure that.
 
Toprudder said:
I have found that you can speed up the settling (on any digital scale) if you just touch the pan with your finger. Small changes won't show up as quick as larger changes, touching the pan forces it to resettle.
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Toprudder is correct. When I made this change to my rifle loading regimen, my Extreme Spread dropped from 14 fps to single digits, 6 fps to be exact. It is quick and allows you to trickle up and identify the single kernel (for H4350) that trips the weight just to the desired charge. This eliminates variation due to the sensitivity of the scale by insuring that the charges are always at the lower end of the sensitivity range.

I also start each loading session by warming up the scale for 30 min and calibrating it.

The problem with eliminating all of these variables is that eventually I had to face the fact that it is me, not the gun or the ammo, but at least I suck at a consistently!!!!!
 
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