Calipers

[Huntsprig]

I looked up some of the prices of the calipers mentioned here....Guess I'm going back to Lowes!

How about these?

https://sacramento.craigslist.org/tld/d/mitutoyo-cd4asx-absolute-aos/6310479007.html

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[LynnJr]

Get the Harbor Freight 6 inch digitals on sale for $10 and if they don't last you 4-5 years trouble free toss them and spend a $1000 to get the same precision but from one of the top names.
The post by JMP hit the nail on the head.

[pennstater]

Kanon dial caliper. Probably 25 years old or so. Still spot on. Have a Frankfort digital in my tool box.

[longrange1]

Get the Harbor Freight 6 inch digitals on sale for $10 and if they don't last you 4-5 years trouble free toss them and spend a $1000 to get the same precision but from one of the top names.
The post by JMP hit the nail on the head.

this right here^^^!

i have a $10 dollar set from harbor freight and a $300 dollar set of mitutoyo's and they measure the same but the $300 dollar mitutoyo's just make me look more like a serious re-loader.

['09CTS-V&'87Turbo-T]

this right here^^^!

i have a $10 dollar set from harbor freight and a $300 dollar set of mitutoyo's and they measure the same but the $300 dollar mitutoyo's just make me look more like a serious re-loader.

Just what $300 Mitutoyo calipers do you have?

[longrange1]

https://www.grainger.com/product/MITUTOYO-Absolute-Digital-Caliper-4CGK3

or these

https://www.grainger.com/product/MITUTOYO-Digital-Caliper-45MY13

i dont remember exactly what ones but they were right at $300 bucks.

[JagerDog]

My reloading bench has a set of Japanese Yuasa dial calipers. It was my first caliper when I was beginning my machinist trade 30+ years ago.

My top box at work has a digitial Mitutoyo Absolute (and 12" dial Mitutoyo). Battery lasts for years.

My desk at work has a set of Starret dials.

The Mitutoyo Absolute is likely what I'd chose if I had all 3 in one place. Online they're under $100. HF calipers will work fine if they don't drain the battery, they just feel crappy in your hand.

[Carcassonne]

Get a pair of electronic calipers from Harbor Freight. They are cheap and will work good enough for reloading.

I have some expensive Mitutoyo and Brown & Sharp electronic inspection caliper (and micrometers), but I do not use those for reloading. Plus or minus 0.002 is good enough for reloads. It isn't for rockets, satellites, and medical equipment.




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[JagerDog]

Just what $300 Mitutoyo calipers do you have?

Same old FUD. Suggesting Mitutoyo means SPC, carbide tipped, 12" calipers w/certs vs. $<100 run-of-the-mill 6" Absolutes.

[silvertriple]

Haven't had any trouble with the $10 harbor freight calipers. They are surprisingly accurate.

[1957alex0]

I have this Brown & Sharpe for as long I can remember. Anything from the cheapest calipers will work for you. Keep with you a pin gauge of known accuracy ($5 at McMaster-Carr) for all your measuring tools to verify the readings.
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[tonyjr]

The trouble with the $10 harbor freight calipers is they eat batteries .
I / we will measure up to a thousand cases a night and maybe twice a week . [ maybe twice a week every other month .]
Anyway , the batteries are 4 for a dollar at dollar store , so now it is a practice to just change them before starting .

[MrElectric03]

I only use dials, but mostly have mine for work and digital caliper are not accurate or consistent enough. Central Precision are the ones I use for loading, mitutoyo and starret for work.

[tonyjr]

For reloading , I use the digital ones [ yes I have a few .
I take a known good case , set to zero = easier to see =+ / - .

[phdo]

I use Mitutoyo. The link is below. Aside from reloading, I also do machine work. I've used Mitutoyo for my machine work before I started reloading and just stuck with them. I've had the same caliper for over 20 years now. I also have a cheap one from Amazon that I keep in my desk as a backup. Probably used the cheap one twice out of the five years I've owned it. If I didn't already own a Mitutoyo I would probably buy a cheap one. They still get the job done.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00I3UA89C/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1508001727&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=mitutoyo%2Bdigital%2Bcaliper&dpPl=1&dpID=31fDCLg9rSL&ref=plSrch&th=1&psc=1

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