Scale Questions...

[6079Winston]

I used a RCBS 505 scale and a Hornady Powder Throw for everything for the first 15 or so years of my reloading career. At that time I used alot of ball powder and made lots of pretty accurate ammo very quickly. Following a .300Weatherby Mag purchase the need to produce ammo for it using Reloader 22, I got a RCBS Chargemaster setup which I found slow (maybe newer models are faster?) but very useful for working up loads with different charge weights. I still use the 505 scale to verify the accuracy of the digital scale. I have recently added to the confusion with a Harrell's Culver measure to quickly throw Varget and Reloader 15 for .308 and .223. My advice is to buy whichever scale you prefer, check it using check weights, avail yourself of a decent ball powder, possibly Winchester 748 for .308 and .223 and learn how to operate the Uniflow consistently. This way you can be in bed asleep early the night before a range trip instead of weighing charges out while watching late night infomercials.

[Prc329]

That is one of the reasons I like the Lyman so much. It is very fast. Faster then I can seat a bullet for sure. No sitting there with the trickler forever.

[6079Winston]

For an inexpensive solution, don't overlook the Lee Powder Measure kit (The Scoops). A friend of mine used these exclusively to produce many sub MOA loads, including one in .223 that never shot a 5 shot group larger than 3/4" at 100 yards. Whenever I had a gun grouping pretty well, he would bring out his Remington 788 in .223 and start shooting smaller and smaller groups until he got one about 1/4" CTC and stop. His load used 4198, RWS primers and Sierra 53gr bullets assembled on a Lee Hand Press. Did I mention the 788 was completely stock? This is undoubtedly the most accurate "Factory" rifle I have ever seen.

[Prc329]

My Lee Deluxe die set came with a scope. They do work incredible well considering.

[1SGMAT]

Which lee kit comes with the scope? I did not know lee made scopes.

[CSACANNONEER]

You should always have at least one beam scale. That said, why don't you get the one of the best digital scales available? Get a DI (Denver Instruments). I would suggest getting one of the less expensive ones!

[Prc329]

Which lee kit comes with the scope? I did not know lee made scopes.

The 3 die deluxe set.

[.22guy]

Easy there! Some people don't like it when you talk about Lee products like that! (Just givin ya sh**, proraptor).

I love the rest of my Lee stuff. Just wouldn't trust that thing to measure correctly. I even had experienced reloader friends come over and we would get different measurements with the exact same charge. They couldn't figure it out. So I just bought the hornady setup from midsouth that I linked to. Maybe I got a defective lee scale or something... anyways....

[tzahoy]

I have a (very) old Lyman scale, that is super repeatable. It has a magnetic damper in it too, so it swings once and stops. Just as fast as a digital, and the batteries never go dead. I've seen this feature in other scales as well, but don't remember which now.

[hybridatsun350]

I bought a RCBS 502 scale and it works great. It is a little slow, but it gets the job done!

[PLINK]

When I first started reloading I bought Dillon beam scale. I recently purchased the Dillon digital scale which I mostly use now. I do keep the beam scale on the bench and use it for a reference when setting up for a different charge wt. The beam scale is slow and drove me nuts as a primary scale but it does work well.

I like the Dillon stuff.

Just my .02 cents.

[Mud]

I use a Pact Digital and a Harrells Powder Measure. I had the RCBS 505 scale till I upgraded to the Digital, so much faster. Good luck on your decision.

[AggregatVier]

Since powder charges are +/- 0.1 grains I didn't feel comfortable with the same level of precision in a scale. I went with an Acculab VIC-123 with a precision of +/- 0.02 grains. Yeah, overkill but working in a lab corrupted me.