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    Boolit Master bearcove's Avatar
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    Good cheap digital scale to weigh boolits

    Lost my little scale that I weigh castings to sort them. What ya'll like.
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    My Dillon digital scale has worked fine for years but I'm certain cheaper ones can be found.

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    I have the scale Airman Basic showed. It has lasted about 3 years so far. It does go through batteries (AAA) fairly rapidly. But they last longer if the back light isn't used. I would recommend it to a friend.

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    This is the one I use all the time.
    http://www.midwayusa.com/product/175...ProductFinding

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    Frankfort Arsenal one (above) for reloading and the 10# capacity white Harbor Freight scale (#95365) for lead ingots.

    Not the most accurate, but very repeatable and cost-effecrtive! Have checked against my NIST weights and "close enough for government work!"

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    I have the little Frankford Scale as well and after 6-7 years it is still on it's first set of batteries. (Maybe I don't use it as much as others do?) I got it on sale at Midway for 19.95, and they have it on sale about 2 times year.

    What I do is wait til I have a bunch of doodads I need and make a larger order,,, That way the shipping is not too offensive.

    I just got an order from them this week and I had about $180 worth of stuff by the time I got done. I originally only wanted a Scope level but at $29.95 it would have cost $45 with shipping so I got a Wheeler Boresighter I have been wanting at the same time, and a few other doodads too.

    Be patient and you can get that scale at a better price.

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    Another vote for the Frankfort Arsenal. Mine has jumped from the bench to the floor a couple of times and is still kicking.

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    I am currently using the GemPro 250 for loading and wieghting bullets it works very well and has grain reading to .02 which can be nice at times. Check around , read up some on the diffrent ones available and research whats out there.

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    http://www.midwayusa.com/product/438...grain-capacity

    This is the one I use and it works great!
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    Another vote for the frankford arsenal. No issues and comes with 50g weight which helps check accuracy. I found the best deal on eBay.

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    Check out E-Bay for "electronic scale", there are 12,800 listed. You can have your pick. For weighing bullets most any of them will work just fine. IMO
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    Find a local Head Shop. They have great scales for <$25 and accurate to +/-001.gr.
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    I'll be needing that for squirrels and such.....

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    I have used this scale for several years. It is accurate (always in line with my balance beam scale) and very inexpensive.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/DigiWeigh-10...item3f3363412f

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    Quote Originally Posted by MRBACKHAND View Post
    Another vote for the frankford arsenal. No issues and comes with 50g weight which helps check accuracy. I found the best deal on eBay.
    Yuuuup I use the same one.

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