Counting Scale

[gsdelong]

Anybody use a counting scale for counting brass and boolits? If so what one do you use and would you buy another?

[jmorris]

I don't use a counting scale. I just weighed cases and did the math.

If you would like to know how many rounds of brass you have lying around, as I did, you can use the information below. If anyone wants to count them out to see how close my calculations are let me know what you find out.

9mm, 59.46gr/ea, 117.7cases/#, 8.5#/1000

38spl, 68.06gr/ea, 102.8cases/#, 9.7#/1000

40s&w, 70.1gr/ea, 99.9cases/#, 10#/1000

.357mag, 78.3gr/ea, 89.4cases/#, 11.2#/1000

.45acp, 89.58gr/ea, 78.1cases/#, 12.8#/1000

.223, 95.28gr/ea , 73.5cases/#, 13.6#/1000

.44mag, 114.38gr/ea, 61.2cases/#, 16.3#/1000

50bmg, 865.26gr/ea, 8.1cases/#, 123.5#/1000

All weights are uncleaned fired cases with the primer remaining.

Individual case weights were derived using an average of mixed brass weights (except 50bmg)

So, if you picked up 8#s of 45 brass: 8# X 78.1cases/# = 625 cases+/-

If you use 1gal ziploc freezer bags to store your brass, each (full) bag contains:

9mm, 15.6#, 1836cases
40s&w, 12.2#, 1219cases
45acp, 11.4#, 890cases
223, 11#, 809cases

If you use 5gal buckets each full one will have 9MM = 8500-9000 pieces .40 S&W = 7000-7500 pieces .45 ACP = 3800-4000 pieces

a few more CASES per POUND: .380: 145 .357 Sig: 96 .45 GAP: 86 .32: 168 10mm: 96 FN 5.7: 124 .25 acp: 260 .30 Luger: 120 .38 S&W: 120 .38 Super: 104 9mm MAK: 124 .45 Colt: 60 .30-M1: 100 .308: 40 .30-06: 35 7.62x39: 54 .50 AE: 48 .30-30: 52 __________________

[dudel]

I have a HF cheap scale which has a count feature; but a while back I've taken to using a Lee case collator and tubes.

l put the four tubes in a small bowl and then load cases, boolits, or j-words into the top funnel. A small cheat sheet reminds how many items make up a full tube. When tubes are full, I lift, and all go to the bowl and transferred to storage. Goes very fast, cheap, large capacity, uses no power, unaffected by wind currents, immune to electrical noise, zeros easily, very repeatable, instant on, works with or dirty items, and is not weight sensitive (lube, primer, etc).

[dbosman]

I ordered mine from Amazon. About $125. Worth every penny when I sold 1.25 tons of brass last year.

[ReloaderFred]

I have the My Weigh CTS-30000 counting scale and wouldn't be without it. I bought mine here: http://www.oldwillknottscales.com/my-weigh-cts3000.html

It's one of the biggest time savers I've found, and very accurate for both brass and bullets. It will deduct the tare weight of the container, too, so you get an accurate count.

Hope this helps.

Fred

[gsdelong]

Thanks for the answers to my question.

Dbosman is this the one you have?

http://www.amazon.com/Prime-Scales-0...counting+scale

[ReloaderFred]

That one only has a 6.6 pound capacity, which is pretty small for weighing bullets. My scale has a 66 pound capacity and I've just about maxed it weighing .45 caliber bullets.

Get bigger than you think you'll need, or you'll be buying a bigger one later on.......

Hope this helps.

Fred

[gsdelong]

Fred I was worried about the accuracy of the larger scales

[ReloaderFred]

My scale is accurate to one .380, which is the smallest case I've counted on it. That means that when it read 999 cases, I added one more and it read 1,000 cases. That's pretty accurate for the cost of the scale, since most of the larger scales can run up to multiple thousands of dollars.

I've tested mine quite a bit for accuracy, and I'm content that it's accurate. I've counted out cases by hand, and then verified them on the scale, and they came out the same.

Hope this helps.

Fred

[rondog]

I just use a cheap digital scale I bought at Harbor Freight. Took a plastic tub, set it on the scale and zeroed it. Put in a hundred pre-counted cases of whatever caliber brass I was selling, got a total weight. Then zeroed the scale empty, put the empty tub on the scale, and added brass until I reached that weight. Did the same with thousand-counts of brass, and toss in a few extras to be sure.

[Blammer]

I have a Uline H-1651 scale.

It has a counting feature on it. It is a fantastic scale, yes I'd recommend it to anyone and yes, I'd buy another if I had to.

I can weigh out 22 cal GC's by the each and it will go up to 60 lbs.

[gsdelong]

Thanks for all the input.
Blammer you answered one of my unstated questions if .002 was enough for gas checks
Greg

[dbosman]

Similar. The manufacturer uses the same case for multiple scales for multiple distributors.
Mine was about $140 when I got it and it will do up to 50 lbs.

If you're selling something that can be weigh counted - get a counting scale. They are accurate enough to count sheets of paper.
One secret is to make your sample count as large as you can. Weighing ten of something and using that for quantites of 500 isn't going to be as uniform as using 100 for your sample. I would hand count some multiple of ten, then weigh count several batches of those to make my sample size larger and larger.

Thanks for the answers to my question.
Dbosman is this the one you have?

http://www.amazon.com/Prime-Scales-0...counting+scale