Good afternoon gentlemen,
I was casting up some of the lee 310gr 44 boolits this morning as well as some 180gr 40's. After I ran a few pots and got them sorted I weighed them up.
All normal on the 40 cals, 180 to 181gr. When I weighed the 44's I was coming up with 220gr..... what the heck is this. It appears my little hornady digital is giving up the ghost. Smaller weights including the check weight of 10g check out just fine. Anything heavier than 200, no deal, way off.
Checked it out with the beam and everything is just fine on that end. Check your digitals with heavy weights occasionally. Not often I'm checking powder this heavy, but if I was weighing charged cases it could have been a bad problem.
This brings me to my question as to a new scale. I understand that the beam will never fail me and I appreciate that, which is why I have one to fall back on and check with.
However, I like the speed and versatility of the digitals. I'm looking at different ones and I know the gempro scales always rate very highly. Looks like the 250 may be discontinued, it is unavailable anywhere a quick search shows. The gempro 2 -350 is available from a scale place on eBay for 150$. I've watched a few reviews on YouTube and it looks nice.
In comparison the big hornady scale is 180+$. I do not believe it to be superior.
I'm not interested in a charging scale as it would not fit my system of reloading. I've got lyman 55, a dillion drop on the 550, and scoops with a trickler that serve all my needs.
What are you guys using for good, quality scales? No more cheap battery units for me.
Thanks,
Ken