davidheart
06-02-2014, 10:56 AM
Howdy. Well I sat down to measure out some powder yesterday. I hadn't reload in a couple weeks so while the wife and kids were off for a couple hours I thought I'd try some load development.
That's when I fired up my Hornady Electronic Scale.... (I know what you're thinking, WHY electronic?? I'm on a budget is why. :( ) and without any weight added to it the numbers were bouncing up and down from -45.3+- to +32.... then it would "zero" and bounce again to 6gr... 9gr.... -4gr. I changed the batteries to some fresh ones and still the same problem.
My scale is toast and so is my gun budget for a while. Just bought a VZ24 Mauser last week which sucked up my month. I'm just throwing this out there, if any of you have a spare scale, electric or standard I could really use one. This isn't a huge priority but I thought I'd ask. Not really excited about not being able to reload for another month or so. :sad:
Thank you.
PS I know there are other ways to "measure" powder charges but I'd rather be safe and exact. I still have a "respectful fear" of reloading.
That's when I fired up my Hornady Electronic Scale.... (I know what you're thinking, WHY electronic?? I'm on a budget is why. :( ) and without any weight added to it the numbers were bouncing up and down from -45.3+- to +32.... then it would "zero" and bounce again to 6gr... 9gr.... -4gr. I changed the batteries to some fresh ones and still the same problem.
My scale is toast and so is my gun budget for a while. Just bought a VZ24 Mauser last week which sucked up my month. I'm just throwing this out there, if any of you have a spare scale, electric or standard I could really use one. This isn't a huge priority but I thought I'd ask. Not really excited about not being able to reload for another month or so. :sad:
Thank you.
PS I know there are other ways to "measure" powder charges but I'd rather be safe and exact. I still have a "respectful fear" of reloading.