wills
03-07-2006, 10:19 AM
Electronic scale
Our match director/webmaster forwarded this e mail regarding an accuracy problem. Thought it might be of interest.
I purchased from Cabela’s in 2003, one of their EG 1500 Digital Scales. Recently for some unknown reason a weighed some cast 45-70 lead bullets a second time, THAT WAS A MISTAKE!. The second time around the weights varied as much as .4 grains from the first session. Upon consulting the operator’s manual, I found a small section on the back. under a conversion chart, that says the scale is accurate to 0.45 grains. The ad in Cabela’s catalog states “ Precise to the nearest 0.10 of a grain over its entire 1,500-grain capacity.” I contacted Cabela’s and asked them about the difference between their printed claim of accuracy and the manufacturer’s printed claim of accuracy. David, the product associate that I talked to, said he would do some checking and contact me the next day. I asked that he call at 5pm Texas time (4 pm their time). The next day at 6pm Texas time, I called David, since he forgot to call me back. He said he had contacted the manufacturer and they told him the accuracy was .3%. That equates to 3 full grains if you happen to shoot a 1,000 grain bullet. David tells me that the ad does not say the scale is accurate to the nearest 0.10 grain, but that it is “ precise to the nearest 0.10 grain“. After a short session between the word precise and accurate, we moved on. He says that the ad is being reviewed to determine if it needs to be changed. I don’t believe he ever used the word “corrected.“ He didn’t admit that the wording in the ad is misleading, because the ad says “precise” not “ accurate” to the nearest 0.10 grain. I wonder how many of their other ads are “accurate”. In between calls to David, I performed a small test check using three different caliber lead bullets and the two checks weights supplied with the scale. The biggest surprise was that over a 30-40 minute session, the weights generally increased. The largest increase was with a 50 caliber lead bullet that started in at 772.8 grains and ended up weighing 774.0 grains. That little bullet gained a full 1.2 grains just waiting its turn to be weighed. If you have purchased one of these scales, and have noticed similar results, you might want to contact Cabela’s. If you aren’t one of the proud owners, you still might want to contact them if you think this ad is misleading and let them know just that. Please forward this to all that might be interested. The only way to correct this kind of advertising is a show of numbers. Thank you.
Our match director/webmaster forwarded this e mail regarding an accuracy problem. Thought it might be of interest.
I purchased from Cabela’s in 2003, one of their EG 1500 Digital Scales. Recently for some unknown reason a weighed some cast 45-70 lead bullets a second time, THAT WAS A MISTAKE!. The second time around the weights varied as much as .4 grains from the first session. Upon consulting the operator’s manual, I found a small section on the back. under a conversion chart, that says the scale is accurate to 0.45 grains. The ad in Cabela’s catalog states “ Precise to the nearest 0.10 of a grain over its entire 1,500-grain capacity.” I contacted Cabela’s and asked them about the difference between their printed claim of accuracy and the manufacturer’s printed claim of accuracy. David, the product associate that I talked to, said he would do some checking and contact me the next day. I asked that he call at 5pm Texas time (4 pm their time). The next day at 6pm Texas time, I called David, since he forgot to call me back. He said he had contacted the manufacturer and they told him the accuracy was .3%. That equates to 3 full grains if you happen to shoot a 1,000 grain bullet. David tells me that the ad does not say the scale is accurate to the nearest 0.10 grain, but that it is “ precise to the nearest 0.10 grain“. After a short session between the word precise and accurate, we moved on. He says that the ad is being reviewed to determine if it needs to be changed. I don’t believe he ever used the word “corrected.“ He didn’t admit that the wording in the ad is misleading, because the ad says “precise” not “ accurate” to the nearest 0.10 grain. I wonder how many of their other ads are “accurate”. In between calls to David, I performed a small test check using three different caliber lead bullets and the two checks weights supplied with the scale. The biggest surprise was that over a 30-40 minute session, the weights generally increased. The largest increase was with a 50 caliber lead bullet that started in at 772.8 grains and ended up weighing 774.0 grains. That little bullet gained a full 1.2 grains just waiting its turn to be weighed. If you have purchased one of these scales, and have noticed similar results, you might want to contact Cabela’s. If you aren’t one of the proud owners, you still might want to contact them if you think this ad is misleading and let them know just that. Please forward this to all that might be interested. The only way to correct this kind of advertising is a show of numbers. Thank you.