I need a good digital scale

Sherwood, I use a GemPro 250 which is actually a Jewelers scale. They can be found online for about $130 to $150.

You can read numerous reviews about them at oldwillknottscale. Some of us love them, others don't.
 
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/340674/hornady-lock-n-load-bench-scale-electronic-powder-scale

This scale is on sale right now for $79.95. I have one and they work really well.
They also have a GS-1500 small cheapie for $26.49, I have not used one and won't recommend it, but a lot of people use them.

Hornady Auto-Charge for $179.99 which I also have and it also works well with any powder except AA9. I can't seem to slow it down slow enough for heavy weight talcum powder. This price is the best I've seen since I bought mine for $169.99 a year ago.

That's all I got for you.
 
LE-28, that is about what it cost to have the RCBS pro type scale repaired. Then there is the expense of shipping and testing etc.

F. Guffey
 
What makes you think that you need a digital scale? Do you think that going digital will increase your loading speed? Am I the only reloader that uses pharmacy scoops and a beam scale?
 
My MTM cheap digital scale has been great for the last three years. It reads quickly and is extremely reliable. I like that the readout is backlit. It even comes with a checkweight and a little pan that is perfect for trickling into.
 
If Precision of reloading is not nec, like your just shooting plates, etc, and don't require that you have exact measured charges within .1 grain, then just get that Lyman scale for $50.

However, if your a target shooter, into precision, the minimum scale is without question

GemPro 250.

which measures to .02 or 1 grain. Or 5x the resolution of that $50 Lyman, or any other scale in that price range.

There is no doubt, whatsoever, that the GemPro 250 is the highest resolution scale you can buy for under $150 that is good for reloading. Those who say bad things about Gempro 250, I seriously question, because that thing has no equal in that price range. Not even close.

But of course...some people still think Elvis is alive. But you know...LOL
 
Until the OP states his intended purpose u are just wasting time. I do precision reloading with a beam scale no problem and a higher rate can be accomplished with refignments in technique.
 
Carrietxv, yes the GemPro 250 reads in grains. It also reads in the following:

1. Ounces
2. Grams
3. Penneyweights
4. Troy Ounces
5. Carats.
 
Well I have one of the Hornady GS-1500 cheap scales and so far it has been right on with either Hornady beam scale or RCBS 505. One thing I was told with any electronic scale especially the cheap ones is neve leave any weight on it longer than it takes to check. Time will tell if it starts to crap out and if it does then will look at a Gempro.
The RCBS 505 is so light you can blow it across the table so I filled it with #2 lead shot and it is much more stable now.
 
First I think all realoader should have an electronic scale on hand.

while I reload with mine I also use it to check suspect rounds.

It works vastly better than sliding things back and forth.

I have a cheap Frankford and it works fine. Drifts off, I re-tare it, easy to keep an eye on. Cross check it to the beam once in a while, lot more accurate and easier to use.

Keep in mind, if you are going to trickle charge a lot of those scales sit too high and you would have to fudge some kind of setup to raise the trickle charger.

I got my second one (Horn) for cross checks and backup.

I have found you can shift the Frankford into reading .05, something to do with the counter, got it back out once and back in and just left it. I can see the drift start to occur and tare it.

As no one else has reported that capability on a scale that's pretty eat. (D750 model_)
 
All you guys droning on about a digital scale.......when was the last time you measured less then 1/10 of a grain of any gun powder? Well I did it last night when I was loading some .308 rounds with my beam scale......with most powders 1/10 of a grain is only a few kernals and there are far more factors that effect accuracy the a few kernals.
 
You can tare a digital scale.

You can use any type of pan on it, just tare the new pan's weight, it zeros to that pan.

You can place a piece of brass, any brass, tare it, then charge it with powder. The scale then tells you how much the powder weighs. No dumping the powder in the balance beam pan, waiting for the beam to settle, then having to pour it back into the case. Did all the powder drop free of the brass? Is there some sticking to the inside where there might be some lube to stick to?

Sorting boolits when casting for weight is very fast. Not having to wait for a beam to settle, then guessing how much over or under each one is.

Weighing anything of unknown weight is as simple as placing it on the scale. No moving weights around. Want to know if your snail mail letter is under the weight for one first class stamp?
 
Snuffy

Back when I was running the Biology and Chemistry labs for a local college I had $1000 digital scales to use. I used one of those digital scales to recalibrate an analytical balance beam scale. Just me and my lab partners used it as the others in the classes just had to use the digital scales. We had our chemicals weighed and were doing the lab while the others were still fussing with digital scales.

What we do in reloading just is NOT that critical.
 
I reload for precision, bench rest shooting. I use the RCBS Charge Master 1500 for years, Even with stick powder like IMR 4064. Great unit.
 
After many years [decades] of powder weight OCD -- and then discovering the
joys of thrown powder even in match ammunition -- I've learned not to worry
about small fluctuations.

(It's about a productive that obsessing over precision oil pressure measurement in a vintage British Twin.):rolleyes:
 
What we do in reloading just is NOT that critical.
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This controversy has come up many times, and will continue to be talked about. There are those that just don't trust electronics to measure powder or anything else. That's fine, but what are you doing on a computer then? :confused: Or heating up some coffee/nuking before logging onto here?

I think digital scales have gotten a bad rep. because of the cheap junk that's on the market. Pay some money, get a good one, then begin to reap the benefits I listed above.

I bought a RCBS powder pro scale back in '98,(made for RCBS by pact, green), it still is working just fine. About 4 years later I bought the dispenser (gray) that pairs up through an infrared port to precisely measure to the tenth of a grain. Both work just fine. I used to check the accuracy of the digital with my Ohaus beam scale, it was always spot on. Now I simply use a set of check weights to verify calibration. I don't even have a balance beam anymore.
 
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