Which electronic scale

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Roland Thunder

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I am thinking of getting an electronic scale. I already have and RCBS beam scale. I am trying to decide between Hornaday Lock and Load Scale or the RCBS 750 or 2000. I am getting some other stuff at Midway and they only have the Hornaday for $89. Cabelas has the RCBS 750 for $119. I have used the RCBS 750 before and like it but I can save money on shipping by getting the Hornaday at Midway withe other stuff I am buying.

Any thoughts preferences
 
The scale attached to my new Hornady Autocharge is fast and accurate but I have been using a MTM digital for years with no complaints.
 
I've heard mixed reviews on most. I might suggest adding in the GemPro 250 as an option - inline with your RCBS 750 i believe price wise ($125'ish on Amazon).

Super accurate (i have the calibration weights to check), and fast. Easy/Friendly to use. One gripe is battery life is poor. I have it plugged in, so not the end of the world, but did seem to suck down the batteries pretty quickly (possibly some trickle draw between uses).

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004C3I3AA
(i'd wait or shop online until you find it around $125 - @$150 i think you'd be paying too much).

HTH - GL!
 
Just and FYI for anyone new to it.

I drop charge and then trickle the load up to spec.

The construction of the scale has a lot to do with how easy it is to do that.

My Franfurd is very accommodating (works). I have a second scale, low cost Horandy that I use for general weight checks (loaded round to confirm powered loaded when I forget to check etc)

It is not setup to trickle over the edge. Fine for what I bought it for but I would not buy it for the prime (its also backup if the Frankfurd dies until I can get another one)

So you want to watch where the buttons are and how accessible it is for the use you want.

I like them hugely, far better than the beams.
 
RC20 said:
Just and FYI for anyone new to it.

I drop charge and then trickle the load up to spec.

The construction of the scale has a lot to do with how easy it is to do that.

My Franfurd is very accommodating (works). I have a second scale, low cost Horandy that I use for general weight checks (loaded round to confirm powered loaded when I forget to check etc)

It is not setup to trickle over the edge. Fine for what I bought it for but I would not buy it for the prime (its also backup if the Frankfurd dies until I can get another one)

So you want to watch where the buttons are and how accessible it is for the use you want.

I like them hugely, far better than the beams.
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What Frankford do you have?
 
I have the Hornady bench and Auto-Charge both and they work well, But if I were looking again I would buy the GemPro 250.

It has a resolution of .01gr instead of .1gr. That may or may not matter to you but I wanted to point that out. Sometimes with my Hornady scales I wish I new how close I am to the next .1gr up and they won't really show it.
 
I've ordered several digital scales for my shop (larger stuff) from Old Will Knot Scales. I've had good luck with them - seems like a good place - I remember calling there and got friendly service - questions answered.

I have a cheapy Chinese made scale that has no company info - just DBPOWER with the little circled R for registered trademark. Ha. I'm sure there is no registered trademark - came in a plain white box with the tiny piece of paper with instructions. The instructions weren't written in Chinglish - it looks like the writer was actually fluent in English, but still no company name or address. I bought it on recommendation from some other reloaders - maybe from here on TFL. It seems to read trickling powder, but when I reweigh a trickled charge, it may be off by .3 grains. Not good by my standards.

It was a backup to my Hornady GS-1500 electronic which just died. So now I'm looking for a good scale too.
 
Greg be careful with that one. Once you zero it out with the tin cup on it leave it on it. At first I zero it out took the cup off checked the grains and it was fine. 10 min later it drifted .2 grains. It took me a bit to figure out that if I left it on the scale and dumped my powder in it then it would stay.
 
Greg, I use a much cheaper Frankford scale and have had no problems with it. It zeroes easy and seems to stay right on. I use it to measure a few charges until I get my power dispenser set, then load up a few hundred 9mm rounds. I can measure the same cartridge about 10 times and it never changes more than .1 grains, which is good enough for me. This is the one I have below. It's gone up a little it looks like as I paid $20 for it a little over a year ago. I can't imagine their platinum version not being pretty good as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Frankford-205...63858&sr=8-1&keywords=frankford+arsenal+scale
 
I got a cheap jewelry scale (smart weight jds20) for about $20 on amazon to try out using a digital scale in my process, and I have been quite happy with it. I check it against my beam scale ever 10 rounds or so, but I have yet to observe any perceptible drift in over 2 years working with it. I do plan to upgrade to a gempro 250 when I can swing it.... but my cheap scale has been working well so far.
 
I too have and like the Lyman model, had an RCBS but it went south after about 15 years of use. I only use the electronic as a double check, I never totally trust anything electronic but that's just me. A good beam scale can be trusted forever as long as you keep it in good condition.
 
Greg, I use a much cheaper Frankford scale and have had no problems with it. It zeroes easy and seems to stay right on. I use it to measure a few charges until I get my power dispenser set, then load up a few hundred 9mm rounds. I can measure the same cartridge about 10 times and it never changes more than .1 grains, which is good enough for me. This is the one I have below. It's gone up a little it looks like as I paid $20 for it a little over a year ago. I can't imagine their platinum version not being pretty good as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Frankford-2052...+arsenal+scale
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Thats the same one I use. Not bad for $22 on sale.

With that said, I only use it for my re-checks, every tenth round. I use the LEE safety scales for my initial powder measure set up. The Franford is always dead on to what the analog scales says.
 
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