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#4
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Love my Denver Instruments MX-123 (which is the same as the VIC-123). There is a updated version out now, not sure the model name, but I think it still has 123 in the model number
 
#6
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The most accurite and repeatable scales are mechanical balance beam scales, they don't drift, they don't care what kind of light you have, they will work after the nuclear blast, I know its hard to beleave in this electronic age but its true, if you can't or won't spend the the money a Prometheus cost I recommend a tuned 10-10 from Scott Parker, use a big magnifying glass to see the needles or a USB camera and your computer, 1 kernal of powder will move the needle.
 
#8
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I hate to admit it, but I have an ebay cheapie "gem scale" that reads up to about 350gr, and has .02gr resolution. It was less than $25 shipped.

I also have a mechanical beam scale, which I proved the digital scale out with. It passed.

It doesn't drift, and it is absolutely repeatable to +/- .01gr. It is not affected by light or temperature.

The only "idiosyncracy" with it, is that it needs 5 minutes warm up time before it has a stable zero, and it doens't like fresh high quality batteries. It prefers the lowever voltage of cheap crappy chinese batteries. I've had it for 3 years, and I'm only on the 2nd replacement battery set. When it needs them, I take batteries from my TV remote control and use them - and put the NEW batteries into the remote. The other slight issue is the size of the cup, which is about full with ~45gr of Varget in there. I bought a strip of .007" thick brass sheet at the hardware store for $5 and hammer formed a new cup that happily holds (with room to spare) the 95gr of Retumbo I need for my 338LM.

It is absolutely sensitive enough to detect one kernel of extruded rifle powder. I believe a kernel of Varget is between .02 and .03gr, because sometimes the single kernel will bump the reading by .02, and sometimes .04.

I have a 45gr test weight I made from cutting up a coin, and verify the scale before use. As long as its warmed up, that coin will ALWAYS read a stable 45.04gr. ALWAYS! What more could you want - other than made is the USA?

I agree with those that say if you can only have ONE scale, a mechanical beam is the way to go. However, this thing is worth 5 times the price you pay for it. Ebay is loaded with these things.
 
#9
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: turbo54</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I hate to admit it, but I have an ebay cheapie "gem scale" that reads up to about 350gr, and has .02gr resolution. It was less than $25 shipped.

I also have a mechanical beam scale, which I proved the digital scale out with. It passed.

It doesn't drift, and it is absolutely repeatable to +/- .01gr. It is not affected by light or temperature.

The only "idiosyncracy" with it, is that it needs 5 minutes warm up time before it has a stable zero, and it doens't like fresh high quality batteries. It prefers the lowever voltage of cheap crappy chinese batteries. I've had it for 3 years, and I'm only on the 2nd replacement battery set. When it needs them, I take batteries from my TV remote control and use them - and put the NEW batteries into the remote. The other slight issue is the size of the cup, which is about full with ~45gr of Varget in there. I bought a strip of .007" thick brass sheet at the hardware store for $5 and hammer formed a new cup that happily holds (with room to spare) the 95gr of Retumbo I need for my 338LM.

It is absolutely sensitive enough to detect one kernel of extruded rifle powder. I believe a kernel of Varget is between .02 and .03gr, because sometimes the single kernel will bump the reading by .02, and sometimes .04.

I have a 45gr test weight I made from cutting up a coin, and verify the scale before use. As long as its warmed up, that coin will ALWAYS read a stable 45.04gr. ALWAYS! What more could you want - other than made is the USA?

I agree with those that say if you can only have ONE scale, a mechanical beam is the way to go. However, this thing is worth 5 times the price you pay for it. Ebay is loaded with these things.
</div></div>

I have not found any on eBay that are .02gr accurate. What brand is yours?
 
#10
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 427Cobra</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The most accurite and repeatable scales are mechanical balance beam scales, they don't drift, they don't care what kind of light you have, they will work after the nuclear blast, I know its hard to beleave in this electronic age but its true, if you can't or won't spend the the money a Prometheus cost I recommend a tuned 10-10 from Scott Parker, use a big magnifying glass to see the needles or a USB camera and your computer, 1 kernal of powder will move the needle. </div></div>

Yep, nothing beats a good beam. But I want portability so I can work up loads at the range. I am leery of moving a beam scale back and forth a lot.
 
#11
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: guntard007</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: turbo54</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I hate to admit it, but I have an ebay cheapie "gem scale" that reads up to about 350gr, and has .02gr resolution. It was less than $25 shipped.

I also have a mechanical beam scale, which I proved the digital scale out with. It passed.

It doesn't drift, and it is absolutely repeatable to +/- .01gr. It is not affected by light or temperature.

The only "idiosyncracy" with it, is that it needs 5 minutes warm up time before it has a stable zero, and it doens't like fresh high quality batteries. It prefers the lowever voltage of cheap crappy chinese batteries. I've had it for 3 years, and I'm only on the 2nd replacement battery set. When it needs them, I take batteries from my TV remote control and use them - and put the NEW batteries into the remote. The other slight issue is the size of the cup, which is about full with ~45gr of Varget in there. I bought a strip of .007" thick brass sheet at the hardware store for $5 and hammer formed a new cup that happily holds (with room to spare) the 95gr of Retumbo I need for my 338LM.

It is absolutely sensitive enough to detect one kernel of extruded rifle powder. I believe a kernel of Varget is between .02 and .03gr, because sometimes the single kernel will bump the reading by .02, and sometimes .04.

I have a 45gr test weight I made from cutting up a coin, and verify the scale before use. As long as its warmed up, that coin will ALWAYS read a stable 45.04gr. ALWAYS! What more could you want - other than made is the USA?

I agree with those that say if you can only have ONE scale, a mechanical beam is the way to go. However, this thing is worth 5 times the price you pay for it. Ebay is loaded with these things.
</div></div>

I have not found any on eBay that are .02gr accurate. What brand is yours? </div></div>

This is the unit I have:

http://cgi.ebay.com/AWS-Gemini-20-Reload...=item2c5a3bdd97

I did a quickie search. I suspect you can find the identical unit cheaper.
 
#12
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I found the descriptions on this website pretty interesting. It does not sound like the VIC series of balances are produced any longer.

http://balance.balances.com/scales/906

After looking around a little more, this one sounds pretty impressive for the price.

http://balance.balances.com/scales/1223

Many of these have digital outputs so it starting to make me wonder how difficult it would be to make my own automatic dispenser...
 
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