Hornady Lock-N-load scale problems???

[186thFCo]

I have a Hornady Lock-N-Load auto charge scale. I find that if I make a charge wait of lets say 65gr, take that and measure it again but on my M500 RCBS mechanical scale the charge will be different. Now I get that different scales will give you different readings but my issue is that the Hornady scale seems to measure inconsistently. To give you an example if I took a charge wait of 65gr as stated before and measure that in the M500 it will read lets say 65.2gr. Than I will make another charge on the Lock-N-Load, again it will read 65gr, and this time on the M500 it will read 65gr. I try this again and the next charge will be 65gr on the Lock-N-Load and 65.1gr on the M500, and so on and so forth. Is this normal for an electronic scale? I find that I trust the mechanical M500 more. So now I use the Hornady first to get the charge close and than finish it on the M500. Does anyone else hear have the same problem, and is there anyway to fix it? I spent all that money on this thing I expect for it to work right.

Also before anyone asks I do calibrate every time I use it and I let it warm up for about 15 min before doing so.

Thanks for the help Josh

 

[HoustonB77]

From what I have found no electronic scale is 100 percent accurate. If you are within a tenth of a grain I would call that pretty good. Personally I have gotten rid of all my electronic scales and gone with an old RCBS balance beam. Works like a champ and will pick up a single kernel of powder.

 

[186thFCo]

That's kinda what I figured, I guess I'm just going to keep on doing what I have been, getting the bulk of the charge from the Lock-N-Load and fine tuning it with my beam scale.