I use a magnifying glass to see that the lines are parallel on my balance beam scale. This is to get each powder charge as close as I can. My shooting buddy thinks I out of my mind! He thinks just close is good and there is no noticeable difference if there is a couple of kernels more or less. His scale is not even at eye level. Am I one of very few that uses a magnifying glass to look at their scale ?? THANKS
To Magnify or not ot magnify ?
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If you worked up a good load, you can vary the powder charge a fair amount either way and not affect accuracy. Quite a few BR shooters still throw their charges. Weighing becomes more important at longer ranges, in my opinion. At 600 yards and in, I wouldn't bother with charges that accurate. Even past that, I don't think it's worth taking a magnifying glass to it. Many, many long range shooters are using RCBS Chargemasters with great success, which tend to weigh to +/-.05gr (.1gr ES).
I'm out of my mind also Bill that being said I'm not totally useless I can be used for a bad example and a bad influence.
It's probably more important to reduce the parallax error due to looking at the beam to scale at different angles.
We worry about trimming our cases to the same length as near as we can, and have a fair stab at seating the bullet with a nod to consistency, shouldn't we be doing our best with the powder charge when it's so easy.
I know, if you're in the middle of a node, a few kernels either way probably doesn't make much difference, especially at the shorter distances, but then a few thou here or there with the case length or seating depth probably doesn't make much difference either but it all adds up - If you want to make an accurate round the details matter.
Here's a simple trick for beam scale users.
Monitor Balance Beam with Magnified Image on SmartPhone « Daily Bulletin
and this is how I do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVtYglAd9Dc
I know, if you're in the middle of a node, a few kernels either way probably doesn't make much difference, especially at the shorter distances, but then a few thou here or there with the case length or seating depth probably doesn't make much difference either but it all adds up - If you want to make an accurate round the details matter.
Here's a simple trick for beam scale users.
Monitor Balance Beam with Magnified Image on SmartPhone « Daily Bulletin
and this is how I do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVtYglAd9Dc
