OK thanks for your info....
Scales
- Thread starter Mark C
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What was the reason on giving up on the gempro ?
Just wondering... did you have it hook up on a ups system .... sometimes power surges could of been some of your problem... just wondering because the lyman worked better on that system.
dragman
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An older RCBS 10-10 nothing has given me more consistent numbers day in and out.
I have gone exclusively to a tuned, beam system that incorporates a leveled to the mark video feed through my computer. I never did find an electronic scale that I had 100% confidence in. The GemPro250 was my last effort at that and it was OK, but slowed me down and my confidence was near zero given the same charge might weigh differently each time I put it on the scale. Then my power adapter went out and I never used it again.
What excalty do you mean by a beam system that incorporates a leveled to the me know video feed through your computer? I have no idea what that is .. ... thanks .
CharlieNC
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Just because a digital has more digits of display, e.g. .02gr, doesn't mean its better. I recently bought one. Weighing a 55gr bullet back to back 20 times gave about a .1 range, which is not as good as my beam (looking at the grads on the level indicator). One should always evaluate the repeatability in some manner to understand what really constitutes a true difference.
Leveled to the mark..... I meant to write ....lol
Is there a video on tuning a beam scale ? ....thanks for your post .....
If you mount a computer camera looking at the needle, you can watch the movement on a computer screen. That way the position is always the same. You don't have to keep bending over to look at it, and most likely from varied position with your eyes. It allows you to keep the scale down on the table in front of you, so that you can more appropriately watch the pan while adding kernels.
Here's one more little story about the consistency of a balance beam. This fall while I was shooting on the E targets at F-class nationals. The target system gives an on target velocity. I know that they're not perfectly accurate, but I would think that it would make the read out a little worse than reading muzzle velocity consistency. After I finished shooting my 20 shot string, my scorekeeper commented "Holy Sh**, you have an SD of 6!" I know that my Gempro could never come close to that consistency.
Wow that's good ... did Scott tune your scale ?
OK well good for you ..... I need to get something better I emailed scoot to see if he ships to Canada never heard back yet
....but I hope he does I hear he does a fantastic job on the scales.... thanks for all the information I really appreciate that.
Scott..
Hey Ringostar do you really like the Web c
What type did you get done ?
USMCDOC
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i bought a Ohaus 10-0-5 (Or was is it a 10-0-5?).. either way.. (well actually my daughter bought it for me with my funds and shipped to him), the last time i talked to him, he said that the box was there.. i forget how long ago that was now.. but it has been quite a while now.
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