I also ordered the gem pro 250 yesterday.. they were on sale for one day. i hope we are both satified
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Walt,queen_stick said:I personally believe that both types of scales are good to have on the bench. (electronic and a Parker beam). I use my Parker for throwing powder charges, and that won't change.
However, a beam scale is terrible for weight sorting cases, bullets, or anything else for that matter. Maybe not terrible, but not nearly as efficient as using an electronic scale for weight sorting.
jlow,jlow said:Not being rude here but if the GenPro is good and reliable, what purpose would the beam balance serve? Just interested in hearing the rationale.
As I said my balance will weigh as accurately as you electronic scale will, yours will weigh one kernel and mine will weigh one kernel??jlow said:I can certainly buy into the idea of a backup, as mentioned in my original post, no electronic scale or beam balance for that matter is fail proof, I mean you could always drop it by accident. But the question is why one would buy a beam balance to back up an electronic balance?
The electronic scale will accurately and precisely measure down to the 0.04gr level and if it breaks, I would be back to the 0.1 gr level with the beam balance. Now certainly if I had a beam balance already, I would not throw it away and it could serve as a backup, but if I set out in the beginning to buy a second balance to back up my electronic balance, would it not make more sense for it to be another electronic balance? This is why the logic of buying a beam balance to back up an electronic balance escapes me.
Anyone of the 1/2 dozen I own, take your pick, 304 Ohaus, 1010, 5/10 5/05 5/02 Redding, Look I am not going to argue with you! If you don't understand how to use a beam scale, I can teach you, if your uninterested that is fine too but you can ask anybody out here that has been loading very long at all that a properly tuned scale will read as accurately as a electronic, does the beam read 34.002 NO!! but do you work up a load that needs to be 34.002 to be accurate,....NO and if you do you are the only one that does that I have ever heard of! You measure 34.2 and if you have a Gd503 you read 34.200 and if you have a CHEAP gem pro 250 which I do you read 34.20 and if you have a beam scale you look for -- not -_ if it is -_ you add until it is-- then it is 34.20000000000000000 if it is_- then you remove powder until it is -- then it is 34.200000000000000000000000000000 if you live in a digital age and do not understand analog then use the digital but please do not knock what you do not understand!!....That's All! Have a nice day.jlow said:I am interested in what beam scale will accurately measure on kernel (for example 1 Varget kernel = 0.02gr). Yes, you can reproducibly see a one kernel drop in the GemPro.
jlow said:I am interested in what beam scale will accurately measure on kernel (for example 1 Varget kernel = 0.02gr). Yes, you can reproducibly see a one kernel drop in the GemPro.
1066 said:jlow said:I am interested in what beam scale will accurately measure on kernel (for example 1 Varget kernel = 0.02gr). Yes, you can reproducibly see a one kernel drop in the GemPro.
I have around 25 beam scales and 3 digital. I use a beam scale to weigh my powder and digital for cases and bullets.
I'm quite happy my beam scales will weigh to a single kernel of Varget and with around 4-5 kernels to 10th a grain I feel my scales (and many others) are way better than the regular .1 grain often quoted for beam scales.
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