Recommendations for Tweezers for precision charges

[Panama Evans]

I just received a my weigh 250 for Christmas and the tweezers that came with it aren't what I would call quality. So I'm looking for help from members here who have found what kind best work.
I load using varget, and yes the scale is accurate to .00. I know tweezers can be purchased from $2-7, but the options are endless, lol
Standard tweezers for the human body, electronics, jeweler's, and crafts. Stainless, plastic, anti static, pvc coated tips, locking, ceramic coated tip, and so on.
Yes tons of options, that I could go on and on, but as my sweetie who is visually impaired, will help with powder charges for her loads, I'm hoping to find a pair that are easy to use, and won't throw kernels all over.
Many thanks for any and all help, not to mention a happy new year to all.

 

[jcampbellsmith]

I use self closing tweezers that have to be squeezed to open them. Regards JCS

 

[Panama Evans]

I use self closing tweezers that have to be squeezed to open them. Regards JCS

Thanks for the reply. I forgot to say that out of all the ones I looked at, the self closing, with pvc tips and curved were my first choice.

 

[memilanuk]

Do a search for 'AA tweezers'. I found a pair (General tool brand) at a local Ace/True Value hardware store; otherwise Amazon and other places on the 'Net can provide.

Used to use a seed planter tool - designed for picking up one or two tiny seeds at a time, for planting or other purposes (apparently some seeds are *really* expensive...). Worked pretty well, but the AA tweezers are way faster.

 

[Catfish]

You can get to 1 gn. of powder with a good powder tickler, and they are much faster to use. I`ve never seen the use for tweezers in over 50 years of loading.

 

[Tommie]

You can get to 1 gn. of powder with a good powder tickler, and they are much faster to use. I`ve never seen the use for tweezers in over 50 years of loading.

Same here. I've never even heard of using tweezers. A trickler works so well.

 

[dcali]

I just use my fingers when I overcharge. I'd go insane with tweezers.

 

[redrockranger]

I just received a my weigh 250 for Christmas and the tweezers that came with it aren't what I would call quality. So I'm looking for help from members here who have found what kind best work.
I load using varget, and yes the scale is accurate to .00. I know tweezers can be purchased from $2-7, but the options are endless, lol
Standard tweezers for the human body, electronics, jeweler's, and crafts. Stainless, plastic, anti static, pvc coated tips, locking, ceramic coated tip, and so on.
Yes tons of options, that I could go on and on, but as my sweetie who is visually impaired, will help with powder charges for her loads, I'm hoping to find a pair that are easy to use, and won't throw kernels all over.
Many thanks for any and all help, not to mention a happy new year to all.

Could you put up a couple of targets showing 1 gr. difference in charge wt ? Anybody ?

 

[Bob L.]

I find a 4 inch hemostat to be more useful than tweezers. I also use one for handling primers and hot cases while annealing.

 

[Lapua40X]

DUMONT High Precision Grade Reverse (Self Closing) Tweezers



Careful though. Squeezing the powder granuale may compress the chemical components and thereby slowing its ignition progression which might throw the inter-granuale ignition sequence out of balance causing the bullet to enter the lands askew.

 

[savagedasher]

I just use my fingers when I overcharge. I'd go insane with tweezers.

As long as my fingers work I will stay with them
Over 60 years they have worked fine why change .
Happy New Year. Larry

 

[jlow]

A brought a set of these a couple of years ago and found them to work great (and cheap too...)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DVIEJ14/?tag=accuratescom-20

 

[Dakota_Mike]

I prefer the curved stainless AA like the one below. Never did care for the self closing one I tried.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MCVQAPG/?tag=accuratescom-20

 

[Eddie Harren]

As long as my fingers work I will stay with them
Over 60 years they have worked fine why change .
Happy New Year. Larry

And besides, they fit your nostrils so well!

 

[jlow]

I prefer the curved stainless AA like the one below. Never did care for the self closing one I tried.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MCVQAPG/?tag=accuratescom-20

There is one in the pack. I also like the curve ones too, they allow you to close in on the object without diving down on it.

 

[Panama Evans]

Do a search for 'AA tweezers'. I found a pair (General tool brand) at a local Ace/True Value hardware store; otherwise Amazon and other places on the 'Net can provide.

Used to use a seed planter tool - designed for picking up one or two tiny seeds at a time, for planting or other purposes (apparently some seeds are *really* expensive...). Worked pretty well, but the AA tweezers are way faster.

Thanks for the info. Just like learning each process of basic shooting to precision competition shooting there is still so much to learn lol.

 

[Panama Evans]

You can get to 1 gn. of powder with a good powder tickler, and they are much faster to use. I`ve never seen the use for tweezers in over 50 years of loading.

I have a Lyman Gen 5 and it is capable of +\- .02-.06 of a charge but even my rcbs tricker has a hard time dropping individual grains consistently.
I'm a person who likes to varify all the information out there to increase accuracy. So yes I'm checking to see if varifying each load to exactly the same ammount for a powder charge to .00 will change my ES.
So far with my forester die honed to 2 thousandths neck tension, my DIY annealer, lapua cases all adding up to my best 2.5" groups at 600yrds is nice. I want better.
Now to see as I crony each round I can add data to see if going to this degree of accuracy is worth the time.
I have seen my volocities change to equal a difference in my groups, hence the reason to win the battle of thousandths of an inch for those elusive match wins.

 

[butchlambert]

My most improvement comes from honing inside and outside of my necks to 50 millionths. I'm working on a device to segregate powder granules to a specific size.
Anything to increase accuracy.

 

[Panama Evans]

My most improvement comes from honing inside and outside of my necks to 50 millionths. I'm working on a device to segregate powder granules to a specific size.
Anything to increase accuracy.

That's one I've not heard of. Honing the neck???
I know the effect neck tension plays on accuracy, so I'll look into that one for sure.
Now segregating the kernels by size. I can see the bennefit and I'd be interested to see data on how this helps

 

[Bob L.]

That's one I've not heard of. Honing the neck???
I know the effect neck tension plays on accuracy, so I'll look into that one for sure.
Now segregating the kernels by size. I can see the bennefit and I'd be interested to see data on how this helps

Methinks he pulls your leg. Seriously, I doubt if one can see the effect of one kernel of Varget more or less. If my scale was not capable of registering the difference, I wouldn't mess with it. However, since it can and I really don't know how many kernels would cause a discernible difference, I weigh and correct the load to the individual kernel. It can't hurt and it makes me feel better.