Thread: Digital reloading scale

Hi Andy if you reload 25 acp .1 of a grain makes a hell of a difference Cheers

I bought the exact one a few months ago and they are awesome. Very accurate & reliable. I checked calibration and sensitivity many times against my Ohaus beam balance scale and it was more sensitive to the single kernel of powder. My previous electronic scale was 15 years old and started giving me trouble and I have retired it. It was a cheap TradeMe one.

Originally Posted by bjp

I picked up a cheap AliExpress one for around $40 shipped to see what it could do. Now I find I still use my Lee balance scales, but weigh to just under on the budget digital ones (fast) and then tip into the Lee scales and add the last few grains. Noticeably quicker than just using the Lee scales. Not sure if that is of any use. With any precision digital scales, they can be susceptible to wandering when trying to add very light changes in weight, and also to temperature, so work best if you can keep it in the room you use it, and work at a constant temp. From what I have heard/read, the cheaper digital reloading scales, say $150-200 or less are no better than the $40 AliExpress ones I have bought. (this: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005...57bc1802NpcRfd)

Originally Posted by eamars

People have been reporting they have good luck with the G&G JJ100B with decent accuracy (0.001g) and response speed. I had one coming soon.

Picture shows the OpenTrickler on A&D FX120i and G&G JJ223BF (which isn't suitable for automatic trickling purpose for being too slow for the response over serial).
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Did you end up getting the G&G scale?

Originally Posted by Beetroot

Did you end up getting the G&G scale?

Yes I do ended up with getting an G&G JJ100B scale but never get a chance to test it.

The feedback from the community suggested the G&G works without much hassle.

See this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeI3JgjGxqg

Originally Posted by Nakihunter

I bought the exact one a few months ago and they are awesome. Very accurate & reliable. I checked calibration and sensitivity many times against my Ohaus beam balance scale and it was more sensitive to the single kernel of powder. My previous electronic scale was 15 years old and started giving me trouble and I have retired it. It was a cheap TradeMe one.

Update on this - its been months since I've taken the balance scales out of the box. I have a few check weights made up for close to my loads (6gn, 20gn, 40gn), so I check the electronic scale readings regularly while reloading, but haven't had any issues. While the scales read to 0.01 grains, the actual resolution is 0.04 grains - still plenty good enough, even for my small 2.9gn powder charge for 222 subs.

If buying cheap electronic scales, its important to check what the error/resolution is, not what it displays. Scales with higher capacity will not generally do well with lower weights... I have a separate set of 100g scales for checking case capacities.

As Andy says, unless loading for handguns .1 grains here or there most shooters won’t notice, except for maybe benchrest shooting. Anywhere from about 300 metres plus, being able to read the wind accurately can make a bigger difference to group sizes than absolute consistent powder weights. Often see that at the range.

you dont need a scale for +-0.1gr... a good powder thrower will achieve that (yeah you still need a beam scale to confirm every once in a while)