Thread: Frustrating arvo at the range. Powder charges.

Originally Posted by Snowgrass

Good observations, I hadn’t looked at the pan mounting. If I got really enthusiastic I could screw the brass screw the weight is on out a fraction but I’m sure it’s got locktight from a quick test so don’t want to damage anything for no real gain. I’ll get hold of some check weights which should negate any deviations on the beam balance weight by checking each time it’s moved.

Adjustment of the screw to align the 10 will misalign the zero. If you could adjust it you would be looking for a happy medium where it’s out a bit at both ends and not noticeable (it would be out by the amount it’s out at the 5 grain mark, but it would be by this much at zero and ten and aligned at .5
As I said the only fix is to adjust the thread pitch (impossible to do properly).
The one other option is to peel off the sticker with the 10-0 measurement, photocopy it and scale it up by a cats whisker so that the drum aligns. Not that you would want to bother.