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Electric Measures and electric scales ?
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Rick Richard
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A&D fx120l. Look it up on the ole NET.
Hi, I did! I see it isn't cheap, almost 600$ on Amazon. Thankyou
Rick Richard
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Yep, but man does it provide the best accuracy of anything I have ever used. This would be one item in my reloading tools I would never compromise on.Hi, I did! I see it isn't cheap, almost 600$ on Amazon. Thankyou
Lyman, according to the box, it has a better resolution than the RCbs
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There is a video on youtube somewhere that talks about scale accuracy and repeatability. While a scale might read to .10 ( one division) it's accuracy and repeatability might be 4 divisions on a cheap scale (.40) on this scale. So just because your scale reads to .10 does not mean it's that accurate. The A&D scale will read to .001g or .015 grains. It's linearity is .002g or .030 grains. So for practical purposes the A&D is accurate to 2 divisions or .030 grains. Big difference.
I also hear a lot of people say their cheap strain gauge scale does not drift. That is because they leave the pan on with the scale reading 0. The scales have anti drift software so that when it reads zero it stays reading zero. Now take the pan off and let it read the negative weight. That is where you will see the drift. Temperature also affects these scales much more than a magnetic force balance like the A&D.
What I have noticed in my process is that my Hornady and Dillon podwer drops are as consistent, with ball powders as my RCBS Chargemaster 1500 was. I have seen a .2 grain swing on 3 drops with the Chargemaster.
The Autotrickler V4 on the Fx-120i is much, much more accurate.
The Autotrickler V4 on the Fx-120i is much, much more accurate.
The Oregonian
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Mine is kind of a hybrid. I manually pre-load the powder cup using a Lee scoop, then slide it into the scale and let the AutoTrickler finish it up. I don't load large quantities and by the time I seat a bullet and measure CBTO (which I do on each round), the next one is done and ready to go.
