Counting things ...

[Magpie]

Hi All,

I'm sure you all at onetime or another have the need to count things like cases or bullets for batching etc.

I've seen that you can get counting scales where you weigh one of the thing and then put a bunch on and it works out how many there are based on the weight of the bunch and the unit item weight.

Has anybody got any experience of using one of these ?

I'm looking for a lowish cost way of makingthis chore less painful.

Cheers

[Mikaveli]

Just google "counting scales". :)

[saddler]

Used them in the past in a leather factory

Add x no of items to the pan, enter the qty x to the scales and then add more until required qty is displayed

DID mean to bid on the scales when the firm shut down but had limited funds at the time.
They always seemed fast & accurate in use

[Magpie]

I was hoping that perhaps forum members might have some recommendations. There is no shortage of ones to pick from, but I've been' had' before when it comes to electronic scales.

[ovenpaa]

We use a set of calibrated scales for weighing rifles, actions and chassis systems and use the same scales for counting bullets and cases with the aid of a calculator which works well enough for dividing thousands into hundreds for bullets etc.

These would do the job Ultraship R1-60 http://www.rapidscales.co.uk/shipping-s ... 16173.html

[Magpie]

Hi ovenpaa,

I was trying to avoid the calculator kind of route, there seem to be plenty of lowish cost scales out there with piece counting functions, just no reviews that I could find. Thanks for the link, but I think the search continues. These ones don't actually seem to have a count function. Wasn't really looking for weighing more than say 10kg at a time, that would be about 400 or so .308 cases or 1000 155gr bullets I guess.

[rox]

I was trying to avoid the calculator kind of route, there seem to be plenty of lowish cost scales out there with piece counting functions, just no reviews that I could find. Thanks for the link, but I think the search continues. These ones don't actually seem to have a count function. Wasn't really looking for weighing more than say 10kg at a time, that would be about 400 or so .308 cases or 1000 155gr bullets I guess.

I've been looking for exactly the same, mainly to count brass in preparation for loading, cleaning etc.

Lots of scales have a counting mode as a 'unit', but there also seem to be balances that are made specifically for counting. I've seen some on eBay & Amazon for around £100, but they all seem to be cheap Chinese models. For case and bullet counting I suspect that quite a low resolution would suffice, but you might not want to use it for determining absolute weights (e.g. for divying-up powder). A decent pan size is going to be important too. If you find anything that looks interesting then post or pm, and I'll do likewise.

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[Magpie]

Hi Rox,

Thanks exactly the kind of use I was looking for one for - and I've pretty much found the same thing as you have - a cheap chinese will do if it can accurately count cases or bullets - thats all I need it for really. Have some nice gempro's for the powder :-)

[rox]

Have some nice gempro's for the powder :-)

I was thinking more of weighing out 5 or 10 Kg of powder. For individual charges I use balances based on magnetic force restoration load-cells.

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[meles meles]

can you still get the dilithium crystals for those?