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Halodin is making his way over to mine tonight

hopefully I can get him going without too much trouble

Alan

Thanks!

Dombo63 wrote:Yes, the brass fired from your rifle is fire-formed to the chamber, so a perfect fit. I was playing around with some empty 308 cases and the ones from my rifle dropped into the chamber nicely whereas some others fired once from a friend's rifle wouldn't fit

You did a sterling job, thanks! I'll try and find a workbench this weekend and start to build up everything I need and then once my variation comes back, I should be good to go. :goodjob:

Cheers,

Craig.

20series wrote:Halodin is making his way over to mine tonight

hopefully I can get him going without too much trouble

Alan

I've been thinking about the process of reloading today and it seems to me the greatest room for error (or lack of non repetitiveness) is the amount of powder. Now I'm pretty sure I'm leaning towards an electronic precision scale, but I'm just wondering if anyone knows of any stand alone scale that is capable of measuring greater than .1 grain? I know it won't be cheap and it's possibly a scientific precision scale, but I'm struggling to find one...

Gempro 250.

Just keep it away from any stray EMF & turn it on an hour before you need it.

I may have just found one. Readability = 0.0001g (0.0015 grains), repeatability = 0.00015g (0.0023 grains)

The price on the first link looks perfectly reasonable to me, the question is, is it worth it?



http://www.digitalscalesaz.com/Adam-Equipment-PW

http://www.adamequipment.co.uk/am/balances/145

HALODIN wrote:I may have just found one. Readability = 0.0001g (0.0015 grains), repeatability = 0.00015g (0.0023 grains)

The price on the first link looks perfectly reasonable to me, the question is, is it worth it?



http://www.digitalscalesaz.com/Adam-Equipment-PW

http://www.adamequipment.co.uk/am/balances/145

Halodin,

You do not need any where near that level of accuracy or cost.

I'm being anal using the Gempro & that will only read to 0.02gn but it only costs about £100.

Save your money for something else pal, you really don't need to spend it there.

I do hope that you are getting a decent set of beam scales as well and not just relying on digital.

You don't need greater accuracy than .1 of grain, most rifle cartridge loads won't notice a difference less than that and most won't even notice a couple of tenths difference.

No you do not need that scale save your money for powder and bullets. Buy a beam scale to start off with get a second hand one once you get a bit more knowledge you can up grade if you want keep it simple to start off with. Don't be spending buckets of money on kit until you know what you are doing.