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    Scales

    Help me spend some coin, I have a 200 budget, just got paid for a job I thought I was doing as a freebee

    I was going to get a set of Hornady balance beam and a Lee powder measure set

    Should I be looking at something else ?
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    Why don't you just borrow my stuff when you need it? It only gets used every few months.

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    Nothing wrong with the hornady balance beam as long as it is not a lee you will be good to go even consider getting a set of digital scales (don't get smart reloader they are crap)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barefoot View Post
    Why don't you just borrow my stuff when you need it? It only gets used every few months.
    Sounds good, I have most bits now, I will catch up with you soon
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    no worries, you can spend the money on powder and projectiles now
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    Are the lee balance scales a bit poo?
    What is a good cheap set of digital scales? I've seen some Hornady ones for around $70.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Beetroot View Post
    Are the lee balance scales a bit poo?
    What is a good cheap set of digital scales? I've seen some Hornady ones for around $70.
    Last review I saw of one of those lee scales was a video clip of it being used for a centerfire target.
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    I've never had a problem with mine. In saying that I keep my eye out for a nice set of balance scales on trademe
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    my lee set where ok, but i have upgraded cause i got a good set cheap. dont bother with electronic in the $70 price bracket. the hornady are just cheaper ones rebranded im pretty sure

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    I think the hornady electronic scales are shite.
    Cheap and electronic scales do not belong in the same sentence.

    I only use my RCBS (ohaus made) balance scales for weighing powder now
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    Quote Originally Posted by puku View Post
    I think the hornady electronic scales are shite.
    Cheap and electronic scales do not belong in the same sentence.

    I only use my RCBS (ohaus made) balance scales for weighing powder now
    I have the rcbs 510 sitting in the drawer bloody good scale it is too
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    I've used electronic scales before but never balance ones.

    Are balance ones difficult/a pain in the arse, or are they just a tad slower yet more accurate.

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    the rcbs 505 is good. apparently the thing with the lee scales are they have no magnetic damping so they take ages to settle on zero. other than there ok I hear.

    its hard to swallow at first. but if you add up good scales and a good powder dispenser/ thrower, a trickler. and put in a couple of hundred in you could get a rcbs chargemaster.

 

 

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