Scale Choies for weighing 209 powder

[Pop Pop]

What make/type scale do you guys use for weighing 209 powder.

 

[Caniborrowsomeammo]

Depends on where I'm at.
Home- Ohaus beam
Away- a little Hornady electronic that takes little room in my MZ kit box.

 

[LHR]

I reload too, so I use my RCBS electronic scale

 

[GregK]

RCBS Chargemaster double check each load with a Hornady digital

Greg

 

[rangerod]

Frankford Arsenal. Product #909672

 

[fishdfly]

RCBS, have 2 of them.

 

[alternate]

Love the RCBS Chargemaster for loading SML or centerfire at home! I also have a Lyman balance beam scale that I take to the range when I build a new rifle and make up the loads as I use them. When busting a new gun's cherry I hate it when I prepared 15 tubes with a certain load and the first 2 shots are 3 inches apart @ 100. Makes the rest of them worthless. Bringing a scale to the range lets me get close on the first trip which is important since the range is 45 minutes away. I bring a cardboard box to put the scale in at the range or the wind will blow the the beam all over the place.

 

[stevie]

RCBS beam scale

 

[Bluedevil]

RCBS 10-10 scale by Ohaus.

 

[michiganmuzzy]

Frankford Arsenal. Product #909672

X2

 

[Hausser1]

RCBS electronic. I don't measure by volume for 209.

 

[GM54-120]

RCBS ChargeMaster 1500 Combo.....expensive but simple to use. I would highly consider one of the Harrels or Redding 3BR types also if you wanted more speed. They are volumetric so you will still need a scale to adjust them. After that all you have to do is pull a handle once or twice to fill the drop tube.

I would imagine measures like that dont have a BH209 Volume to Weight conversions but SR4759 is close to BH209 in weight vs volume according to the Lee Dipper Chart. Its within a half grain (roughly) on the 4.3 dipper. So if the measure has 4759 listed it will get you in the ballpark.
https://leeprecision.com/files/instruct/Dippers.pdf

 

[45-70]

Love the RCBS Chargemaster for loading SML or centerfire at home! I also have a Lyman balance beam scale that I take to the range when I build a new rifle and make up the loads as I use them. When busting a new gun's cherry I hate it when I prepared 15 tubes with a certain load and the first 2 shots are 3 inches apart @ 100. Makes the rest of them worthless. Bringing a scale to the range lets me get close on the first trip which is important since the range is 45 minutes away. I bring a cardboard box to put the scale in at the range or the wind will blow the the beam all over the place.

really like that idea

 

[jlynch75]

I don't use 209 powder but these oldies have been reloading centerfire bullets for 40+ years (the Cabelas scale only had about 10 yrs) years).

 

[D55]

I like the redding set-up.

 

[minelabbob]

i think the redding scale would be your best choice or one like that. i have used electronic scales in the past only
to see powder variations. i also have seen older chargemaster scales read true for many years. but hand weighting
will be your best bet!

 

[jlynch75]

I like the redding set-up.

Me to, also have a Redding turret press.

 

[tpcollins]

RCBS beam scale

Same here.

I have a digital scale but it doesn’t repeat perfectly every time.