Looking for recommendation on digital weighing scales to weigh pellets; prefer to spend less than $125 . Tried a cheap scale that goes to .01 g ( grains) but not satisfied with consistency. Would like to go to .001 g. Recommendations? Thanks
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I talked to Bill at affordable scales today. He convinced me that for the pellet weighing that I wanted, the cheapest I could do was about $300.
I've spent several hours using amazons Gemini-20 to finally realize I'd been wasting my time.
scales should be here next week if you want to hear what I think.
i ordered Veritas S 63 scales
I've spent several hours using amazons Gemini-20 to finally realize I'd been wasting my time.
scales should be here next week if you want to hear what I think.
i ordered Veritas S 63 scales
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The Gemini 20 is what I bought as well, and it hasn't taken long to distrust them....especially when the scale jumps from 18.12 to 18.3 and then I remove and reweigh and get a different reading. Let me know what you think of the new scale. Thanks. Maybe more opinions will come forth.
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I'm using a $2500 scale. It is my lab scale and I use it for everything. I get it certified every year and can do diamonds and other weights on it. Ohaus
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I'm afraid Coldking's rite, I just ordered a veritas s63 that looks a lot like the one in his post pic.
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I broke down and went for the Veritas s63 as well. It is Italian made and the lower cost models that I could find were about
$100 less, made in China. The Veritas is definitely in another class, so I decided to spend the extra and go for a brand name and quality. The chap at Affordable was a bench rest shooter and understood my concerns. They have modified the s123 model for more accuracy at lower weight, and called it the s63.
PlanB ...and everyone else...thanks.....I'll post feed back on this late next week as well.
$100 less, made in China. The Veritas is definitely in another class, so I decided to spend the extra and go for a brand name and quality. The chap at Affordable was a bench rest shooter and understood my concerns. They have modified the s123 model for more accuracy at lower weight, and called it the s63.
PlanB ...and everyone else...thanks.....I'll post feed back on this late next week as well.
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My veritas S63 scales came in. First impressions are very favorable. It was easy set up and calibrate with an extremely accurate weight. They supply gloves for handling the weight. I re-weighed a bunch of pellets that I previously weighed in the inexpensive Gemini. The 45 gr .30 JSB's were decently accurate with the old scale, but I did find a fair percentage of pellets that were off .5 grains.
The real different was with the 18 grain .22's. The Veritas is more accurate and consistent for lighter pellets. I could measure two pellets separately and add those weights together, then re-weigh them together and often it would be exactly the same down to .01 grains. I did this with 3 pellets combined and was within .03 grains.
In order to get accurate weights you have to wait for the scale to stabilize and a small * shows up on the LCD panel. Then you can remove the pellet. When you go to weigh the next pellet you have to wait 5 seconds after the previous pellet is removed for the stabilization * to show again.. .....if you don't wait for the *, you will not get accurate measurements. This is my only complaint..I would like the wait time to be 3 sec. The instruction were absolutely minimal . You can even connect this to a computer and I guess use you computer screen. It does more than I need it to do.
The real different was with the 18 grain .22's. The Veritas is more accurate and consistent for lighter pellets. I could measure two pellets separately and add those weights together, then re-weigh them together and often it would be exactly the same down to .01 grains. I did this with 3 pellets combined and was within .03 grains.
In order to get accurate weights you have to wait for the scale to stabilize and a small * shows up on the LCD panel. Then you can remove the pellet. When you go to weigh the next pellet you have to wait 5 seconds after the previous pellet is removed for the stabilization * to show again.. .....if you don't wait for the *, you will not get accurate measurements. This is my only complaint..I would like the wait time to be 3 sec. The instruction were absolutely minimal . You can even connect this to a computer and I guess use you computer screen. It does more than I need it to do.
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when you are weighing things as light as pellets you need to use tweezers to pick them up, the oil from your fingers can change the weight of the pellet. 1 grain is 1/7000 th of a pound after all.
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