Cabelas electronic scale ????

[alca]

I bought a digital scale from Cabelas, i calibrated like the instructions mentionned,, but i have a problem. If i want to weight for exemple 2.8 of bulleyes, i put a pan on my scale, and pour a powder with my powder trickler and no digits appear on my scale, then i go on to pour the powder and nothing , still 0.00. When i have a big amount of powder on my pan and still show 0.00 i lift a pan with a powder inside and put again on the scale and surprise that show exemple 4.2 !!!!! Why i can't drop a powder in my pan and the scale can't show exemple 0.00, 0.1, 0.5 , 1.2, 1.3 till 2.8 ????
Thank you,
Al
P.S. sorry for my poor English

 

[rcmodel]

Most electronic scales will re-zero in a few seconds if left unattended with no weight in the pan.

Say you take the pan off, then put it back on. The scale immeadiately jumps up to 20 or 30 grains, then in a few seconds, re-sets itself back to zero.

It is the only way you could get them to work when you set the pan down on the scale.

When you trickle powder in the pan starting from nothing, it fools the scale into thinking it is just "off" from the pan being set back on, it so it continues to try to re-zero itself.

You need to throw, or dip, or whatever, 2.5 to 2.7 of the 2.8 grain charge and trickle the last 0.3 to 0.1 grains.

rc

 

[Galil5.56]

My 16 Y/O digital Dillon 1500 D-Terminator reads the first trickled .1 grain fom 0.0, till you stop with the desired charge weight or hit max capacity... Just checked it against my 30 Y/O RCBS (Ohaus) 505, and as always accuracy is dead on. My scale stays at whatever "zero"/tare you set, and if you remove the pan after initial start, or the scale senses a lighter weight after zero it flashes the negative weight.

I read you "can't trickle" with digital scales all the time, yet I can just fine with my Dillon, even with its "ancient" technology.... Maybe see if you can return it if Cabela's says it's normal, and call/email Dillon and other digital scale makers to see what they have to say about their scales ability to trickle charges. Can't imagine owning any reloading scale that would not allow trickled charges.

 

[paradox998]

I purchased a Cabelas scale and ended up returning it. It varied too much and I got frustrated with it. I finally realized that my Lee beam scale was just as easy to use and more reliable.

 

[Martyk]

Get a paper route, save your money and get an RCBS Chargemaster 1500 Combo. Mid-south has them for 299. I just got mine on Friday and it is one sweet machine and I can see it's already a great investment!!