Prowler53
Member
I have a Frankford Arsinal DS-750 and I had some problems that made me switch back to my beam scale today. This is not a new issue, but I spent quite a bit of time today loading up test rounds with different powders/bullets. I've had to reset the zero on the scale or sometimes even shut off the power and re-set every 5 or so weight checks.
The weight of the empty pan is 127.9 grains, and sometimes I will weigh a charge and drop it into the case, return the pan to the scale and it will read 127.8 or 128.0 or even 127.7. Usually off +/- .1. Occasionally I will notice it reads 127.7 and gradually sneaks back up to the correct weight but I need to wait 5 seconds or so for it to correct itself, and other times it will not correct itself at all.
The scale seems to be slow calculating the weight which makes it hard to trickle charge. Add a little powder and weigh to see if it goes up another tenth....Nope, add a little more......Nope, add just a wee bit more....Jumps .2 - .3 grains at once.
Do I need a new scale? or am I going to have some of the same issues with any digital I buy?
The weight of the empty pan is 127.9 grains, and sometimes I will weigh a charge and drop it into the case, return the pan to the scale and it will read 127.8 or 128.0 or even 127.7. Usually off +/- .1. Occasionally I will notice it reads 127.7 and gradually sneaks back up to the correct weight but I need to wait 5 seconds or so for it to correct itself, and other times it will not correct itself at all.
The scale seems to be slow calculating the weight which makes it hard to trickle charge. Add a little powder and weigh to see if it goes up another tenth....Nope, add a little more......Nope, add just a wee bit more....Jumps .2 - .3 grains at once.
Do I need a new scale? or am I going to have some of the same issues with any digital I buy?