IS MY HORNADAY SCALE KAPUT??

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Hi, I think my Hornaday GS 1500 Scale is Kaput and hears why- I did the calibration according to the instructions with the 100 g weight (is this 100 grams or 100 grains?) the machine was set to gn and the final outcome on the scale LCD said PASS. I then weighed a New Nickel and it weighed 7.88 grains and scale returned to 00.0, the Old Nickel showed 7.73 grains and then returned to 00.0. I then weighed the New Nickel in grams and it showed 5.14 grams and returned to 00.0, Old Nickel showed 5.06 grams and also returned to 00.0. This scale measures in G-grams, OZ-ounce, Gn-grains,CT-carot total, OZT-ounce total, DWT which I have not idea what that means. What do you think, Is this Hornaday GS1500 KAPUT? I would venture to say YES?? What do you think? It is out of warranty!!!
 
I don't trust Electronic Scales ... break out your RCBS 5-0-5 beam scale and check it .

What .... you don't have a RCBS 5-0-5 beam scale ...then how do you know the electronic one was ever correct ... you cant even trust them weights they give you ... unless you weigh the weights on your RCBS 5-0-5 , the weights may be wrong ... right ?

I think you need a RCBS 5-0-5 to straighten out the whole mess !
Gary
 
Ja, das Hornady ist kaputt!
Seriously, are there fluorescent lights near it? That can affect them. I agree with gwpercle, this a perfect opportunity for you to get a 5 0 5 and never look back. It's what I did when my PACT did what your Hornady is doing.
 
Never cared for the digital scales. Bought one[Hornady, I think] and just didn't like it. Went back to the Ohaus/RCBS 10-10 and thats all I use. I don't even know where the digital one is.
 
I have always measured my powder on my RCBS 5-0--5 beam scale so I am great full for that. I used the Hornaday to measure the bullets when I had a question as to the weight, guess the Hornaday was close enough. I have never weighed powder for my reloading on the digital scale but I have used the digital scale for weighing how much powder I had left in the container, guess I will have to re measure the powder I have left in my containers.REEFERMAN- I have the RCBS check weights and that is how I know the scale is KAPUT!! They weigh fine on my RCBS beam 5-0-5 scale.
Guess it is KAPUT.
 
74man said:
I have always measured my powder on my RCBS 5-0--5 beam scale so I am great full for that. I used the Hornaday to measure the bullets when I had a question as to the weight, guess the Hornaday was close enough. I have never weighed powder for my reloading on the digital scale but I have used the digital scale for weighing how much powder I had left in the container, guess I will have to re measure the powder I have left in my containers.REEFERMAN- I have the RCBS check weights and that is how I know the scale is KAPUT!! They weigh fine on my RCBS beam 5-0-5 scale.
Guess it is KAPUT.
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I also have a GS1500 that I bought when it first came out. That scale worked very well for me and still does though haven’t used it for some time. But like most electronics these days it has a shelf life. I don’t have know what you paid for it but mine was about $40.00 Canadian which would have been $30 US dollars so not that much.
I have a few beam scales as I like to collect them. Some are very good beam scales but I have used a Hornady electronic bench scale for several years. I’m sure that one day it will fail but it is still within the one tenth of a grain accuracy which fine for the reloading I do these days.
Some of my friends who are into the long range bench shooting are way more anal about their loading and have spent big dollars on their scales setups.
I get what they are trying to do but there is no way I’m going to worry about detecting a quarter size stick of Varget powder though I do have 2 beam scales that will.
So I guess if you are using an electronic scale for weighing bullets then get another cheap one or a bit more expensive one but I do know that there is no way I could use a beam scale for weighing bullets. Hats off to those that do but this old guy just doesn’t have the patience for that.
 
.45Coltguy said:
Never cared for the digital scales. Bought one[Hornady, I think] and just didn't like it. Went back to the Ohaus/RCBS 10-10 and thats all I use. I don't even know where the digital one is.
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I just bought an electronic after 50 years of reloading with beam scales ...
I been fooling with it but the inconsistences bother me ... it just doesn't instill confidence when you have to keep checking and verifying the weight is correct every 20 min ... I guess I'm too old to put all my confidence in the correct weighing of relitively small amounts of smokeless powder into a battery powered electronic device that goes off on a tangent every time a light is turned on or the refrigerator cycles on or off . The RCBS 5-0-5 has never failed me .
Gary
 
74man said:
I think my Hornaday GS 1500 Scale is Kaput

I have the RCBS check weights and that is how I know the scale is KAPUT!! They weigh fine on my RCBS beam 5-0-5 scale. Guess it is KAPUT.
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And I believe you guessed right in that your Hornady GS 1500 is "Kaput". :D

If digital scale cannot verify check weights after calibration, it is "Kaput" unless there are environmental factors that are affecting zero - https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...-scale-zero-drift-and-can-it-be-fixed.893402/
 
74man said:
The Scale went to the recycle department today, never to be used again!! How can I delete this post to save room?
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You can't ever delete a thread you start on THR ... And once it's archived, your posts are frozen to "information cloud" in the sky servers forever, so be careful what you post ... Full transparency thing :neener:
 
putting the test weight back on what does it read, was the scale on for 30 minutes first? You should have more than one test weight also. would be nice to have test weights in the range of your load weights, dont know about hornady but rcbs weights are grams. Also could be noise on the power line or transfomer going bad.
 
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