I started with a borrowed Lyman 55. It was good with all of the WW spherical powders and Hodgdon spherical rifle powders but Hodgdon's spherical pistol powders seemed to shed too much dust making it sticky and inconsistent. Also did well with 2400. Wasn't worth a [bleep] for cylindrical or flake powders.
When I returned it, I bought a Hornady basic powder measure which I still use. It has pretty much the same likes and dislikes as the Lyman.
All of my flake and cylindrical powder loads get weighed.
For scales ... aside from my dad's old scale that I started on, my first was an RCBS 5-0-5 and it was good. 5-10 years ago it got to be inconsistent so I "upgraded" (I thought) to the 10-10. I don't think it is as accurate as my old 5-0-5 was, not as repeatable. For instance, when I'm weighing charges, if the arm/pointer is descending toward the 0 mark I get a different weight .. by about 0.3 to 0.4 grains .. than I get if the same charge in the pan is rising toward that 0 mark. I reckon one of these times I need to remember to order a new 5-0-5.
Tom
