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What, small, electric scale do you like to use at the range? I know all the stuff about about wind and inconsistent power surges, etc. Looking for something to "make due".
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I use small frankford arsenal elec pocket scale. It is consiztent
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What, small, electric scale do you like to use at the range? I know all the stuff about about wind and inconsistent power surges, etc. Looking for something to "make due".
Alan Would you use it inside a vehicle or do you have a building near the range? We have so much wind around here, I have to even shut my garage door when I'm reloading, so the wind doesn't affect the scale...
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I have tried every conceivable means to build loads at the range. It never worked out. Finaly, I bought glass vials that look like cocaine vials. They will hold up to 100 gr powder charges. I have about 250 of them. I make my powder charges at home in the controlled environment. Write the charge weight & powder on the bottle. Take them to range along with the bullets & a powder funnel. Use my arbor press, but you can use any press you are willing to pack to the range. Seat the bullet & shoot. Has worked very well for me & certainly solved my frustration with trying to weigh charges outside.
I’d be more than happy to send you the information.
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I have tried every conceivable means to build loads at the range. It never worked out. Finaly, I bought glass vials that look like cocaine vials. They will hold up to 100 gr powder charges. I have about 250 of them. I make my powder charges at home in the controlled environment. Write the charge weight & powder on the bottle. Take them to range along with the bullets & a powder funnel. Use my arbor press, but you can use any press you are willing to pack to the range. Seat the bullet & shoot. Has worked very well for me & certainly solved my frustration with trying to weigh charges outside. That sounds like a good deal - that way you're using the equipment that you're going to load the final product with . Hey GSSP , off topic but do you know a shooter from Utah who went by the screen name GoodGrouper ? I left LRHunting site when he did many years ago , he was a wealth of knowledge .
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I use small frankford arsenal elec pocket scale. It is consiztent +1 My first attempt to load at the shooting bench required taking my RCBS 5-0-5. That was a major mess. The big problem was the wind. We're at the highest spot around; we can see 4 counties from the front porch. Wind was a constant problem. I ended up with the Frankford, but I had to add a plastic box that surrounded the scale and act as a wind baffle. If you go here: Wringing out the Ruger American Predator. . . you'll see the box. I cut a hole in the top so I could trickle in the last of the charge.
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off topic but do you know a shooter from Utah who went by the screen name GoodGrouper ? I left LRHunting site when he did many years ago , he was a wealth of knowledge . I don't believe Goodgrouper hangs out on any gun or hunting forum anymore, his passions have switched to ATV riding and go-pro filming of such. he hangs out on the ATV forums and YouTube as Utah Wanderlust 700.
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off topic but do you know a shooter from Utah who went by the screen name GoodGrouper ? I left LRHunting site when he did many years ago , he was a wealth of knowledge . I don't believe Goodgrouper hangs out on any gun or hunting forum anymore, his passions have switched to ATV riding and go-pro filming of such. he hangs out on the ATV forums and YouTube as Utah Wanderlust 700. Thanks I'll look for him under that name and say hello to him if I find him .
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A simple way to accomplish the feat of reloading at the range is to use a high quality powder measure with micrometer adjustments, such as a Culver. Set it up at and home making note of the settings, and then leave the scales behind.
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