I giggle at these never ending debates on what caliber is better or best. After being the nut behind the bolt on hundreds of various kills (gophers up to bear and moose) watching clients with varying talents and equipment, here is my opinion based on all these experiences. I ain’t seen one...
In my experience it could very well be the pivot point is very slightly worn at the pivot. It’s been quite a few years ago but I’ve had 2 beam scales rebuilt and recalibrated. One is an Ohaus triple beam that measures in grains. Probably bought it in the 70’s.
My memory says the guy I dealt with...
Take a penny, nickel, dime and quarters to a fancy jewelry store and have them weigh them on their scales they use for diamonds. Right down the weights, put coins in a pill bottle with the written weights and never use them again except for calibration. You can’t get more accurate and you can...
I believe the answer to that is no one knows the ‘perfect’ number. Standard internet answer is every 3-4 reloads. We can guess but that is a swag.
It depends on the chamber and throat of your rifle in comparison
with your reloaded ammunition along with quality of brass
I load for multiple...
The reason we cut it off rather than try to salvage it was the fact the dadgum thing wouldn’t stay in one place when it was working. Shoot a round and it’d vibrate the opposite of its setting. Quite frankly it was a PIA so we just eliminated the problem.
It shoots more consistent cut off than...
When your rear was dragging on the harvest crew with no sleep the boss would just scowl and say “If you’re gonna run with the pack, quit pizzing like a puppy”
Schmalts is correct: A little more info would be helpful or you’ll go down a rabbit hole with way too many considerations.
Power min-max, SFP vs. FFP, tube size preferred, reticle preferred, are you an illuminated reticle fan, and probably what is your preferred budget, any manf. preference?