Powder scale rcbs balance beam bad?

[N2TRKYS]

I don't understand how a correctly functioning balance beam scale can be inconsistent? Could you explain please? I'm always open to learning something. I've been using the same rcbs scale for probably nearly 50 years. Besides the tab on the pan breaking off and having to recalibrate for a different pan, it has always been dead nuts. I ran across the original box for it yesterday and it had a $44.00 price tag on it!

It would never read the same thing twice. That juice wasn’t worth the squeeze for me. I switched to a digital scale and it’s been much more consistent. Problem solved.

 

[Redmt]

It would never read the same thing twice. That juice wasn’t worth the squeeze for me. I switched to a digital scale and it’s been much more consistent. Problem solved.

Every digital I have used is temp sensitive and cannot tolerate any type of air movement. They were way too sensitive. Maybe I should have gotten a cheap dopers scale!

 

[N2TRKYS]

Every digital I have used is temp sensitive and cannot tolerate any type of air movement. They were way too sensitive. Maybe I should have gotten a cheap dopers scale!

I don’t reload outside, so I’ve never had a temp or airflow problem.

 

[Redmt]

I don’t reload outside, so I’ve never had a temp or airflow problem.

I guess I'm spoiled. My reloading/gun shop has its own heat and AC unit. I'm glad to hear that you don't reload outside. Rain, snow and gale force wind could effect your loads.

 

[ImBillT]

Depending upon how fine of a weight measurement the jeweler did, i'd be willing to bet that by the time you put them in the pill bottle, then your pocket, walked to your car turned around, walked back in, removed them from the pill bottle and reweighed them that they would be slightly different.

Do you really never wonder why check weights are packaged so they are not hitting into each other, or anything else?

Have you thought about how much of a dime would have to be missing to drop .1gr? I’d be surprised if you could drop .1gr in an hour of shaking that bottle. If you shook the bottle 24/7/365 for a year and told me they still weighed the same I’d be less surprised than if they changed weight going from the store to home. What would shock me the least is if the fine weighed three different weights simply weighing all the coins three times consecutively. The A/C system coming on, breathing on the scale, static from your clothes, etc. make a scale read .1gr or more different. Coins scratching in your pocket won’t.