I use and just simply love the Hornady (
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/818489 ... 0-220-volt) and when compared to my Old and Trusty, RCBS 1010 scales (
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/415607 ... n-capacity) and I did a comprehensive comparison, I couldn't find any variance and believe me I tried hard to induce one.
But, if all you want is a basic scale, a customer came over with one these and I was very impressed (
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/175512 ... n-capacity). Of course he came over with one similar to this, that he got from a gas station, for about $8 and that too preformed well.
I guess the thing to do is buy one and assuming you already have a trust worthy Balance Beam Type Scale, reproduce the test, I'm about to imbibe for you. I'll describe it, but in truth, the Hoot-Dude does this for a living and if we can get him in on this, do what he says, and use mine as mere interesting tubular-data.
I weighed 200 loads on my Balance Beam Scale (bbs), one at a time, so I could then weigh the exact same load, one at a time, on the Hornady Electronic Scale (hes). They all weighed exactly the same. Then I weigh 10gr charges with the bbs and I collected all ten charges, in another powder scales pan and they equaled 100gr total, when weighed on the bbs. Then I weighed the 100gr charge on the hes and they equaled. I repeated all this again, but using powder charge lots of 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, & 500 grains. They all equaled, exactly. Then I reversed the process, throwing the charges on the hes and weighing them on the bbs.
The Hornady Electronics, performed flawlessly and I have the added benefit of really fast trickle charges and super quick powder amount and brand changes..
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