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Old April 7, 2012, 08:45 PM   #16
amamnn
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You don't need a balance scale to check a digital scale if the digital is a good quality scale. Good quality scales come with their own check weights that you will use to calibrate the scale after it warms up before each and every use.

An unheated garage sounds to me like a garage that probably is a lot more exposed to shifts not only in temperature, but humidity. Hopefully your equipment and powder and primers are not stored there 24/7/365. If they are--this little scale adventure is only the beginning.................bugs, mice, smartass neighbor kids.............

I also used HS-6 for years with no problems and in the same same powder measure, too. Like someone said if you drop powder by volume, it's going to vary, and a .2 gr variance does not really matter a whole lot until unless you are loading something like a .380 near max. The nice thing about the digital scale/dispenser combo. is that they work like tricklers and you get the weight you want without a lot of hassle. Still, I don't know if you can blow the grips off a .380, even if you somehow double charged it, the case is so small.

In addition to closely following the instructions that come with a good quality scale, as mentioned in a reply above, there are two other things you might want to consider doing:

1-work on an anti-static mat. Bench sized mats are cheap these days and can be bought online. You'll need a good ground to attach your mat to (to which to attach your mat?) If you're in the garage, the inlet pipe on your water heater might be an easy hook up if you don't trust the ground jack on your outlets. This is a good practice whether you use a digital scale or not.

2- get a line filter. This is really just a strong magnet laid on the power cord three to six inches from of your scale and/or dispenser if you have the combo. If your scale runs on battery, the magnet is not needed, obviously. If you do not have access to a good magnet, there is an essay on the 6mmbr.com site in the tech section that gives a source where magnets made for this purpose can be bought. Again, the magnet must be fairly strong--most refrigerator magnets will not do.
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