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**Mal H** · June 8, 2001, 10:26 PM

A digital scale is a very good thing to have, but the old beam scale is just as accurate if not more so. IMO, it's also just about as fast to get a good weighing with one as it is with a digital. Whichever you decide to get is fine, but a scale is a must if you want to go for more repeatable loads. Don't throw those scoops away though. They make excellent powder scoops (duh!) for use with a scale. I think they must have a coating of some type that bleeds off static electricity because they don't let the powder cling to them like other plastic implements would do.

June 8, 2001, 10:26 PM	#6
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	A digital scale is a very good thing to have, but the old beam scale is just as accurate if not more so. IMO, it's also just about as fast to get a good weighing with one as it is with a digital. Whichever you decide to get is fine, but a scale is a must if you want to go for more repeatable loads. Don't throw those scoops away though. They make excellent powder scoops (duh!) for use with a scale. I think they must have a coating of some type that bleeds off static electricity because they don't let the powder cling to them like other plastic implements would do.