Help check my Powder Scale

dennis53

July 17, 2004 12:53

Something doesn't seem right with my new powder scale. Does a penny weigh around 38.5 grains and a dime weigh around 35 grains? Thanks for any responses.

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  allen griggs

  July 17, 2004 13:44

  2004 penny 38.5 grains
  
  1980 penny 48.5 [copper must have been heavier in the old days]
  
  dime 35.2 grains

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  dennis53

  July 17, 2004 14:01

  Thanks for the confirmation- It must be me!

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  PJ

  July 17, 2004 14:37

  Check weights are relatively inexpensive and accurate.
  Pete
  
  "Be kind to your neighbor, he knows where you live"

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  Snellstrom

  July 17, 2004 15:51

  Simpler than buying check weights is to weigh a bullet of a known weight. 50 or 55 grain bullet for my 22/250 works every time as a "check" for my scale

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  v35

  July 17, 2004 17:44

  Do yourself a favor and buy checkweights. You want to be checking accuracy and sensitivity at the low end of the scale. Accuracy at the high end doesn't mean the scale will see the difference between
  4 grains and 4.2 grains.

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