Check Weights

[rodmkr]

Which or who (manufacturer) do you recommend?
How large of a set?

rodmkr

 

[Walks]

I have a Lyman set. Always worked well for me.

 

[Petrol & Powder]

Never get more than one set of check weights.

A man with one watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never quite sure !

 

[Cherokee]

Lyman works for me.

 

[Rick H]

I have the Lyman. They were widely available and reasonably priced at the time I got mine.

 

[CZ93X62]

^^^ THESE ^^^ (Lyman sets).

 

[fiver]

I use stuff.
the pan usually stays the same weight, unless it's plastic then it takes a graphite coat before settling in.
that coating can weigh more than a half grain.
once it does [shrug] it's the same weight from then on.

 

[S Mac]

I always figured uniformity was more important than exact weight, + or - a tenth of a grain.

 

[Mitty38]

I just always used the 10 grain one that I got with my Hornady scale. Even use it on my lee balance.
Figured, if I always use the same one then I am cool.
Just like at work on our big scales. We weighed a chunk of metal right after the professional calibration of our last new scale, then we calibrate all our scales daily with the same chunk of metal for all of them at the same weight.
Figure if its good enough for them its good enough for me.

 

[RicinYakima]

Yes Mitty, I use a 22 bullet that is 51.95 grains on my Gem Pro 250. As long as it weights the same, I am good.

 

[Joshua]

I don’t have a good set. What I have is a cheap set of Chinese gram weights. I have three different beam scales, a Lee, a Lyman, and an old Redding. They are all close to each other, plus or minus a tenth of a grain. So, that’s good enough for me.

 

[Winelover]

Lyman but hardly ever use it any more, since I purchased the RCBS Chargemaster, when they first came out. Nowadays, I calibrate the Chargemaster. Recall the load memory, meter it out and check against a RCBS beam scale. Both are spot on, then I'm good to go.

 

[Ole_270]

I've got an RCBS Deluxe set. Since I use a nearly 50 year old Texan beam scale I check for accuracy every time I setup to load. I've found there's usually a little variation between light handgun type weights and full sized rifle loads