Best beam scales for reloading?

[Ruger_shooter]

What do you beam scale users recommend as the best i.e. accurate / repeatable / reliable beam scales for reloading. Not interested in digital.

[boff180]

I have an RCBS 502 beam scale which I find very accurate and consistent. Purchased after my kit came with a Lyman digital scale which was very inconsistent and needs constant re-zeroing.

I also now have the RCBS auto powder thrower which is electronic but just as accurate and reliable as the beam scale.

Andy

[Blitzking]

I have an rcbs 10/10 scale which I find very accurate, however mines is a USA made model, I did hear that rcbs later moved production to Mexico and the quality dropped but I've no personal experience of this.

[thibben]

If you can find one the RCBS (Ohaus) 304 aka ‘dail-a-grain’ are pretty nice

[1066]

All the common RCBS scales use exactly the same knife edge/floating agate bearing set-up so none is more accurate than the other. The 502 is a simple two poise scale, the 505 a three poise scale, not necessarily better, some prefer it for easier setting but it adds something else where errors can creep in. The 5-10 and 10/10 use exactly the same beam with a rotary poise system. All these scale are now discontinued, they were dropped by RCBS around 4 years ago. They have been replaced by two new beam scales, the M500 and M1000.


All RCBS scale (made by Ohaus) produced for the last 8-9 years were either made in Mexico or China with variable quality.


A Redding No 2 is usually a good bet.

[1066]

If you can find one the RCBS (Ohaus) 304 aka ‘dail-a-grain’ are pretty nice

Hens teeth Terry.

[Ruger_shooter]

Guy thanks for the informative replies. Redding No 2 is on order, this was highly rated on other forums as well.