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    Some people seem to get acceptable results using a scoop. As stated, this isn't benchrest target shooting it's stalking. A previous poster suggested I am willing to put up with less accurate ammo as it is only for stalking (I am paraphrasing but that's the suggestion).

    I am not daft. I have been shooting S1 for a long time and would never take a shot I am not confident of a humane kill but let's face it, a kill zone on a fox/deer is several inches in diameter. I don't want this to go off onto another tangent but if I am not happy I can hit this I won't take the shot.

    I will use the scoop method to start with firing at targets. If I am happy I will crack on with live quarry. If not, I will invest in scales and look at how I am making the stuff to see how it can be improved.

    No need for arguments, it's all good stuff and we all have our own ways of doing things.
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    Quote Originally Posted by phil384 View Post
    Boys boys boys

    Some people seem to get acceptable results using a scoop. As stated, this isn't benchrest target shooting it's stalking. A previous poster suggested I am willing to put up with less accurate ammo as it is only for stalking (I am paraphrasing but that's the suggestion).

    I am not daft. I have been shooting S1 for a long time and would never take a shot I am not confident of a humane kill but let's face it, a kill zone on a fox/deer is several inches in diameter. I don't want this to go off onto another tangent but if I am not happy I can hit this I won't take the shot.

    I will use the scoop method to start with firing at targets. If I am happy I will crack on with live quarry. If not, I will invest in scales and look at how I am making the stuff to see how it can be improved.

    No need for arguments, it's all good stuff and we all have our own ways of doing things.

    That's fighting talk, that is!
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    Quote Originally Posted by phil384 View Post
    I will use the scoop method to start with firing at targets. If I am happy I will crack on with live quarry. If not, I will invest in scales and look at how I am making the stuff to see how it can be improved.

    No need for arguments, it's all good stuff and we all have our own ways of doing things.

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    Likely to be somewhat more consistent, gives an readout in gn (grains) per every reloading manual, and may just make your life easier!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mod View Post
    For the love of Allah (peace be upon his name) £5.39

    Bay item# 121509266897

    Likely to be somewhat more consistent, gives an readout in gn (grains) per every reloading manual, and may just make your life easier!

    Please - think of the children!

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    Hmmmm the worry is that cheap electronic scales can be less accurate and less repeatable than a scoop! I have a cheap £12 set and a secondhand hornady set. If I weight the same case 3 times in a row I'll often ge 3 different weights!

    To the OP, find someone with some beam scales just to check the accuracy of your electronic scales, that way you can have faith and avoid a lot of frustration if they turn out to be inconsistent.
    Thanks for looking

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    They lie! crap scales are worse than no scales!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy47 View Post
    Hmmmm the worry is that cheap electronic scales can be less accurate and less repeatable than a scoop! I have a cheap £12 set and a secondhand hornady set. If I weight the same case 3 times in a row I'll often ge 3 different weights!

    To the OP, find someone with some beam scales just to check the accuracy of your electronic scales, that way you can have faith and avoid a lot of frustration if they turn out to be inconsistent.

    These are the same scales that Mod recommended to me when I first started.

    They are pretty accuarte when weighing a discrete charge but no good for trickling to a weight as they don't register little changes.


    For a fiver I now use them to batch weigh cases.

    A good balance beam is the best first scale purchase.

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