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Posted: 11/24/2009 7:20:36 PM EDT
| My Dillon scale died. Should I replace it with another Dillon or an RCBS? Thanks in advance. |
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My friend's father has a Lyman and really likes it. He does some precision shooting as well as plinking. Uses his 550 & 650 for plinking but for the precision stuff goes with the Lyman. I believe it is accurate to .10 grain. (Not sure if I worded that right, but it measures 25.50 or .25.51 grain vs some that will go from 25.50 to 25.60 like my digital RCBS does.
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Most electronic reloading scales read in .1 increments with a +/- .1 accuracy guarantee and almost all the cheaper ones that are sold to reload with that usually are used to weigh jewelry read .2, I just recently purchased a RCBS Rangemaster 750 and so far it holds zero very well
RCBS I still check my first couple loads on a balance beam but you can't beat the speed of a electronic |
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oehler <sp> makes 99% of those scales. they are pretty much all the same.
dillon's no bs warranty does not cover scales. the determinator 1 had known issues and mine failed 1 month outside the warranty. dillon finally reaplced it but gave me a massive run around. they sent me to oehler for repair, oehler said they were special made for dillon and didn't service them.took me almost 4 months to get it replaced. |
| I wold probably go with the RCBS. I have a 750, and its worked pretty well so far. I've had a Cabela's badged scale for several years, and it still works fine. Only problem is, it will no longer let you calibrate the scale. I have no idea why, but no matter how many times or how hard you press the button, nothing happens. Hasn't been a real issue, though, as it reads just as accurately as my RCBS or my Lyman beam scale. |
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If it is the Dillon D-Terminator digital scale, Dillon will replace an out-of-warranty digital scale with a new one for $85 plus your old scale in trade. If you wish to do this, contact Dillon for a return authorization.  Here's a good idea. I will call Dillon Friday. Many thanks. |
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