[Walking Point]

As a lab type snob who has much exerience with scales, I'm going to suggest you stick with what you have.

The "feel" that you now probably have as you trickle that last little bit of powder will be hard to replicate using an electronic sale.

IMHO, electronic units that cost less than $750 aren't very good and most seem more affected by air currents than beam balances.

I have a $12000 totally enclosed electronic analytical balance I use for weighing bullets, plue a $900 top loading balance that would be suitable for weighing powder charges. When it comes time to actually weigh each load, I use my beam balance.

Realize that everyone has opinions, and not all of them are right for YOU. consider my opinions food for thought...

Although I've never tried to prove it to others, my feeling is that thrown charges using a good measure and a good metering powder will be more accurate than hand weighed charges. The difference has always seemed very slight to me, but to me, the nod has to go to the thrown charges.

A bunch of fanatical benchrest and high power shooters would likely agree with me, as all the ones I talked to used thrown charges and most of them were successful at their chosen activity.

 

[Walking Point]

Any air movement will affect a scale, maybe it's just more noticeable with an electronic unit. My digital units measure to at least 0.00000, so they pick up any movement almost anywhere in the house. I just find it irritating.

The balance I use to weigh bullets is enclosed in a glass case with sliding doors, so it works the best.

Powder certainly determines how accurate a powder measure will be. Obviously you will want to use powder that meters very well. W231 and H335 are my most used powders since they both meter very well and give me the performance I want. If I have to use a powdr that meters poorly, then I just hand weigh. Unique in my cast rifle loads is oen that I hand weigh, but the quantities aren't very large. I don't know what kind of powders you have available, but hopefully you can find ball powder for all of your uses.

I've heard of folks here who throw flake charges and are happy, but that hasn't been my personal experience.

I tend to agree that once you start using a powder measure, the scale is used for nothing more than verification. I'd hate to waste money on an expensive digital unit just to find it spending most of it's time in a drawer. Honestly, anything besides the Lee Safety Scale is all anyone needs, even if they hand weigh a lot. My RCBS 502 is a good example of that.

Personally I can't see how a digital unit can be any faster than a beam balance, but since I didn't like the lack of "feel" when weighing powder with the digital balance, maybe I missed something.

If I were you, I'd stick with the fine scale you already have and spend the money on something else.