[Smokey Joe]

Mike Irwin--Y'know, I get sniped at about over-accurizing every time I bring up the subject of balance beam scales being inherently more accurate than a digital.

My point was NOT that you have to weigh every powder charges to 0.01 grains. That would be overdoing it. My point was and is that you can tell with greater accuracy what weight you have when you weigh something, a powder charge for example. So that when you want, say, a 36.5 grain powder charge, for calibrating a powder measure, you know that you have close to exactly 36.50 grains of powder, not 36.46, nor yet 36.54 grains.

Then the next time you set up your equipment to do the same load you can more easily duplicate the ammo you built last time.

Consistency = accuracy. A digital can vary almost a whole 1/10 of a grain without your knowing it.

I keep hearing about this unnamed national champion who never weighs their powder charges. Isn't it interesting that he (or she) is the exception to the rule!