I'd say go for the scale as well. You'll save enough money handloading in the end anyway. And, if you do a good job, you can maybe do some loading for friends to regain some cash.
With a decent scale you'll probably be able to be consistent (consistency is not necessarily accuracy) to couple granules of powder, and can get incredibly consistent fps results (if the other factors don't vary much). Even very good volume-based measurements seem to be within maybe 1-5% on a weight basis. Per throw. Before you introduce differences in powder.
Last edited by Gromky; 04-01-2010 at 10:05 PM.