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Well, after posting on Friday, I decided to give the Pact BBK II another try over the weekend. I again loaded 20 rounds of 7.65 Arg., each with 47 grs. IMR 4350. I let the Pact throroughly warm up and then calibrated it, not once, but twice. To double check, I also weighed each charge on the Redding beam scale.

The Pact started out fine. The first six or seven loads weighed exactly the same on both scales. Then, however, the Pact started wandering from the true weight. By the time I got to the 20th round, the Pact was off by .4 grains. I doubled checked the beam scale to make sure it was not the problem and it checked out okay. I then put one of the calibration weights back on the Pact and sure enough, it gave a reading .4 grains off. BTW, neither scale was moved during this test.

I really, really wanted the Pact to work, but it obviously has problems, although it did do better than the last time I used it. I may try it again, letting it warm up a full hour instead of 30 minutes.

RE: Powder scales
 

Ouch! that would certainly shake my faith in a particular balance.

RE: Powder scales
 

Solitary man.............

You ought to give Pact a call on that scale.................it has a limited lifetime warranty and I' m willing to bet they' ll fix it for you at no cost (unless it' s REAL old). Call ' em at 1-800-722-8462 and see what they' ll do for you.

I got their digital precision scale & powder dispenser for Christmas and that thing has been working flawlessly for me.............really helped speed up my reloading time, since I weigh out each load.

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Sounds like a good idea. I think I will contact Pact and see what they think. Might even see if they' ll let me trade it in on the higher priced version.

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Solitary Man: Ditto on the BBK! I bought one after my Hornady beam scale stopped working right (still don' t know why), and thought one of those electronic devices would be better. However, I' m tired of always having to recalibrate it every 10-20 rounds, temperature changes, having to keep the garage door closed to prevent errant breezes, replacing batteries, weird error messages that aren' t mentioned in the manual, etc.

I' m going to get a GOOD (maybe RCBS or Ohaus) beam scale (with test weights) and go back to the simplicity of gravity-operated machinery.

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Solitary Man, did you contact Pact yet and if so what did they say or do? I was really thinking of buying that model until now. Keep us posted please.

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No, I haven' t contacted them yet. It' s pretty low on my priority list right now, but I' ll eventually get to it.