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<p>[QUOTE="Lev99, post: 4548062, member: 103627"]I just bought a scale and had similar question as my scale wouldn’t balance and I needed to recalibrate. McMaster-Carr I read around on the forums is good for uniform weights. The issue is tolerances. A nickel or penny has tolerances larger than what some scale need for calibration. My scale went to 0.00 grams so I needed something very uniform and coins weren’t near uniform enough.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was going to buy a set of weights but one of the reloading forums mentioned using a copper jacketed bullet (Bullet only and not the cartridge case) as they are very uniform in weight. Fortunately I knew someone that reloaded and they hooked me up with some match grade jacketed bullets very uniform and I was able to calibrate. </p><p><br /></p><p>Hth. Good luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lev99, post: 4548062, member: 103627"]I just bought a scale and had similar question as my scale wouldn’t balance and I needed to recalibrate. McMaster-Carr I read around on the forums is good for uniform weights. The issue is tolerances. A nickel or penny has tolerances larger than what some scale need for calibration. My scale went to 0.00 grams so I needed something very uniform and coins weren’t near uniform enough. I was going to buy a set of weights but one of the reloading forums mentioned using a copper jacketed bullet (Bullet only and not the cartridge case) as they are very uniform in weight. Fortunately I knew someone that reloaded and they hooked me up with some match grade jacketed bullets very uniform and I was able to calibrate. Hth. Good luck![/QUOTE]
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