If you own a gun and you use it fairly often, then you know purchasing new rounds of ammunition is not something that you typically look forward to. That’s one of the reasons that quite a few folks look into “recycling” their ammunition with some powder and spent casings.
If you use enough bullets, this “recycling” can eventually save you money and make the whole process more affordable. But reloading or handloading is not the easiest thing to do. You need to use a precise amount of gunpowder with a spent casing. Our top rated reloading scales can help make the process much easier if you want to start recycling your ammunition.
Investing in a Reloading Scale
I will say this as clear and honest as possible… there are plenty of scales out there that are referred to as pocket balances. They usually cost anywhere from $15 to $79 or so. Are they accurate and will they work for you? Probably… Will they last for multiple years? I doubt it.
There are many different options in the market for weighing scales. It can get overwhelming if you search long enough. And, if you base it mostly on price, then there will always be a cheaper scale from China somewhere on the web.
We recommend buying a scale that is a little bit better quality than the average reloading scale that you see all over the internet. Our reloading scales that we recommend are listed below. These are good quality scales. Are they top of the line Ohaus or Sartorius quality? No, they are not. But, they are a good blend of consistency and accuracy and value.
On a somewhat related note, I’ve used a similar Tree brand of scale for pine wood derby weighing for years when building Awana & Pinewood derby race cars. The scale is accurate and has been an important part of putting smiles on my kids faces (and winning multiple trophy’s over the years too). Best of all, the scale has provided years of service whenever I have needed it.
Best Powder Scales for Reloading
Here is our recommended choices for the top reloading scales that are worthy of your time and money and include the grain weighing unit for weighing your powder.
Tree HRB-103 Milligram Balance 100 x 0.001g
The Tree brand HRB-103 is an affordable digital milligram balance that’s designed to meet your demands for a simple operating design and user-friendliness at an affordable price. Capacity: 100 x 0.001 grams. This affordable analytical balance also features a draft shield.
These economy digital scales offer high performance at a great price. HRB balances meet the highest technical weighing requirements for a balance in its class. While these balances are not designed to take the place of our higher end Ohaus Pioneer models, the HRB are ideal scientific scales for general laboratory, industrial and educational weighing applications requiring multiple weighing modes on a tight budget.
Tree HRB-1002TL Top Loading Reloader Balance 1000 x 0.01g
The Tree HRB 1002TL is an affordable top loading balance that meets your demands for a simple operating design and user friendliness at an affordable price. The capacity is 1000 grams and readability is 0.01 grams.
HRB 1002TL digital balances offer quality at a great price with max capacity of 1000 grams and readability of 0.01 grams. These HRB top loading balances are compact, feature a large backlit LCD display, rugged ABS housing, heavy duty load cell and are easy to use. These economy digital scales offer high performance at a great price.
Tree HRB balances meet the highest technical weighing requirements for a balance in its class. The HRB are ideal balances for general laboratory, industrial and educational weighing applications requiring multiple weighing modes on a tight budget.
Tree HRB-3002 Digital Reloading Balance 3000 x 0.01g
The HRB-3002 from Tree is an affordable two decimal place digital balance that meet your demands for a simple operating design and user-friendliness at an affordable price. Capacity: 3000g x 0.01 g. This is one of the best overall values that you’re going to find when it comes to affordable weighing balances. Most scales that have a 3000 gram capacity with two decimal place readability usually cost a lot more money.
This scale is a fantastic value for a scale with three thousand gram capacity with two decimal places of readability. In fact, it’s such a great deal we often have a difficult time keeping stock on the shelves. So if you stop by our site and notice they are in stock, you might want to buy several because they are not always available.
Buying Recommendations
We recommend the HRB series balances because of their price and they feature an easy to read backlit LCD display. The weight display is easy to read thanks to the green backlight and fast updates. And as we mentioned earlier, you have choices with unit of measurement, between things like grains, grams, ounces, and carats among others.
These weight balances have counting and tare function. The tare function allows you to take off the weight of the powder pan, to give you a precise readout of just the powder weight.
If you follow us, then you know that we recommend quality items. We try really hard to recommend value & quality for our customers. Sure, there are probably a bunch of $25 pocket scales out there that you could use for reloading. But, often those don’t last and then you’re right back in the scale market the following year. So, why not go ahead and spend a little extra money and get a better product? So, the best reloading scale that we recommend is the HRB series and it can help you save money with the bullets that you recycle.