how do I get accurate grain weight with the GS1500?
1878922
Buy a different scale... This scale would never give consistent readings...
406856
You must have a weight caliper. The scale knows the weight caliper, and automatically adjusts itself to the corrected weight. You could simple purchase the same weight, but it would have to be exact, to calibrate it. Barrel chambers are very particular about the correct amount of powder exploding in them. ;-)
1703796
yes. just depress the tare button. it will then read zero. when you remove the empty bowl it shall read a negative weight. replace the bowl to get back to zero and when you add the silver grains you shall read a net weight which is the weight of the silver alone. bear in mind that silver is very dense like lead and gold almost, so you do not want to go over the gross capacity of the scale which would be the negative tare value combined with the positive net value for a total of 100.00 g on this model. now another thing to consider is wind and building movement. on a 1/100th g scale just be still for 3 seconds. on a 1/10,1000th g scale you must have an wind proof enclosure. be sure to turn off the boom box before you weigh. this is the best, most accurate, rugged scale of it's type which i have ever owned. right now i'm using it to trade $1000 usc / quart printer ink every day. are you using troy ounces or aravopoulos ounces for your silver? fickle $150 jeweler's scales have built in calculators, carat converters, etc.
1160631
copy this : weighmax 2822-75lb postal shipping scale calibration - into your google search window, & read the manufacture's PDF. You will also see a youtube link appear with your search results, & it covers calibration. I already posted some advice on what to use as a calibration weight ( if you need info on that ). Mine needed no calibration to begin with, & still has no calibration issues.
964190
I run 3031 and 4895 through it with no problem. Occasionally it wil throw .1 grain high but will immediately beep that it's done so. You can dump out a couple grains and hit the throw button and it will take it to the proper grain setting.
731662
1gr = 0.064799g it only has g,oz,gn,ct,ozt,dwt so nope it will not weigh in grains.
1904503
Mine drops the claimed 175 grains using wheel weights, and all 6 are identical, it might be different for other alloys.
791538
I'm not sure, but I found out from Hornady the resolution is no better than + or - .1 grain, so I shipped mine back and bought a Hornady balance beam scale.
1736930
the accuracy is good so far no problems. I like that fact it can put about 10 pounds on it and again measure grams
731661
No. This model, AWS-1KG, cannot weigh in grains. This model can weigh in grams, ounces, troy ounces and pennyweigt. I looked up the manual and it said that some other models can like AWS-70, AWS-100 and AWS-201.
2071464
Accuracy I'm not sure of. It appears to be very stable no crazy spikes. I like it better than the GSC10.
2090619
I measured mine dry with a food scale and then cooked. You could use that and then take 1 cooked portion and translate it to cups or cooked weight if that's what you preferred.
450339
I purchased a 100g calibration weight which I use once every month to ensure that the unit is measuring accurately. Since this is not a high end scale, I would recommend doing it.
1618396
Ours seems to be accurate in the large and the smaller letter size weights too. Have had very good luck with it. Gary and Karyn
2015825
During the calibration procedure it only asked for the 200 gram weight, not the 100 gram one, so I don't know what others are talking about. BTW, I spent a bunch of time calibrating this down to .01, only to realize that it will vary depending where on the scale platform you place the idem being weighed, so it's kind of a waste of time.
37798
Short answer is yes, it seems very accurate for how inexpensiveness it is. You can choose different display modes ounces, grams , grains I use it for sorting pellets.
2043829
Buy one of the new electronic scales. Less meshing around and probably more accurate and take up less space. Pounds and inches.