My Most Sensitive Scale: A&D EJ-54D2 (0.003 grains)

When you're reloading precision ammunition, a precision scale is critical. Accurate and consistent powder charges are paramount not only for precision shooting, but also for your own personal safety! In this video, we'll take an in-depth look at an incredibly precise and affordable scale from A&D: the EJ-54D2!

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[BoltActionReloading]

Hilarious how everyone in the comments is complaining about not needing this level of accuracy. It's not much more than a charge master 1500. Nobody "needs" that, but it sure is convenient. Who complained about their car having too much horsepower? I'd still rather have my fx120i personally, with coupon code it's only $15 more and the possibility of adding the auto trickler to it is worth the price. Next video when Gavin is measuring something the comments will be your tools aren't accurate enough to measure that level of precision. It never ends. Thanks for putting the video out, showing what it can do, and letting the individual decide if it's right for their application!

[danmeeks]

Pretty cool. Amazing sensitivity. I would be very interested to see a video on the difference on group size between .1, .01, an .001 gr. scales at 100 yd. and 1000 yds. Keep the videos coming.

[kingropplebopplesoppy]

Nice to see the scale and hear a little bit about it, but it would have been nice to see a head to head comparison against your 120i ( that lots of us have) and weighing the same objects on both scales. Then would have been great to see a quick load development using both in the same lot of components and tested to see if this really makes any difference in data and on target. After all - this is ultimate reloading!

[patrickschultz]

The gloves are fantastic!...and you make them look good. I typically use nitrile but I may switch to dress gloves like you after seeing how legit they make you look. Happy reloading Mr. Gear!

[barryboyd]

I was using 3 cheap electronic scales. 1 built into my Hornady auto charge dropper, a little Frankfort Arsenal scale and another cheap scale that read to 0.01 grains. When all 3 agreed, I’d load the powder. Very time consuming because they all had a tendency to drift and require re-calibration. Based on my low ES’s, it was working, but very time consuming.

[BubblewrapOracle]

Great vid, was really pleased to see someone getting into the finer details. I would like to see more cross-referencing. Compare the same mass in both scales. Compare the same mass in one scale multiple times. If it passes that, then you can add and subtract known mass and check *consistency* of results. Of note, It appears the scale's resolution is actually .005 rather than .001. But I am super excited to see where all this goes!!

[chuckhightower]

We usually put our high precision scales on marble or granite antivibrational balance tables; they’re sensitive enough to measure the footsteps of someone walking 5ft away otherwise

[RobActiveShooterEngh]

My EJ arrived. love it, thanks for the review on it dude

[terrycole]

An old addage comes to mind: "A difference that makes no difference is no difference." I seriously doubt that +/- .003 grains is going to make a verifiable difference in the performance of the ammo. While I like the USB interface & the sliding cover on the wind screen, the big negative for my operation is the max weight limitation. I enter the weight of the individual components in a spreadsheet (primed case, bullet, powder), let the spreadsheet calculate the total weight & then I weigh the cartridge ready to seat the bullet as a double check. Most of the cartridges I load are at or over the 350 grain max.

[roady]

Thank you finally years ago I told multiple reloaders that varget had variables in weight kernel to Kernel within a range. I had just a cheaper 100 dollar jewelry scale and my assumptions were questioned because of my scale which I accepted. I kept reloading to .1 tenth of grain and my rifles were shooting lights out. I could never disapprove that till your own assumptions of varget you discovered on accident. I know it doesn’t matter but I thought about changing my reloading to gain time off the bench and for practice ammo I might do that but for match ammo I am gonna take the extra time. Really like that scale I hope they make the autotickler compatible with it.

[automaticsteve]

I'm using a 6 year old Sartorious AY-303 which has served me well over the years.
The EJ-54D2 is intriguing to me, with that kind of resolution, at that price point..

[greenacres]

I've used an EJ-123 for years. It's the same dimensions as the 54d.

A Dandy products powder trickler (the original electric trickler) has the perfect feed straw for this scale. I have mine mounted on top of a Berger large plastic bullet box weighted with shoot bag media. This keeps bench rocking from affecting powder dropping from the straw unintentionally (since the powder container is adjusted lower on the vertical post).

[williambrown]

A&D with the Auto trickler, very fast, and accurate, had it over year, very pleased!

[tyler]

Scales have been the bane of my existence. I haven't found a scale that meets my wants yet.

The electronic ones I have are very sensitive but they are very particular to use and slow. Accurate but slow.

The beam scales I've used except for the little Lee scale have too big of an increment than I prefer.

If I had the money I would get a Prometheus scale. Super accurate and fast but very expensive.

I wish someone would make a high end beam scale with the same increments as the Lee scale.

[valitchka]

I purchased this scale so I could measure my 17 Hornet loads more exactly than my RCBS ChargeMaster was able to produce. The 17 Hornet is a new caliber to me, and the RCBS loads varied by up to about .085 +/- grains per throw, so two loads which were supposed to be the SAME could be .15 difference between the two. So I realized after weighing them that my load testing was not accurate at all. In the Hornet with a common load of 12.0 grains of Accurate 1680 for instance, that would be about 50 fps or more variance, and accuracy on my test loads were not accurate... Now I use the RCBS ChargeMaster to throw the load at .1 grains below the desired weight, then transfer it to the tray on the EJ-54D2 and use a Dandy Trickler to come up to exactly the correct weight. It's a bit time consuming, but a LOT more accurate than what I had before. I appreciate the video, I was hoping to find a YouTube review about this new scale related to reloading, much thanks! Now I'm going to re-test my loads of 20 gr V-Max with AA1680, and do new ones with AA2200 25 gr HP bullets.

[worldends]

I need powder and primers. That’s what I really need

[randyidaho]

What Class Calibration Weight are you using? Class 1 or 2? What Class is the "free" weight you get with the UR code? Also, your indication shifted to 0.015 gn before you put the first granule in the pan, which is why you saw the 0.035 reading on the first granule. What is your opinion of linearity, repeatability, zero drift, and calibration drift on this balance versus the Fx-120i?

[Joe___R]

I tend to go with the most precise scale when measuring anything especially reloading supplies.

[terrycole]

I found it interesting that the LRP brass had a higher ES although it is still a good number - way better than a lot of brass out there.

[sorryociffer]

I’m more impressed with repeatability/consistency....