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I use a digital fish scale, as Chuck suggests, and find it works great. TT

I have a digital postal scale that's good up to 50lbs. and also a hanging infant scale from a hospital that has the basket replaced with a vinyl coated hook. Both work well and give the same results; one at the house and the other at the shop.

I have one that is similar or the same as Sharpsrifle. It is a Salter kitchen scale that was about $25.00 - $30.00, but it does top out at 11 lbs. However, my wife paid for it, since it is "her" kitchen scale, but works fine for me. Can weigh a SxS whole or parts. Also, in lbs. or grams.

I'm sure the new digital scales are nice but if you want dead on accuracy time and time again and not have to wonder if it's calibrated, get an old fashioned balance beam. Baby scales would probably be the best.

I use a Pelouze postal scale that I bought at an office supply store. Zero to 10# in one oz increments, easy to interpolate to 1/2 oz. Adjustable and easy to check accuracy with a reference weight, no batteries to wear out, cheap. Gives me the same readings as the mega bucks digital scale at the high end gun shop.

Personally, I wouldn't get all worked up over calibration. We're usually trying to see how heavy a gun is. Measurment to the nearest ounce is all I can envision is required. I expect any digital scale could do that. But for those that 'gots to know', take a one gallon jug of water to the post office, UPS or FedEx store(they all have periodic calibration of their scales) and have them weigh it for you and mark the jug. Keep the sealed jug around for a "calibration weight".

Aren't we getting a little ridiculous? I'm 70 and hobble about somewhat shooting pen raised birds but I'm damned if a couple of ounces one way or another makes it easier to hobble. What's next? Weighing the birds we shoot and have to carry? Then, what obout the weight of our shells? Our boots, our socks? Enuff already! Chops

I settled all the 'I think it weighs' problems a number of years ago with the purchase of an Ohaus CS5000 and 2 kg cal weight. the Ohaus is light (mostly plastic), small, so you can take it anywhere (gunshows and gun dealers) and with the cal weight, you know you are dead on. The 5000, stands for 5000 grams or 5 kg. Purchased on the net for about $75, the cal weight was almost as much. But if you are concerned about weight, it is a low cost addition to your gun tools.
http://www.itinscales.com/ocs.htm -Dick

Put the gun in a hard case, take it to a branch postoffice after hours. Weight the gun and case together. Go back to your car, take the gun out of the case. Leave the gun in the car. Take the empty case back into the post office and weigh the empty case. Subtract the last weight from the first weight, result is the weight of the gun