Upgrade! - Hornady G3-1500 Digital Reloading Scale

[@D70340]

EXCELLENT video sir! I bought the Hornady G3 scale recently, it has been 100% flawless. And the G3 is far better than any of their previous models in this size platform with no doubt. The added features of the G3 over the older ones was the biggest selling point. I always hated how the older ones would power down seconds later. The G3, does not, if you set it to full on. Really love the backlit screen, especially for my aging eyes. As far as i`m concerned, the G3 is the best bang for the dollar, and i have tried MANY. And just a heads up, stay away from the LYMAN scales. After the 3rd one quit shortly after buying them, i went back to the Hornady brand scale. No regrets, and i`m very happy with it! It doesn`t take up any room on your bench either! Love how compact it is. I`am not worried that its a tad slow to react. When it comes to reloading, i`m not into reloading scale racing, so there`s that. For $60 bucks, the G3 is a heck of a damn good scale.

[@buckkidder6435]

I just bought one, and watched this video, because the instructions do not tell you how to change settings. They are very vague. But, the scale itself is excellent, for the price, and it is very easy to be accurate on my muzzle loader loads. I watched all of the video, and you did a great job, and thank you!

[@garyfurman]

Maybe the best reloading video out there. Every possible question was answered. Thank you sir.

[@greenstreet5287]

the comparison was what made my decision along with the features , pan , and weight. thanks BAR

[@magua1368]

I appreciate your honest videos. They have helped me with a lot of purchases, and thus far I have not been dissatisfied. I know that making as much KZbin content as you do is not easy and you wouldn't do it if you really didn't believe it was helping people and we do appreciate that.

[@duckslayer11000]

Great upload, more info than another channel who did a review of two Hornady scales today 😉

[@sgtstedanko7186]

Pretty accurate scale. Floats a little from time to time but it keeps charges right within +/- 0.05 accuracy

[@thetexasr.a.t.2059]

I got this scale based off of this video. It does trickle well and is as accurate as my beam scale. The only issue is it needs to be re-zeroed before every weighing cause it does drift. Other than that it does the job well for a small inexpensive digital scale. I always drop a light charge from a Redding Competition 10X powder measurer into the scale pan, set the pan on my Ohaus 5-0-5 beam scale, trickle the charger to weight with a Lyman Brass Smith powder trickler, then move the pan to the Hornady G3-1500 as a double check. If the two scales do not agree I double check the beam scale poses and re-zero the G3-1500 and then reweigh the pan. So far once a pose on the beam scale had inadvertently been moved, but all other discrepancies have been because the G3-1500 had drifted off of zero. Hence I re-zero the G3-1500 before each weighing and the two scales have agreed 100% ever since. For the price the G3-1500 is a great little scale. But one day I want to upgrade to a Creedmoor Sports TRX-925 Precision Reloading Scale to replace the G3-1500 to perform the double check upon. I move each case as I charge them to a second loading block to help insure that each case gets a charge, and only one charge at that. Once a lot of 50 cases are charged I use a light to look down into them sitting in the loading block (as a third safety check) to be sure all cases have charges and that none are double charged at that. And even after I up grade to the Creedmoor Sports TRX-925 Precision Reloading Scale I will continue with this same process, as it allows me a few visual safety checks (once on the beam scale, secondly on the digital scale, and the third being visual as well). The first two safety checks are to make sure the charge is right and the third is to assure that charges are made to each case and only once at that. SAFETY is key to a long and fun loading hobby.

[@BoltActionReloading]

Thank you for coming back to comment! So far this is the best scale in this price range that I am aware of. I hope it serves you well.

[@thetexasr.a.t.2059]

@@BoltActionReloading Yeah, it does the job right well, so long as I re-zero it before each weighing to be absolutely sure that it is zeroed. Other wise it may or may not drift.

[@boringoldman]

Weights should always be placed in the middle of the tray. Love the channel!

[@timothybutler1]

Thanks for the review. Surprised how accurate it was. Looks to be pretty repeatable as well.

[@BoltActionReloading]

So far I am honestly impressed. I was expecting a 10 dollar price hike on a repacked same old scale, but the more I played with it it just seemed to work. The G2 was constantly needing to be zeroed and was high by a .1gr at 10gr. This one so far is rock solid. I have to say it seems like they finally decided to make a scales that did everything right.

[@cs_yt]

Excellent video, covered all possible questions. For the money the G3 seems to be a good option, for the folks that don't know, the precision scale he used for comparison cost hundreds of dollars.

[@jayyoung5627]

I'm glad they are marketing a good scale now. From what I have seen their G2 was garbage

[@danieldillon6005]

Thanks for the content. Especially the humidity test it really helped with my comp/hunting loads

[@scottarthurjr.1818]

I bought the TrueWeight after I saw that video. I don't use any small digital scales for powder, but it works great for brass and bullet sorting.

[@bretf5371]

Just found your video while watching videos about reloading, something I’m just starting out at (.308,45GAP, and .223). I just bought the G3, before watching this video, to complement my RCBS ChargeMaster Supreme Digital Power Scale and Dispenser be use it as a check against the RCBS scale. Apparently I made the correct choice w/o knowing it!

[@wchjrhughes9015]

Great video. Place an order based on your review. Price is up to around $60 but it looks to be much better than the scale I am currently using. Thank you!

[@shaved1999]

Great video, just ordered one, hope it lives up!

[@roaddog390]

Thanks for the information you help me with Scale

[@novicereloader]

Without question, it's doing better than the $17 scale I have, but it just wasn't in the budget at the time. Thanks for the great video.

[@greenbudkelly2820]

Solid review, thank you. I recently purchased the Lyman pocket scale and it’s terrible. Clearly there’s no sense in another cheapie. This looks like a good step up.

[@Dwayne7834]

Thanks for the review and video. For the price seems to be a good one.

[@brandon1910]

Thanks for the video !

[@Cooky00123]

Very nice, now where can we get primers?

[@magua1368]

Ain't that the truth...

[@martinto138]

Put yourself on the notification lists for places like Midway, sportsmans warehouse, palmetto state armory, and whatever other websites you like. It worked for me. Also try and find local gun forums with trading post sections.

[@ImNoBSING]

Got this with my kit and used it to make my first loads. It is quite good but it did wander off by .3 grains twice during the loading. I noticed it because the thrower is quite good. Other than that I feel it did well, I guess I will see in SD when I shoot them

[@BoltActionReloading]

For the price range of this scale I am not sure there are many options that are better. I hope it works well for you.

[@ImNoBSING]

@@BoltActionReloading It does but I had to recheck my max loads (half of what the VV app says, but still)

[@cpreit8862]

As long as the scale is consistent and repeatable, it's fine

[@cornbreadburgess1950]

I may try it ,my old one took a dive lol ,been beams for me latly.primers are getting hard to find still it may never end men.

[@pcckwy]

I really enjoy watching your videos. Picked up a Hornady G3 scale from Midway USA after watching your video. Unfortunately, I received a dud. Mine would shift tare/zero after a few minutes. Also I couldn't get it to trickle charge consistently. I had to return it and ordered a the M2 scale in it's place. Hopefully I have better luck with the M2.

[@BoltActionReloading]

That's really too bad. I have had really good luck with mine so far

[@pcckwy]

@@BoltActionReloading I really wanted to like it. Midway USA shipped it in a bubble envelope and the retail box was kind of beat up. That might of caused mine to be a dud. I also blame my extremely bad luck.

[@alouiciousjackson5812]

They've come a long way in the last year. I just bought a Neoweigh milligram scale on Amazon for $17.95 that does .02 gn increments, has no auto-off, and comes with 2 non-stick meal powder pans!

[@30Huckleberry]

Have you seen the tare drift on this scale? That’s the only annoyance I’ve had with the truweigh marksman, it bounces between -169.9gr and -170gr when the pan is off the scale.

[@kgchrome]

how about testing it over a period of 60m. how much drift from zero does it get over time?? this is the problem i find with the cheaper scales, including the one in the chargemaster lite.

[@BoltActionReloading]

The video took me 45 minutes to film. The only zero I did was to tare the pan after the weight check. It's much more consistent than the g2.

[@leveractiongypsy1848]

I just got one of these to replace my failing-sometimes working cheap digital scales (one FA and one WAOAW) and this is a great upgrade. As a side note I'd say skip the WAOAW as while it works (6 months) its great for the price, but they all seem to get the 'jitters' after some time and the way to correct it - is to replace it. This new G3 is dead on accurate with my Ohaus calibration weight set. Whther its 3,4,5,10,20 or 40 grain weights it is DEAD ON. Will it last and stay accurate over time? Who knows at this point, but so far so good. I keep a Lyman Ohaus D5 and Ohaus 10-05 beam scales as backup , but the dead on accuracy and speed at this price is hard to argue with

[@billrea66]

My RCBS scale when at 0 , goes to -2 then 0 . Sometimes it bounces to +2 then back to 0 ? When loading low grainage for pistols I'm beginning not to trust it ?

[@terrybrightful1646]

where did you get those check weights...ty great 👍 job

[@BoltActionReloading]

Hi Terry if you check the description box above I have links to the ones I used and a slightly more budget option as well. BAR

[@davidgoldberg]

Would this scale be suitable for Cerakote?

[@jerrythomas463]

I experienced a lot of drift with that scale. To the point I went and bought a different kind.

[@MakingSkincare]

Can I ask what is the maximum weight in grams that it can weigh? thanks.

[@mattlocks1973]

Hate my G2. New reloader, it made me work so much harder to verify my weights. Constantly drifting and always have to zero out. Time to move on.

[@BoltActionReloading]

I was not fond of the g2 either. The g3 has been much more solid for me.

[@jeffwelty980]

I have the smaller cheaper scale (1500l my biggest problems with it are, setting it down too firmly can mess the zero, low battery and electronics near it make the scale read 20 different numbers quickly and alternating. And lastly, I have difficulties getting. 1 grain increment trickles on it it always goes from 42.4 when I'm going for 42.5 to 42.6 even if I barely add any powder to it

[@danknabb2826]

Thanks for your comment. I'm getting zero drift on the scale while weighing bullets, but maybe that qualifies as "too firmly." I'll try adding the bullets to the powder pan then gently placing it on the scale. I had the pan on the scale, then added bullets to the pan, dropping them from maybe an inch above the pan.

[@MD-MDMDMD]

I have the G2 and find it looses zero all the time. Can't tell if my charges are accurate or not, so annoying. I will take a look at the G3.

[@danknabb2826]

My results are preliminary (I plan to do more testing), but I get zero drift with this scale. EDIT: from reading comments, zero drift may have been due to how the weight was added to the scale. More testing is in order.

[@MD-MDMDMD]

As a follow up I've been using the G3 for a little bit now. I find it much more reliable than the G2. Not sure if that is simply some trickery in the programming, but it holds zero and I haven't yet been able to fault it. I don't have an expensive set of scales to compare it to, so this is just from my observations.

[@ironmonkey1512]

My G2 was fine but died last night, so here I am :(

[@scottlamp3097]

I have been reluctant to buy any Hornady digital scales just based on how disappointed I was with my G2

[@BoltActionReloading]

I won't make any promises but the G3 has been much better than my G2 (or G1 for that matter)

[@northstarw0w]

I'm not a fan of the marksman unfortunately I have sent it back 2 times still cannot get it to agree with its self now I use it to measure shot

[@msa4548]

I have a Redding match long range powder measure and beam scale. Would this be a worthwhile upgrade or is it unnecessary to weigh every charge?

[@treece1]

Must weigh every charge. One tenth more can bust the load into the next node if the load is in the upper part of the node.

[@dakotatalteco]

How long does the battery last?

[@benjaminnevins5211]

I don't need the lid for protecting the scale, I need it to protect from breeze from the HVAC.

[@sagerman6779]

Amen! It's worth the price just to have it not go back to effing sleep!

[@martinto138]

How does the cheapo franklin armory scale perform in a test like this?

[@BoltActionReloading]

I don't own one

[@emoryzakin2576]

I do, not a fan-ymmv

[@ctech01]

I Do 2,,, do not waste your money. This scale would be your best choice in that price range.

[@Ensign_Cthulhu]

My Frankford Arsenal scale skips digits in the tenths of grains even while trickling slowly and carefully up, to the point where I don't trust it for pistol loads. I might trust it alone in the field if I were using Lee scoops in a rifle cartridge with an unfamiliar powder, and wanted to check that I was at least a couple of whole grains away from maximum. What I saw from the G3 here tells me it could be trusted to carry the day if I had Lee Loaders or a Lee hand press-based kit out at the range with me.

[@danknabb2826]

@@Ensign_Cthulhu I get the same results with my FA scale. Don't trust it at all. I've used it to confirm my beam scale. I've used it to grossly sort mixed bullet weights. The FA platen is also position sensitive and you will get different results based on where you place the object on the scale.

[@G5Hohn]

The scale looks pretty slow. Kind of a bummer.

[@BoltActionReloading]

Its really not too bad, but you guys be the judge.

[@SteveM0732]

I have a GS-1500 that came in a Hornady reloading kit. What a useless piece of junk. Hornady lost a lot of credibility with me and caused me to step back and consider other brands when making subsequent reloading tool purchases. It indeed hurt their sales as other than dies, I've not purchased any Hornady tools in many years. This scale appears to be a legitimate option for once.

[@Sanwizard1]

I bought one of these, but the scale adds .1 grains after every use. If I zero the scale, and measure out 40 gn, and remeasure the same load by lifting if and placing it back on the scale, the weight goes up by .1. Do it five times to the same load, and it will measure 40.5 I have to rezero the scale after every measurement! Garbage. My cheap chinese scale is faster and more consistent.

[@williamwebb442]

I’d like to toss my G2 in the garbage.

[@BoltActionReloading]

My g3 has been much better

[@doghousedon1]

Humor us. Show us how much .02 gr is. LOL