Arrow weights

[Otoe Bow]

Hey guys, I have a quick question.  What do you use to weigh your arrows, a postal scale?  I've just started making my own, with trade points, (hopefully some stone points soon) and I have no idea how much they weigh. 

Otoe

[Pat B]

I have an old triple beam scale but a scale for weighing out powder etc for reloading will give you the weight in grains.   If you can't find a grain scale but have one that measures grams and ounces, there 437.5 grains to the ounce and 28 grams in an ounce. Pat

[John K]

I have one of the hand held scales, that measure in grains. Works fine for me, it gets close enough.

[DanaM]

I have an old triple beam scale

Hmm wonder what ya yousta use that for eh 

[Otoe Bow]

Geeez, math makes my eyes bleed.  Does that all mean that one gram = 15.625 grains.   

Otoe

[Hillbilly]

3Rivers sells a little handheld grain scale for less than 10 bucks that is fairly accurate. I have one, and it suits my purposes well enough.

[wolfsire]

Geeez, math makes my eyes bleed.  Does that all mean that one gram = 15.625 grains.   

Otoe

That looks close.  Let Google do the math.  Typ in "1 gram in grains" and it returns "1 gram = 15.4323584 grains"

[Otoe Bow]

Weeelllll Doggies, I love to hear that boy cipher   

Otoe

[mullet]

 I use one of the Three river hand held scales also. If you don't shake, it's accurate. Hey Pat, triple beam scales? Hmmm, from the good ol' days?

[Pat B]

Yup! The good old days. By the way, when did they end? I can't remember.       Pat

[Justin Snyder]

Hey I have a triple beam scale, but I sure wasn't around in Pat's good old days.  I also have a fancy new digital system that will run the powder out automatically.  Justin

[Pat B]

Powder?      Pat

[jamie]

if ya search the net ya can pick up a cheap digital that'll do grains and grams for 15 bucks. i finally picked one up

[Hillbilly]

You could probably pick up some really good ones cheap at police auctions. Of course, then they'll follow you home, bug your phone, watch you with binoculars for a few months, and go through all your mail packages of rocks, sticks, and used animal parts.