Reloading Bench Picture thread

[TEXASLAWMAN]

Post up your reloading area!

 

[Ratdog68]

Now, here's where ya got me. I need to make a hole. My spare bedroom needs an excavator taken to it to yard out the old stuff I don't use anymore... pull up the carpet in there and lay some suitable flooring that is broom friendly... and get my gear set up. Right now... it's in boxes in there, waiting to get set up.

 

[hdfireman]

 

[Wassman]

Here is a pic of the private range setup. Very nice to charge and seat at the range for on the fly adjustments. Saves a lot of time for load development, plus no pulling bullets. The main bench is way too messy for a pic.

 

[hdfireman]

I like that Wassman. With my bolt gun right now I load up different loads of 5 rds each and drive 10 mins to shoot. Any changes I have to drive home and repeat process!! Sucks

 

[Wassman]

I like that Wassman. With my bolt gun right now I load up different loads of 5 rds each and drive 10 mins to shoot. Any changes I have to drive home and repeat process!! Sucks

The hardest part is getting the scale accurate and repeatable. I found that a beam scale is out of the question and I set my charge master (scale only) inside the truck with a clear plastic container covering it. I am not gonna get as accurate as making them on my bench, but gets me in the ball park. Help a lot when testing new components, but for very fine tuning they are stuck to the bench. I guess I could pre measure the charges, just have to figure something out for storage of different charge weights. Having pre measured charges would also cut down a lot of equipment that needs to be taken to the range, probably could fit everything in my range bag.

 

[Ratdog68]

The hardest part is getting the scale accurate and repeatable. I found that a beam scale is out of the question and I set my charge master (scale only) inside the truck with a clear plastic container covering it. I am not gonna get as accurate as making them on my bench, but gets me in the ball park. Help a lot when testing new components, but for very fine tuning they are stuck to the bench. I guess I could pre measure the charges, just have to figure something out for storage of different charge weights. Having pre measured charges would also cut down a lot of equipment that needs to be taken to the range, probably could fit everything in my range bag.

So? Preload your casings and cork them for the ride. Do your seating at the range. Get creative on your corking methods... think outside the box. For example, if you don't wanna buy a bunch of corks (literally), use a strip of leather to cover a row of filled cases in an ammo box... some foam to compress (ensuring the seal) on top of it when the lid is closed... and a rubber band to keep the lid closed. No?

 

[TEXASLAWMAN]

The snipers at work are loving this thread!

 

[Itsazonik]

Here's my set up for now

 

[Wassman]

So? Preload your casings and cork them for the ride. Do your seating at the range. Get creative on your corking methods... think outside the box. For example, if you don't wanna buy a bunch of corks (literally), use a strip of leather to cover a row of filled cases in an ammo box... some foam to compress (ensuring the seal) on top of it when the lid is closed... and a rubber band to keep the lid closed. No?

Ya something like that would do. I think tiny corks is the way to go. I will have to look around and see what I can find.

 

[Ratdog68]

Ya something like that would do. I think tiny corks is the way to go. I will have to look around and see what I can find.

All the neighborhood kids sobbing as they discover their pop guns no longer have ammo.

 

[TEXASLAWMAN]

A science supply store maybe corks for test tubes??

 

[Pitbull]

Here is a pic of the private range setup. Very nice to charge and seat at the range for on the fly adjustments. Saves a lot of time for load development, plus no pulling bullets. The main bench is way too messy for a pic.
View attachment 50

Your range looks familiar…..Is that pc. of .458S brass in the grass?

 

[JamesB74]

Your range looks familiar…..Is that pc. of .458S brass in the grass?

Pitbull will you give us some more info on your bench? Like is the Kobalt box sitting below the bench or is the top of it a part of the bench? And what is your length with the wooden part and the tool box also? That is a pretty cool idea. And I am needing to re-work the way my little shop is laid out.

 

[Pitbull]

Pitbull will you give us some more info on your bench? Like is the Kobalt box sitting below the bench or is the top of it a part of the bench? And what is your length with the wooden part and the tool box also? That is a pretty cool idea. And I am needing to re-work the way my little shop is laid out.

Bench started as a Kobalt heavy-duty 3-drawer workbench. I replaced the MDF bench top with ¾” plywood and then constructed the extension (my extension is only 37”) to the same height as the workbench with the new ¾” plywood installed.

Extension is constructed with 4”x4” posts and framed with 2”x6” on the top (arranged so as when the ¾” plywood is screwed to the 2x6’s the top of the extension is flush with the Kobalt workbench). The 4x4’s are bolted to the 2x6’s with 3/8” carriage bolt. The front portion of the bench I attached a 2x4 the length of the new bench so I was able to attach my press.
Looking towards workbench

Looking towards back wall


The bottom of the extension is framed with 2x4’s for a shelf and to stabilize the 4x4 legs.

Once the extension is positioned next to the workbench I covered both another sheet of ¾” plywood and notched the plywood so the extension would be flush with the back of the workbench and flush to the wall.
[URL=http://s264.photobucket.com/user/223Pitbull/media/008_zpseb157fb1.jpg.html]

I hope this makes since.[/URL]

 

[TEXASLAWMAN]

Very nice I like!

 

[Pitbull]

Very nice I like!

Thank you.........it's still too small..........lol

 

[Itsazonik]

I have two good size benches and they are still too small. The bigger you go the more stuff you seem to need