Show us your reloading setup!

whelenshooter · Mar 26, 2010

In a recent thread, some people showed pictures of their reloading setups. I was amazed at how organized and neat many people's reloading areas are compared to mine! Mine is very cluttered, though I know where everything is and it is much more organized than it looks. The most important thing for me is that it is an extremely comfortable place for me to hang out. I love spending time there and loading ammunition.

Here is mine. How about showing me yours?

I was just setting up my Dillon 550 to load Rainier 148 gr. double ended wadcutters in .38 Special cases when I took the photo. It may be a mess, but it is my mess, and I'm happy with it!

Same bench from a different angle:

blastfact · Mar 27, 2010

Here is my bench.

And yes it is that clean and looks the same today. Except It has some fresh trays with some of my custom SD rounds on it.

Here is my basic desk lay out just left of the bench.

There have been some puter changes. But there are still 4 puters on or around the desk that are 100%, 100% cpu load stable 24/7.

Here is the upgraded water cooled rig I'm on right now.

I also have fish tanks in the room. I load and do my basic smith work in harmony....

Landric · Mar 27, 2010

GreenMarauder · Mar 27, 2010

My old bench

My new bench

My reloading helper

RV4driver · Mar 27, 2010

The cat seems to be confused by those shiny objects in the kitty litter bowl.

Allen-frame · Mar 27, 2010

Not mine ,but a friends garage.

All Dillon 1050s' set up in pistol calibers.

This is where I do all my reloading. Great friend Huh?

Primer tube filler.

A little brass tumbler?

A little 38 'Special' brass.

Regards , Allen Frame

cp1969 · Mar 27, 2010

Are those live primers in that tube-filling contraption?

Skeet 028 · Mar 27, 2010

Man I'm Jealous

I thunk I had lots of stuff.. Allen has more than I do. I only have 2 of those 1050 presses... Looks like some of those are thye old Dillon 1000 presses.

As far as the question about live primers in the tube filler..not being funny..why load used primers? I had one of those tube fillers (well looked Kinda like that one anyway) one time. I use one of the Dillons now. But ya can't get as many in it. When I had one of those old ones I put it on a wall switch and turned it on from afar..Didn't take long enough. Took me longer to walk away and walk back to it..But I was a little leery of a nasty explosion..never happened though. Nice setup..
I'll try to get a picture of my setup. I have mostly older presses. I use 6 old Dunbar H presses set up for rifle loads. and have 4 or 5 of the Old RCBS A or 2A presses for my large rifle stuff..and bullet swaging..Rockchucker...who needs one of those little baby presses

enidpd804 · Mar 27, 2010

Nothing fancy, but it's served me well for almost two decades now.

shovelwrench · Mar 27, 2010

blastfact said:
Here is my bench.

And yes it is that clean and looks the same today. Except It has some fresh trays with some of my custom SD rounds on it.

Here is my basic desk lay out just left of the bench.

There have been some puter changes. But there are still 4 puters on or around the desk that are 100%, 100% cpu load stable 24/7.

Here is the upgraded water cooled rig I'm on right now.

I also have fish tanks in the room. I load and do my basic smith work in harmony....

I don't think he was talkin overclockin, just reloadin......

Besides you don't want to see my watercooled goodness here. However, I will take some bench pics tomorrow.......

Lopez · Mar 27, 2010

Here is my small "mancave"
I can spend hours in there without coming out except to eat. LOL

VonFatman · Mar 27, 2010

Here's my set-up...

I'm pretty happy with my Dillon. The Hornady Lock-N-Load single stage is just fine for rifle and such.

Bob

I do not always keep the single stage and powder drop set up on the bench:

R Cubed · Mar 29, 2010

I'll show what my starting setup was, and how it has grown. I like the bench made with 2x4s and a 1" plywood top, but if I was doing it again, I make it out of 2x6s with 4x4 legs and 2 1" plywood sheets glued together for a 2" top. and bigger this ones' footprint is 2'x6' - when the next one will be 3'x8' (or maybe 2.5' x 8').

The original space was the garage in New Mexico, I how have a dedicated room here in Maricopa, AZ (on its own separate heater/air conditioner. The rest of the room is my business / home office.

cush · Mar 29, 2010

Here's mine.

EMT Edu · Mar 29, 2010

Here's my setup, nothing fancy...

whelenshooter · Mar 30, 2010

cush said:

CUSH, You have the setup of my DREAMS! What calibers are your Dillon's set up for? It appears you have several RCBS AmmoMaster single stage presses. They are HUGE presses. What do you use them for, and why did you buy them instead of Rockchuckers? I've thought about buying one, but since I don't load for 50 BMG, I can't see what advantage they would give me over a Rockchucker.

cush · Mar 30, 2010

whelenshooter said:
CUSH, You have the setup of my DREAMS! What calibers are your Dillon's set up for? It appears you have several RCBS AmmoMaster single stage presses. They are HUGE presses. What do you use them for, and why did you buy them instead of Rockchuckers? I've thought about buying one, but since I don't load for 50 BMG, I can't see what advantage they would give me over a Rockchucker.

Whelenshooter, I have to admit that the picture I posted is not mine.

I had seen this on some other forum a while back and saved it. I simply posted it to see what reaction it might get. Sorry I can't answer your question cause my set up is on a much smaller scale than in the photo.

mariodesmo · Mar 30, 2010

FYI... If you're loading indoors I would be careful with powder dust getting all over the place if you're not careful.

You don't want to end up like a friend of long ago, with a torch-room. I knew someone who made me very nervous whenever I visited him. He had let powder dust collect all over the place.

He eventually cleaned it up after I explained how his room could catch fire from a single spark. He would sit there and crank out thousands of rounds, for personal use...

Duskykiller · Mar 31, 2010

Dillion Set Up With Helper

Hers is my man Cave as my wife calls it.

whelenshooter · Mar 31, 2010

cush said:
Whelenshooter, I have to admit that the picture I posted is not mine. I had seen this on some other forum a while back and saved it. I simply posted it to see what reaction it might get. Sorry I can't answer your question cause my set up is on a much smaller scale than in the photo.

Do you have any idea who does own that setup? I bet he would be an interesting person to talk to! Where did you find the photo?

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