reloaders and their set-ups

[AJ]

The bench that I use came from Sam's Club. Takes several strong men to lift. The two old farts that brought it into my house had to take it piece by piece.

 

[Peak53]

My only advice is to carefully consider your reloading process and what needs to be located where in order to facilitate that. Think powder measure, scale, loading block, trickler, if you use such, so that you can arrange them in a way to make the assembly process efficient. This takes a little space. And a bombproof way to attach your press is always key.

 

[SLT223]

My reloading equipment is in my basement setup as a U shape area. On the right side is my APP and Lee single stage press with my dies in a rack behind them.

Is that a Hurst T shifter handle?

 

[DeplorabusUnum]

I feel lucky to have a dedicated re-loading room/shop to work in. I started out reloading in our bedroom, since that's the only room in the house that had room. Since moving, I've been able to expand without pissing off my bride. I'm still on an RCBS rock chucker supreme.

Here's my reloading bench:

Here's my brass cleaning/storage and powder storage:

Here's my casting area and bullet storage:

My lubing/powder coating area:

And my work table/bullet sizer and finished ammo storage:

What a great hobby we all have, and what a great nation we live in to have this freedom!

 

[mmb617]

Is that a Hurst T shifter handle?

Why, yes it is. Leftover from my racing days. I find it more comfortable than a ball, but then I always preferred a T handle for my cars as well.

 

[H Richard]

I've been reloading for around 35 years or so. When we build our condo (15 years ago), and I was then just retired. We agreed that my wife (and interior designer) could design the upstairs but the basement was mine. It included a loading/gun room that was 21x11. It had a solid concrete vault 4x7 interior, in one corner. 60% had base cabinets and counter in a "U" shape around the 3 walls. I set up one wall as work station for cleaning and repairs, one section with my old Texan turret loader for load development small batch loading. On the longest wall I set up my Dillon 550 and my Mec9000 loaders. It has worked out well.

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

morning all. Is there anyone out there that would share their "set-up" for people to see and use for reference? I'm new to reloading and use a Rock Chucker Supreme single Stage. Still working on placement and what everything should look like. Small quantities obviously, but wanting to see what others have done or do currently.

Thank you as always!

J

Don't swallow that song and dance that a single stage press is outdated, no good, etc. My old Pacific single stage is still a great press and I use it for bottleneck cartridges and other relatively low volume work. I use the Lee for pistol cartridges that I load much larger quantities of. It also works great. If your volume of reloading goes up, by all means buy something that you want to save work with, but hang on to that nice RCBS press.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[max503]

Don't swallow that song and dance that a single stage press is outdated, no good, etc. My old Pacific single stage is still a great press and I use it for bottleneck cartridges and other relatively low volume work. I use the Lee for pistol cartridges that I load much larger quantities of. It also works great. If your volume of reloading goes up, by all means buy something that you want to save work with, but hang on to that nice RCBS press.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

Yes. My 40 y.o. RCBS single stage press is a most vital piece of equipment.

 

[AJ]

Don't swallow that song and dance that a single stage press is outdated, no good, etc. My old Pacific single stage is still a great press and I use it for bottleneck cartridges and other relatively low volume work. I use the Lee for pistol cartridges that I load much larger quantities of. It also works great. If your volume of reloading goes up, by all means buy something that you want to save work with, but hang on to that nice RCBS press.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

I have two reloading presses mounted on my bench. One is a RCBS Rock Chucker and the other is a Lyman Turret Press, both are single station presses. I owned a Dillon square Deal B for a number of years and used it (long enought I completely broke the body of the press), did not feel comfortable as I was not in comlpete control of all of the reloading steps.

 

[GB]

Reloading equipment and placement is sort of like underwear. What kind you buy and how you place your equipment is sort of personal preference. I still own almost every piece of reloading stuff I ever bought(some bought used 55+ years ago). Some of it gets used every time I head into the reloading room and some of it seldom, if ever, sees the light of day. I have built half dozen benches and stands. (still have 3) All were set up in what I thought was the ideal way, at the time. My first set up was on an old kitchen cabinet in my folk's basement. Next I built a stand (12x15x1/2 plate, piece of 2" pipe, 2 couplings and a 15" rim) It lived in the pantry of one of my first apartments and had moved with me for 45 years. It holds 2 presses, a luber/sizer and a measure stand and is still my go to "bench". I have two other wooden benches in the reloading room. One has room for 2 more presses which are mounted using "c" clamps and are used for batch processing of cases (decaping before cleaning and small batch work). Across the room, the other bench is where I do trimming and such. Both benches also are used as work/cleaning areas. After almost 60 years I still am not sure I have it right but I make do. You will find reloading a life long process, both fun and frustrating. There is no universal "perfect" reloading setup. Only the one that works best for you. You will probably make changes until you die or quit reloading, whichever comes first.

 

[Golphin]

Why, yes it is. Leftover from my racing days. I find it more comfortable than a ball, but then I always preferred a T handle for my cars as well.

I saw that also. I had one just like it on a 67 Cougar I had back in the mid 70's.

 

[SLT223]

Why, yes it is. Leftover from my racing days. I find it more comfortable than a ball, but then I always preferred a T handle for my cars as well.

I found one in my mother’s garage last summer leftover from a 1971 Chevelle I had in the mid ‘90s back in my “let me take the entire car apart and put it back together” days. Now I know what to do with it Thanks!

 

[kbm6893]

Not much. Built with 2X4's and my limited carpentry skills. But I've loaded thousands of rounds there and plan to load thousands more.

 

[Pierrejr]

started reloading back in 1979 this bench is from 1984 to now . When I move to NC I will be making a new one which will be double the size. I currently reload 18 or more calibers.

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