2WheelGnnr
6.5 Creedmoor
ALL VERY NICE....some look like mini factories and some are like clean rooms!!!! man!!
Let's see your reloading room! (Pics only please!)
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timboy
.44 mag
Not so much a room as a pile of stuff I was just given,I have to figure out what's to keep and what I will need for the calibers I'm interested in and set up a legit bench just for reloading.
The .223 set is missing a die which is one of the calibers I was planning to try.
Between .380,9mm,.45acp,.223 and .308 what is the easiest to get started with?
It looks like there is a full set of .45acp components so I may start with that to test the waters.
The .223 set is missing a die which is one of the calibers I was planning to try.
Between .380,9mm,.45acp,.223 and .308 what is the easiest to get started with?
It looks like there is a full set of .45acp components so I may start with that to test the waters.
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HighlandLofts
6.5 Creedmoor
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It is all easy, there are some excellent reloading videos on YouTube that will give you some guidance and don't hesitate to ask on here.
Just pick a caliber and dive right in.i started on 38spl/357 magnum.
I have a butt load of calibers, rifle and handgun
And I load a couple of odd calibers for a few friends.
If your straight walled dies are not carbide you have to use lub or you will ruin the sizer die.
I bought a used RCBS set of dies for 38/357, the box said carbide, but the sixer die was not carbide. After a hundred or so cases run through it the cased started to get DEEP SCRATCH MARKS. I called RCBS and found out my sizer die was swapped out with a regular steel sizer die.
I sent it to RCBS and they polished it up like new, no charge.
On RCBS resizer dies they will have (CARBO) stamped on the die.
If you need parts for your dies you can order them threw Wal-Mart online with free store pick.up. I have order new recapping pins threw Wal-Mart for my lee universal decapper die, every body needs one of them. One really functional tool. I decap all my brass with it.
I spent a butt load of cash on the reloading stuff I have and I am still buying more.
HighlandLofts
6.5 Creedmoor
While back in new Yorkistan I helped my brother a little getting his reloading set up.
Kind of small but it will work.
Kind of small but it will work.
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dwa12479
.338 Win Mag
Lighting should be his next investment before anything else.
HighlandLofts
6.5 Creedmoor
We had that talk, my oldest son will take care of that for him.
He still needs a bunch of small stuff if any one has extra to sell.
PM me with what you have.
I put a thing in the classifieds on here for stuff for him.
He still needs a bunch of small stuff if any one has extra to sell.
PM me with what you have.
I put a thing in the classifieds on here for stuff for him.
Deplorable Me
.700 Nitro Express
Cranking .38s this weekend.
eris
.45 acp
Yup! It's just a box of tools on a small desk. I don't have room in my house for dedicated workbench, and I've only just started reloading last month, so for now I'm using a Lee Hand Press and just enough extra gear to load .45 ACP. I keep it in a box in my closet when not in use. Someday I hope to have a garage that isn't filled with my mothers junk so I can set up a proper workbench, but for now I'll make do as best I can.
Hillbilly77
6.5 Creedmoor
I was set up in the basement for a while but it's an old house and the dampness was starting to rust some of my tooling.
My wife cleaned out some space in her sewing room and gave me half of the room so I could get my setup out of the damp.
First I needed a bench to put in the room. I had some store credit at a local furniture store, so I used it on a sturdy desk to use as a bench.
With some cabinets that I picked up off Craigslist and a tool box I picked up cheap, I made a decent, workable spot for myself.
My wife cleaned out some space in her sewing room and gave me half of the room so I could get my setup out of the damp.
First I needed a bench to put in the room. I had some store credit at a local furniture store, so I used it on a sturdy desk to use as a bench.
With some cabinets that I picked up off Craigslist and a tool box I picked up cheap, I made a decent, workable spot for myself.
Carlos Hathcock
.450/400 Nitro Ex
It's a big "room"...
ricklovin93
.40 S&W
Does anybody have a write up, or plans for putting a bench together?
I'm moving and will have alot of room for a good sized bench. I want it big enough to allow a section of it designated for reloading, and another section of it for cleaning/repairs.
I also want it beefy enough to be able to mount a barrel vise for a future project.
I'm moving and will have alot of room for a good sized bench. I want it big enough to allow a section of it designated for reloading, and another section of it for cleaning/repairs.
I also want it beefy enough to be able to mount a barrel vise for a future project.
My glamour bench build.
New Bench Build
New Bench Build
toxophilite
9mm
I’ve been looking through the old posts and I have to say that this is the setup I’d like to have, upstairs and out next a window in the sunshine instead of a basement in a mancave hahah
speedkills27
6.5 Creedmoor
Was gifted a RCBS kit this year at Christmas. Here's my humble little bench
repete
.338 Win Mag
Must be tough with it on an angle like that, doesn't your brass roll down hill?
So no real picture yet, but reloading is now in my future and past.
Few years back after moving home from the Navy (2012) I wanted to get into reloading specifically 300blk cause it was new cool but expensive..
So I ordered the Lee turret kit that supposedly had everything I needed. I got it, and went to go set it up in the basement and go to town... tried to set it up got confused never been back to the project.
Moved out to my apartment all of which were to small to bring the reloading venture with me.
Fast forward to today, I stopped over to my parents to say hi and hang out a bit. And before I had to leave my dad told me he had something exciting to show me.
So we went in the other room and there was the press all set up and a few boxes. Turns out he wants us to get into reloading. So hes finishing up an inventory of all the shit I bought back in 2012, and a list of what all we need (he picked up a tumbler and medium).
So far I'm going to stick with 9mm and .450bm, and I know he has a few very obscureish old military rounds that are to much of a hassle to try and find and buy.
Pic of the kit cause the reloading "room" isnt actually set up yet..
Few years back after moving home from the Navy (2012) I wanted to get into reloading specifically 300blk cause it was new cool but expensive..
So I ordered the Lee turret kit that supposedly had everything I needed. I got it, and went to go set it up in the basement and go to town... tried to set it up got confused never been back to the project.
Moved out to my apartment all of which were to small to bring the reloading venture with me.
Fast forward to today, I stopped over to my parents to say hi and hang out a bit. And before I had to leave my dad told me he had something exciting to show me.
So we went in the other room and there was the press all set up and a few boxes. Turns out he wants us to get into reloading. So hes finishing up an inventory of all the shit I bought back in 2012, and a list of what all we need (he picked up a tumbler and medium).
So far I'm going to stick with 9mm and .450bm, and I know he has a few very obscureish old military rounds that are to much of a hassle to try and find and buy.
Pic of the kit cause the reloading "room" isnt actually set up yet..
repete
.338 Win Mag
Watch your powder measure closely, I have one and never used as it seems kinda chinsy and that's one area you really need consistency.
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
The Lee powder measure is pretty decent. Its got a nylon wiper that won't cut stick powder, so it feels smoother. I prefer it to my RCBS measure for powders like 3031.
It will cut stick powders. I can hear and feel it snapping Varget.
It is very accurate though. Same for their safety scale. Lee makes cheap products, but they really do work.
Robin
.577 Tyrannosaur.
I have a Hornady measure, I still weigh every throw.
Robin
Robin
Carlos Hathcock
.450/400 Nitro Ex
I have one too. It sits rusted under my LNL.
Robin
.577 Tyrannosaur.
You should give it to a needy reloader. It is a fine piece of equipment that Hornady would replace if it was defective. I don't know what an LNL is.
Robin
Robin
Robin
.577 Tyrannosaur.
I had stopped reloading many, many years ago, but since hanging out with you guys I hav gotten back into it.
And don't regret it one bit!
Robin
And don't regret it one bit!
Robin
Tinman
.308 Win
Here is my setup.
Carlos Hathcock
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Too clean. Lose the Sabre's banner. Bad mojo.
BDinPutnam
.475 A&M Magnum
What a great space @Tinman. What's that on the surfaces?
Tinman
.308 Win
I purchased rolls of drawer liners from Home Depot. They are about $10 for a roll that is 16” by 100”. They really work nice. Thanks for the compliment.
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BDinPutnam
.475 A&M Magnum
Cool. Thanks.