What’s the strangest thing on your reloading bench?

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Reloading is an interesting hobby all on its own. Like all hobbies, there are certain things that each person figures out for himself, often by repurposing something with a totally different task. That’s what I just did, and it will be installed this evening. I needed an arbor press to seat bullets for the 223AI using the Wilson inline seater. I don’t have a small arbor press handy, only a big one that is far beyond what is needed. Even a harbor freight press is a bit overkill for what I need. I could buy a 7/8-14 bolt and just use the ram on my classic cast, but this seems a better path. It just needs to seat bullets... doesn’t take much.
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So what’s the most random or odd thing you have on your bench?
 
Only problem is that here we have to pay a $.05 deposit on cans and the recycling centers can't read the bar code if they are crushed. I do however crush my primers as per manufacturer recommendation so there is a micrometer on my priming tool.

Bob
 
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Well, I have a vibrating womens sex toy on my bench. It gets attached to my powder hopper with a couple rubber bands to help get more consistent powder drops on hard to meter powders. It does work very well.
:rofl::what::thumbup:I have an old “Spirograph ink pen” that does the same thing... and gets a lot less interesting responses than devices similar to what you describe.
 
a 1970s rotax type 343 for a snowmobile. I rebuld them on the other side fo the workbench my press is installed on.
@film495
When I lived in PA I had a good supply of snowmobile engines on hand. When I would blow up an engine or wear out a tub, I would just build another one out of parts. I stayed away from Scorpions because their tracks were garbage.
But their Sach's engines were really good though.

These are probably the strangest things on my reloading bench right now, (shelves) I recently found them from moving from Pa 12 years ago. Had totally forgot about them and I have boxes full of them. Recently ran across them looking for an 8 penny nail. Never found the nail.
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Stuff from my childhood.
 
I do however crush my primers as per manufacturer recommendation so there is a micrometer on my priming tool.
Bob

Whuut? Ya gotta tell me what this means? You literally crush your (used?)primers? How and why please? What does the micrometer have to do with the primer?
 
I almost exclusively use CCI primers for Precision Rifle Cartridges and CCI recommends that you seat them to the depth of the primer pocket and then Crush them 4 thousanths which is what the micrometer mounted on the priming tool allows.

Bob
you have a mic on your priming tool? you WIN!
 
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