Handloading at the range

[enine]

I'll prime 50 brass and keep in a box and take my hand press, scale, dippers, etc with me when we go to the farm and work up a load there.
The whole setup fits inside an ammo can.

 

[taliv]

coincidentally, i just spent an hour trying to figure out how much draw an AMP annealing machine (not yet purchased) would put on my overlanding trailer's batteries. I also need to look up my giraud trimmer and an ultrasonic cleaner of some flavor (not yet purchased). I can clean by hand with a brush in the neck and a rag outside, and trim by hand, but that's way more work than i want to do.

except for annealing, trimming and cleaning, my precision rifle reloading is completely mobile. I'd like to solve those last three before the 2018 PRS season.

no real reason to haul around the 1050s for pistol/carbine though haha

 

[jmorris]

except for annealing, trimming and cleaning, my precision rifle reloading is completely mobile. I'd like to solve those last three before the 2018 PRS season.

I can run a 14" metal chop saw off the powder inverter in my truck. They are pretty cheap these days and good for intermittent use or light loads. For continuous use with higher loads a generator is a better idea.

P=IV with a little loss because of the efficiency of the inverter but you are looking at a X 10 increase in amp draw through an inverter going from 12 to 120 volts.

So if your 120 load draws 15 amps, a powder inverter would be pulling 150 amps from the 12 v source if it were 100% efficient, and they are not so the draw will be more. A standard car battery is about 45 amp hours, so you can see why they are only good for intermittent use at that powder level.

They say the AMP machine operates at 600 watts / 120 V = 5 amps. 600 watts / 12 volts = 50 amps.