How Many People Have a Mobile Press Set Up?

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All of my presses are mounted to their own free standing press stand. At one time, i went TDY at another location and it allowed me to take reloading with me for entertainment. I liked the system so i have stuck with it.

I have not taken a press to the range but i could. Besides, my range is just outside my back door at present.:)
 
2" receiver mount for the press and a large tub for everything else.

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I've got a Lee Loader for almost every cartridge I own. That's about as portable as you get. But, I still haven't made any loads in the field.
 
My Lee Handloader setup is portable but it is rarely used for anything more than a trip to the couch. I have actually taken my Dillon 550 on trips across town to assist friends with reloads though.
 
I have the previously mentioned Lee Loader for most of my common calibers as well as a Lee Hand Press. I also take my RCBS turret or SS there mounted on a stout piece of 2X12 and C clamps.

Nothing more fun than sitting at the 100 YD range position on a hot dusty July afternoon shooting for that newest best load in your favorite rifle with a couple friends that you are teaching how to reload.:D
 
2" receiver mount for the press and a large tub for everything else.
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JMorris, that's pretty cool! I think I am going to build one of those.

One of my best friends used to have a mobile set up. We used to work up loads at the bench frequently. Once we found one that would group well then you could take that back to the reloading room and tweak it from there.

I need to get single stage press to do this with. I should probably wait a few months for all this silly panic buying stuff to end.
 
I've got a set up I have used at the range, but it's a rather cumbersome process. I use C-clamps to mount the RS1 down to a folding table. It's not real stable, but I don't do any resizing at the range, just powder charging and seating. The most difficult aspect of this, is using the scale while out in the element, level surfaces are hard to come by, and even the slightest breeze makes weighing charges close to impossible without some means of shielding the scale.

GS
 
I like Clark's setup. Pretty slick with the van.

While I have never done it I did quite a bit of shooting at Kebly's Range in Lawrence, Ohio. Kebly's is a bench rest shooter paradise and home of the annual Super Shoot. These guys bring everything they need and use large C clamps to anchor to the benches at the shooting positions. Really pretty cool what they can produce out there on the range. Benches pop up like those wind flags.

Personally I never had much need to get into it but it always intrigued me. Who knows? Maybe someday I'll give it a try.

Ron
 
Have a Lyman acculine mounted on a piece of butcher block counterbored on back with flush screws. Can be mounted on flat surface with clamps. Also a Lee hand press as well.
 
Bruno2 said:
How many of you guys have press you can take to the range where you can work loads up at the bench?
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Not mobile, but portable.

I have a folding workbench and everything else fits in three toolboxes, the largest of which is 23" x 10" x 10". (Not counting my tumbler) I can make three trips to the car and go anywhere to set up and load.

The biggest problem with working up loads at the range is getting my balance beam scale protected from wind.

Lost Sheep
 
My press is mounted to a small but heavy (about 45 pounds, scrap lumber FTW!) bench that I can move around the house wherever I want. Space is at a premium and my place is full of people (not just any people but KIDS lol) and I need to do my reloading wherever I can. I could probably take it to the range if I wanted to also; I'm sure it'd fit in the trunk of my car and on a bench at the range.

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DeadFlies]my place is full of people (not just any people but KIDS lol) and I need to do my reloading wherever I can.
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Some advice:

One word: DROPCLOTH

Mulitple words:

You don't want a kid picking up a lost primer, used or live.

Spent primer dust is not proven to be safe around developing children.


Be safe, Always, all ways.

Lost Sheep
 
Mine is portable with it mounted on an aluminum plate and use C clamps. I don't bring it to the range, but take it to my camp. In the winter if its cold in my basement I bring it up and use the wife's work bench. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1369579442.314579.jpg
 
I can't contribute to this from experience, but in the years of researching what I wanted to do to set up for reloading I have run across a couple of places where folks had built a box to put there beam scales in for wind protection. I think at least one had a clear cover for reading it while protected.
 
Small house, portable bench. I found this idea online, a Workmate bench and a Lee Classic. It's in the garage along with tubs until I'm ready...

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Yes I do.

I made this one, probably about 1965.

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So far?
I have never ever used it at the range even once, after I loaded a few boxes off ammo to prove it worked.

Weighing powder at the range accurately is the biggest problem you will face.
Not how you load the ammo after your weigh the powder.

It seems the wind is always blowing, and no matter how hard you try to shield them?
Or hide inside your pick-up truck?

Everything moves.
And powder scales are just about useless at the range.

rc
 
rcmodel said:
Yes I do.

I made this one, probably about 1965.

So far?
I have never ever used it at the range even once, after I loaded a few boxes off ammo to prove it worked.

Weighing powder at the range accurately is the biggest problem you will face.
Not how you load the ammo after your weigh the powder.

It seems the wind is always blowing, and no matter how hard you try to shield them?
Or hide inside your pick-up truck?

Everything moves.
And powder scales are just about useless at the range.

rc
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Good job, rc. I'm impressed.

My design is a lot simpler and ad hoc.

Cardboard box. 4' wide, two feet tall and two feed deep.

Cut two holes low on the 4' long side just large enough in diameter to fit your forearms. Then attach (staples or glue) some sleeves from a worn-out long-sleeved shirt to the holes,

Cut a hole in the top of the box where it joins the 4' long side, in the center. The hole should be shaped to fit your forehead so you can look inside the box.

Cut more holes in the cardboard wherever you can and glue clear or translucent material (plastic wrap, vellum or whatever you have) that is wind-proof, so that enough light enters the box to allow you to read the scale.

Pick up a cartridge ready to charge (sized, belled, primed) and insert your hands into the box through the sleeves. Put your forehead against the box so you can see inside. Weigh a charge, dump the powder into the cartridge cartridge inside the box, then pull the charged cartridge out of the box and continue the loading process.

Or get a plexiglass box similar to the ones they use for premature babies, incubating chicks, chemical isolation labs, etc.

For me, more trouble than it's worth to load at the range, but if you need to, you need to and this provides a way to do it.

Lost Sheep
 
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