My loading bench

[Amy]

It's not the best photo, I took it with my cell phone, but you get the idea. Currently I have 5 presses. That's one of my Garands in the foreground.

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[capnrik]

Nice looking bench, Amy. Do you offer a .45 caliber 255 grain Keith?

 

[armoredman]

That's sweet. Someday, when I have a real house, maybe I can have something like that, better than this...

 

[cordex]

Very nice, very roomy setup there, Amy.

I set my reloading press up in a tiny storage room on a cheap little work table from Menards.



Works astoundingly well for such a small space.

 

[Amy]

capnrik I've not been able to find a mould for that, and you aren't the first to ask me. I do, however, have a gas checked 300 gr. LSWC, which I have to hand cast, <bleah!>, and a mould set for that for the machine would run me over $600... so it will be a while.

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[bouis]

Here's mine... still waiting on an actual bench!

http://www.datasync.com/~bouis/IMG_0873.JPG

 

[garrett1955]

Amy is that a gold panning pan I see???


nice gun/ reloading room you have there

 

[Amy]

yup, that's a gold pan, and I have the very large ones about 20 of them. I usd them for holding bulets and they sit very nicely in those tripod folding stools you get for camping.

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[YellowLab]

Simple and to the point. Have added a Challenger press about a month ago.

http://www.42gpw.com/reloadingbench/

 

[MarshallDodge]

Amy, That's the longest reloading bench I have ever seen but with 5 presses all setup at the same time I guess you need it

Here is my latest:http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=200015

 

[Amy]

Yep Marshall, it's a big un alright

Today I cast a bunch of 130 grain gas checked spire point bullets and I'm looking forward to shooting them in my Garands. I'm using a very hard alloy, and I plan to use 36 grains of IMR 4895 and just see how they do. I've been looking forward to this for some time.

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[rabrog]

That Garand has a beautiful stock. Much nicer than my plain brown stock.

 

[Amy]

It's a DGR (Dean's Gun Restorations) stockset. Here's the link:

http://www.dgrguns.com/4-stocks-maple-extra-fancy-t1-red-t1.htm

 

[g56]

Here's my new one, built it in April, I've done a bit more to it since this photo was taken. The new bench is longer, heavier and much more rigid than the previous bench, also has improved lighting and wiring.

 

[happy old sailor]

Amy, color me envious.

 

[Lennyjoe]

A bit messy at the moment but here's what I have to work with.

One more

 

[Amy]

Oh... that's what I'm missing on my bench... a cylinder head! Why didn't I think of that?

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[Lennyjoe]

My bench serves 2 purposes as you can see.

When I'm not reloading I'm porting and polishing my cylinder heads for the 70 Cougar's 351 Cleveland motor.

Too many hobbies and too few dollars.

 

[rborensr]

Here's mine.

 

[MonkTx]

Hi all, here's part of my reloading setup:

 

[Amy]

I like those last two pics, very neat and orderly benches, well thought out.

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[MarshallDodge]

Looks like some of you guys have used the plans from the National Reloaders Manufacturers Association. I bought the plans from them and used them for ideas when I built my first bench but I never got around to building the cabinets. NRMA website

 

[KMKeller]

MarshallDodge beat me to it. That is indeed the NRMA bench plan in perfect execution. I know because I have one exactly like it in my garage with my XL650 bolted to it.

I made a couple of modifications to mine for added rigidity.

 

[MonkTx]

Yep, it's the nRMA bench alright. I love how well it has served me so far.

 

[Mr Mario]

Here is my reloading setup it is small as for i live in a 2 bedroom trailer with my wife and 4 pitbulls, all inside including the wife.