RexDart
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We recently moved into a bigger house, and I was able to secure some of the equity from the sale of the old house to purchase reloading gear. So far so good.
Now my question: where to set up?
The plan all along has been to set up in the attached garage. I have shop space there, two work benches, plenty of space. These benches are/will be used for other things, so not *dedicated* space, but wholly mine. The big issue, growing more relevant as summer waxes, is the complete lack of climate control; both uncomfortable for me and (so I read here) bad for powder and primers.
Which leads me to consider option two. We're putting one of the basement bedrooms in commission as an office, and plan to install a work table. I could conceivably utilize that, though my wife also has designs upon it. Nice and cool (warm in the winter), but shared space. Everything will have to be c-clamped rather than bolted, and stored in closets or elsewhere in the house when not in use.
I'm new to this; my goal in taking up reloading is primarily to economically produce ammo for plinking/practice with my milsurps: presently two Lee-Enfields and a K-31. A secondary purpose will be to recycle the 9mm and .40 brass that the wife and I generate from handgun practice.
So, better to reign in the hotbox (garage) than scrimp in paradise (basement)? Opinions of the experienced are welcome.
Now my question: where to set up?
The plan all along has been to set up in the attached garage. I have shop space there, two work benches, plenty of space. These benches are/will be used for other things, so not *dedicated* space, but wholly mine. The big issue, growing more relevant as summer waxes, is the complete lack of climate control; both uncomfortable for me and (so I read here) bad for powder and primers.
Which leads me to consider option two. We're putting one of the basement bedrooms in commission as an office, and plan to install a work table. I could conceivably utilize that, though my wife also has designs upon it. Nice and cool (warm in the winter), but shared space. Everything will have to be c-clamped rather than bolted, and stored in closets or elsewhere in the house when not in use.
I'm new to this; my goal in taking up reloading is primarily to economically produce ammo for plinking/practice with my milsurps: presently two Lee-Enfields and a K-31. A secondary purpose will be to recycle the 9mm and .40 brass that the wife and I generate from handgun practice.
So, better to reign in the hotbox (garage) than scrimp in paradise (basement)? Opinions of the experienced are welcome.