Reloading Area

[AllenM]

Some nice setups, here is mine. it's a mess for the photo, but that is how it is most of the time anyway

 

[whitetail2]

Here is a link to a thread over on "The High Road" that asks this very question. It's 50 some pages long and has some benches to die for. It's well worth your time to take a look.
Show us a picture of your reloading bench - THR

 

[42769vette]

how is it you guys keep your area so organized? i reload in a closet and i bet i couldn't ask anyone to go get me anything and expect them to find it. the up side is i know exactly where everything is. somday i may organize mine and see how much extra time i spend looking for stuff. how would i find my brass if i didn't trip over it twice a day

 

[Slow Hand]

OK, I"m still working on getting everything organized, but it's starting to look pretty good. the gunsmithing bench still needs work, and I"m not positive where everything will go for max efficiency. i moved into a bigger room after building a wall, redoing lots of drywall and laying down the floor. Still need to hang the door. I've got two, new big shelving units that i didn't have before, so the reloaing bench is near empty for now. I'm trying ot keep this place as organized as possible so I was as little time as I can looking for stuff and so that it's clean enough that my young son can come in and play while I reload ammo or work on guns...

Gunsmithing area:

Reloading bench:

Magazines, powder and primers:

Brass, bullets, dies and other stuff...

And the fun boxes!

Doug K

 

[jimbo-indy]

Had to jump in with mine. Just getting it finished. The table in the middle is now covered in stainless to match the others. (Hay, when your in the sheet metal industry....) Now time to start sorting the buckets of brass.

 

[Big Mac 1911]

Nice set-up Jimbo! I wish I had an area that big.

 

[jimbo-indy]

It's my man cave in the basement. Got tired of junk and mess so I went to work on this. Got tired of loading bench that wiggled. This one is framed of 2" X 1/4" wall square tube, full welded and bolted to the block wall behind. That should stay put.

 

[briand212]

some really nice setups. !! .. when I started out I didnt have a lot of cash so I built a workbench out of some 1X6's and found a 6ft counter top at menards that was a return. ( I think I paid 20 bucks for it) it may not look all that pretty but it has held up great...
oh and +1 for rubbermaid containers.. got to love them !!!

 

[hornadylnl]

This should be my reloading room in about 6 months. It will be 22' x 26' 7".

 

[Josh Ward]

Mine....recently moved everything upstairs from the basement....

 

[AllenM]

nice

 

[kboom524]

Here is a picture of my latest bench. Found this bench at an auction. The local high schools no longer have shop classes and have been selling off all the equipment at auctions. Paid $30.00 for the bench. Top of this bench is 76 inches long and 1 3/4 inches thick solid maple. Plenty of room for both me and my son to sit down and work together. At the same auction bought a black leather office chair that was in good shape for $20.00. Very comfortable for long reloading sessions. Built the cabinets overhead with 3/4 inch hdf board.

 

[MilitaryArms]

Here's mine.

 

[kboom524]

Very nice set-up full-auto.I have been looking itno a Dillon progressive press. Don't think I need to ask whether you like yours or not. But I do have to ask what are those cartriges on the shelf to the left? Are they 50s?

 

[MilitaryArms]

I'm a huge fan of Dillon presses and reloading equipment. They've treated me amazingly well over the last 20 years or so since I got my first press from them (which is in the picture). Their customer service is second to none and the performance of the presses is outstanding.

With that being said, the Hornady Lock-n-Load AP press is a very good option as well. If I were starting new today I would give serious consideration to that press. Ultimately, I would still be with Dillon, but the LnL AP is pretty darn nice.

The rounds to the left are "flying trash cans", .45 ACP's. They look fatter and stumpier because of the wide angle lens I used to get my whole reloading room in frame.

 

[WhitleyStu]

Reload’in & Clean’in bench…

Walk-in closet with all the other “stuff”…

 

[kboom524]

The rounds to the left are "flying trash cans", .45 ACP's. They look fatter and stumpier because of the wide angle lens I used to get my whole reloading room in frame.

I was wondering if it was an optical illusion. They looked awfully fat.

 

[NWIeng]

My Set-Up

My contribution to this thread. I re-load 9mm and will soon be testing my first 223 rounds through my AR this spring.

Modest compared to some here, but it does it's job.

 

[HICKMAN]

Still messy, but getting there. Need a strong mount to move the Dillon to the bench, but I'll get there.

Kids wanted to see the tumbler in action, so I put them to work.

 

[JetGirl]

My digs are pretty spartan.
I use this bench (which lives in the garage) and bolt a surface to the top:

I drag it into my kitchen to set it up:

My stuff gets stored in this wooden chest in my kitchen;

Some day, I plan on having a dedicated area for it all,
but right now I'm just starting out. And it works.