Reloading Room Pics

[Aszerigan]

Wait... sizing machines don't count.

That's a lot of case feeders, but I want a machine recount.

 

[BkBulletCasting]

Wait... sizing machines don't count.

That's a lot of case feeders, but I want a machine recount.

All in all there are inbetween 90-100 star reloaders in the shop. A handful of phelps and 4 dillons. We run most all pistol cases through one of the two magma case master sizers. And we use dillion case collaters ontop the star presses (made a mounting bracket for them) We have been reloading on star presses for over 50 years and find them to be very reliable and consistent presses. If you're close by come in and take a look, we love having new people in the shop! There is another room as well that houses our bullet making equiptment. Ill try to get a couple pictures of that room with the casting molds and star lube sizers up sometime in the future.

 

[swj]

Reloaders

looking into 12 ga realoders i have heard that MEC 650 is good, any suggestions ?

 

[Que]

I've gone BLUE!

 

[blurr95]

I've gone BLUE!

Nice. But for going blue, I still see a lot of red there.

 

[Que]

Nice. But for going blue, I still see a lot of red there.

Well, I'm considering placing all the Lee stuff in the classifieds, but we'll see. I was amazed to load 10 rounds in about two minutes, just feeling my way througn. I won't be using the Lee much, but I'm not sure how dependable the Dillon stuff is.

 

[Crydaddy]

Que, you can use the lee for dedicated depriming station.

 

[Tydeeh22]

Well. it has me started and on my way. Thanks to Lovemywoods.

 

[Vince49]

Just getting started.

Just got my 550B on the seventh of July. I have only loaded and shot about 800 rounds of 9mm so far. I hope to start loading .45 ACP this week. No room for a dedicated reloading room so I had to set up in one end of the wood-shop. I had intended to have it mounted to my assembly table for reloading operation and only mount it on the stand when I needed it to be out of the way. As it turns out the stand is so sturdy and well anchored with about 120lbs of bullets in the ammo cans on the lower shelf that I have just left it there and made that my reloading bench. So far so good I still have all my guns and fingers! Thanks to Jim Harlan and Andrew!

 

[DarkRose]

I can finally post in this thread!!!

This is my future reloading room/workshop:

Replacing some more plywood, adding rigid foam insulation, Tyvek, and vinyl siding down the road, and probably going with metal roofing, also going to re-level and put on proper foundation corner block supports...

8'x12', NO insulation at the moment, besides stuffed at the top of the walls to keep bees and such out (no soffet or fascia atm)...

 

[RoyalTenenbaum]

OMG totally want a copy of that template you throw in the bag with the specs for the enclosed ammo.

Just got my 550B on the seventh of July. I have only loaded and shot about 800 rounds of 9mm so far. I hope to start loading .45 ACP this week. No room for a dedicated reloading room so I had to set up in one end of the wood-shop. I had intended to have it mounted to my assembly table for reloading operation and only mount it on the stand when I needed it to be out of the way. As it turns out the stand is so sturdy and well anchored with about 120lbs of bullets in the ammo cans on the lower shelf that I have just left it there and made that my reloading bench. So far so good I still have all my guns and fingers! Thanks to Jim Harlan and Andrew!

 

[Vince49]

Link to label pdf.

OMG totally want a copy of that template you throw in the bag with the specs for the enclosed ammo.

OK here is the link. I downloaded as a zip and printed from that.

Link: Print your own ammo box labels (PDFs included!) « Ultimate Reloader

 

[aka-kesler]

OMG totally want a copy of that template you throw in the bag with the specs for the enclosed ammo.

Really Nice!!!

 

[aka-kesler]

Just spent 10 hours cleaning and reorganizing my reloading room. So tired, but worth the time. It's so nice having a clean room.

Anyone have pics of their reloading room? I'd like to see..

A few things have changed in three months - I got my Dillon back from my buddy, and a bit more gear too.

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Such a nice set-up!!! you are very fortunate!!!

 

[BDBHoover]

This thread always makes me so jealous....

 

[Que]

Just got my 550B on the seventh of July. I have only loaded and shot about 800 rounds of 9mm so far. I hope to start loading .45 ACP this week. No room for a dedicated reloading room so I had to set up in one end of the wood-shop. I had intended to have it mounted to my assembly table for reloading operation and only mount it on the stand when I needed it to be out of the way. As it turns out the stand is so sturdy and well anchored with about 120lbs of bullets in the ammo cans on the lower shelf that I have just left it there and made that my reloading bench. So far so good I still have all my guns and fingers! Thanks to Jim Harlan and Andrew!

Vince, I see a few items that I need to get for my equipment. Your setup looks very nice. I'm enjoying the 550B, but now I have nothing left to reload. I guess I need to find .357 dies, so I can load the 1,000 rounds I bought last year.

 

[Vince49]

Thanks Que!

Vince, I see a few items that I need to get for my equipment. Your setup looks very nice. I'm enjoying the 550B, but now I have nothing left to reload. I guess I need to find .357 dies, so I can load the 1,000 rounds I bought last year.

Go for it! Andrew has the dies or can get them super fast. I enjoyed our little visit at MCF&G the other day and very much appreciate the video you made. I do have that woodworking shop that you see all around my Dillon so if we need to make anything for your reloading room please send me a PM or just come on over to the shop and we will,"git'er done"!

 

[Meister]

Mine's pretty busy right now, but here it is in it's messy state. Running some 300 WM, so the big boys are shelved at the moment.

 

[DC47374]

There are some excellent looking reload rooms. I'm considering reloading and now have a starting point as to the set up. Thanks for posting.

 

[Steve B]

I've been using a 2' x 4' bench for years. I kept saying that I was going to build a new one but the old one worked so I just kept putting up with it. After recently buying a Dillon 650 and having it bolted to one of my main work benches it was time to build a new one finally. I went with one of my quick & dirty work bench designs that work well for this type of stuff. I used the shelving unit from the old bench as I wanted time on the new bench before deciding what new features to incorporate into the new shelves. This one is 25" x 8'. I will be making a rack for holding the case feed discs & primer tubes for sure. My turret is mounted to plywood and the plywood has mounting holes that are the same as the Grabber shot shell press so they can be changed out by removing 4 nuts. I haven't installed the bolts on it yet as I'm checking the machine spacing before final mounting. I still have a ton of stuff to move from the old loading area but I was wooped and called it a day.