Reloading room mega thread!

[Rick1987]

I figure I would start a "what's your reloading room look like!" thread.

I will have to post pics tomorrow, currently moving to another room.

For my equipment, I'm running a Dillon XL650, dillon dies, old midway tumbler and large dillon media separator.

Let's see everyone's setup!

[sqlbullet]

I will not be posting pictures of my bench.  Under good circumstances it looks like a wreck.  We are about to move so it is an absolute disaster.

I don't yet have a fancy progressive press.  I run a Lee Reloader and an RCBS rockchucker with both RCBS and Lee dies.  I use a CHicago brand vibratory tumbler and a home-made seperator, basically two ice cream buckets.  I put a pattern of holes in the bottom of one, and it works.

Then there is the lead.  I have about 3,000 lbs under the bench, with another 700-800 of scrap waiting to be melted into ingots.  I have about 25 lbs of pure tin, and another 70 lbs of 60/40 bar solder.  I have two Lee pots, a 10 lb and a 20 lb.  For 10mm I cast Lee 175 grain SWC TL and I have a Mountain Mold 205 grain RFN.  I lube them with Felix lube in an old Lachmiller Lube-a-matic.

I also load for 44 Mag, 357 Mag, 30-06, 308, 300 win mag and have dies and brass for 223.  The AR was sold a couple years ago to fund my two M1 Garands.  I need to build up a new one.  I also have bullet molds for everything but 223 and my new Mosin Nagants.

Next addition to the bench will be a Hornady Lock-n-Load AP.  It was going to be my fathers day present, but I got to replace tires on my suburban instead.  Lost a tire on Wednesday to road hazard of some kind about two blocks from home.  They were worn so I bought two new ones.  Then I popped one of the remaining old pair last night in the driveway.  So, there go the reloading funds for a few weeks.

[michael e]

No pics, too lazy to walk into room to unlock that room right now.     Better half leaving town at 4am so will be spending alot of time in there next week ,  will try and post up some pics of it this week.

[Turo]

Mine looks like absolute chaos right now, but what the heck.  Keep in mind, this is my reloading/computer/dinner table/relaxing area, so its got lots of crap lying around.

[Rick1987]

Here is a few random pics on my phone,











155gr Montana gold HP for my .40, love these bullets.


Small shipment of powder, wc844

[sqlbullet]

Love seeing that surplus powder.  I have a couple cans of 844 and 872 myself.  I would love to find some WC820 for $39.00/8 lbs like the 872.  I would buy a dozen of them!

[Rick1987]

Cleaned up a little when I got home from work and took some pics.

Here is my storage shelf for misc ammo, brass, powder, ect. And my cat keeping an eye on everything.


Another of the shelf.


The bench.


Loading some 5.56, WC844 and SS109 bullets.




Mod I did to stop spent primers getting all over the floor.






Tumbling equipment

[enidpd804]

More of a man corner than a man cave. 

[Rick1987]

That's how mine started, in the corner of the kitchen. Then when we moved she gave me my own room so she doesn't have to look at it!

But I can't complain.

[Vice]

I 'm blessed to have a long bench in my garage which takes 5 shots. So my main bench will take 3 posts.

Starting on the right is an Old School Hollywood Universal 3 Turret press that has 12 stations.  And a Hollywood Senior single stage press.
Then a Dillon 1050

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[Vice]

Next to the 1050 are 2 Dillon RF 100 automatic primer fillers and a Hollywood Senior Turret withe 8 stations.

Next  is a Spolar progressive 12ga shotshell reloader and a single stage shotshell RCBS Mini Grand  loader.

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[Vice]

Lastly are the Dillon 550 and the Hollywood Universal 3 with 12 stations.

So as you see, there is not much need to change out dies 

And we haven't even got to my reloading shed yet.

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[The_Shadow]

Some nice setups being shown!  Looking good!

[Rick1987]

That is one hell of a reloading room vice!

[sqlbullet]

I have a long bench in my garage too.  Or so I thought until I mounted three reloading presses, Dillon SDB, RCBS Rockchucker and a Lee Loader, added two casting pots and then a Lachmiller Lube-A-Matic.  Doesn't feel so big now.

And, it is largely out of service at the moment with all the stuff being staged in the garage prior to vacating the house for demolition.  Lucky for me the Lee Loader is portable and I can reload with it about anywhere.