Warm bullet seating

[Guy Miner]

Yes, indoors! :grin: I did the sizing and seating at my desk indoors. Did have to take the .308 cases out to the garage loading bench for powder charge, but the rest of the operation was inside, nice and warm!



I really enjoy working with the little RW Hart arbor press & Wilson in-line dies. Very nice.

Loading 168 gr Sierra Matchkings over 45 gr of Varget, in Federal cases. Long a standard load for me with the .308 Win.

Regards, Guy

 

[truck driver]

Always nice to be warm Guy. Nice looking press also.

 

[RiverRider]

I guess I'm spoiled. I had my reloading bench anyplace I wanted from the time I was out on my own until I met my wife, and I guess it was clear from the beginning that it would remain so. I use a spare bedroom for all my stuff, but I do refrain from painting and using Montana Extreme copper solvent in the house. She's got respiratory issues, and the Montana Extreme just about strangles me too! I still haven't convinced her that Hoppe's No.9 smells good though.

 

[DrMike]

Looking good, Guy. That should work just fine.

 

[Guy Miner]

RiverRider, for ten years I had a reloading, gun-tinkering, fly tying room...

Then my wife needed a home office. Since she has a good paying job, it was a no brainer, the room became her home office. Good & bad. But I set up most of my loading & gun-tinkering stuff in the garage about a year ago. It's fine in decent weather...

Re the gun-cleaning smell, ugh, no, I don't do that inside. That's a garage activity! I don't like the stink of that stuff either. Except maybe the Hoppes....

Fortunately the little arbor press is extremely portable!

Guy

 

[RiverRider]

I'm sure it does a bangup job, Guy. There just has to be a reason the benchrest guys use them!

 

[1Shot]

I have 1450 square feet of man cave, office, loading room and work area in my house just for ME. It is the whole basement. I have one whole room just for my reloading. It is warm in the winter and air conditioned in the summer. A man has to have his priorities in thought when purchasing a house. The wife has the upstairs part of the house that is 1750 square feet of which 240 square feet is a sewing room I built for her when I remodeled and up graded the house before we moved in.

 

[Oldtrader3]

I also use the garage for all loading activity. I also have lung issues and with the garage, I can just open the door a bit and turn on the heater when the solvent bothers me. Shooter's Choice is not as bad as Hoppe's for my lungs though.

 

[NWBlacktail]

I have 1450 square feet of man cave, office, loading room and work area in my house just for ME. It is the whole basement. I have one whole room just for my reloading. It is warm in the winter and air conditioned in the summer. A man has to have his priorities in thought when purchasing a house. The wife has the upstairs part of the house that is 1750 square feet of which 240 square feet is a sewing room I built for her when I remodeled and up graded the house before we moved in.

I have a small portion of my garage, next to the cat litter box. :? It's hot in the summer, and cold in the winter… but it's my little escape. :mrgreen:

 

[Teknys]

I use a small storage room in basment as my reloading room and storage for hunting and fishing "STUFF". Don't clean guns there - the stinky stuff is done outside in garage.
It's a bit cramped but I like it.

 

[PJGunner]

When we were looking for a house after I got transferred to Tucson, one of the things that caught my eye was there was a well built bit somewhat small shed in the back yard that even had power. That's been my reloading area since 1979. I've since improved (?) it by installing A/C but when I'm powdering cases I have to turn it off and it does get very hot out there. I still haven't put heat in there but someday I will. :roll: I normally like to do my load work ups in the summer as any pressure problems will show up sooner when it's 100* plus in the shade.
Paul B.

 

[Dr. Vette]

I use an area in the basement for reloading, gun tinkering and even gun cleaning. With BoreTech solvents there is no smell, so no worries there. I spent a fair amount of time in there yesterday playing with 300 Savage loads.

 

[SJB358]

I use an area in the basement for reloading, gun tinkering and even gun cleaning. With BoreTech solvents there is no smell, so no worries there. I spent a fair amount of time in there yesterday playing with 300 Savage loads.

Same here. In the basement. Works nice for me.

I haven't did very much loading since I left for Oregon, but I've got some 257 Weatherby and 270 Winchester I need to load up for my little brothers.

 

[HTDUCK]

I've got it all in a 10x10 bedroom upstairs that the wife stays out of.
Have to turn the ceiling fan off in the summer when charging cases as it makes my electronic scale act up.

Gun cleaning is generally done outside.

 

[DrMike]

I have pretty well taken over the basement in our home. My library and office is there, with my reloading bench adjacent to the study area. I do most of my cleaning at the range after shooting. This allows me to maintain harmony in the home.

 

[Elkman]

I share my "man cave" with the bowflex, treadmill, my everyday work clothes, my hunting gear, as well as storage for some of my wife's, overflow from her sowing room. Its a big area heated, and well lite, so I am extremely happy with it. I do clean my rifles inside, as I like the smell of gun solvents and cleaning supplies. Its the back end of a detached garage, so I am also not "underfoot".

 

[pre6422hornet]

Very nice Guy. That press looks pretty darn strong and convenient.

I have been regulated to the garage with the new house. But that is okay, it is a 3.5 car so I have 9 foot by 21 to play with. I just have to make sure the baby strollers, barbie cars, hoola hoops, bikes, scooters are picked up before I walk around

 

[257 Ackley]

Really like my Wilson dies in 6BRX as well Guy. I have found the Whiddon dies I use for the other competition rifles seem to do just as well, but the Wilson dies just look and feel better than anything else out there.

 

[Palouser]

Looks awesome! I am new to reloading so bear with me, what kind of press is that? And dies? Never seen anything like that? I have a Hornady? What are the benefits?
Todd

 

[DrMike]

Looks awesome! I am new to reloading so bear with me, what kind of press is that? And dies? Never seen anything like that? I have a Hornady? What are the benefits?
Todd

It's an arbor press, Todd. The primary advantages are simplicity and portability. Extremely accurate ammunition can be produced with very little runout using good arbor dies.