Setting Up Reloading Bench

How to set up a reloading bench select your bench.

Setting up reloading bench. If the bench will be used for reloading the shallow shelves where boxes of cartridge casings powders and more should be set up in a way that box labels can be prominently displayed. Place the priming tray and the priming unit to the left of the reloading press. A piece of wood.

A reloading bench can be as uninspiring as a piece of wood laid over two sawhorses or it can be a professionally built rugged piece of furniture that doesn t detract from the look of your gunroom or garage. I then cut a notch out of one corner and mounted the reloading press in the recess. Mount the powder.

A set of calipers is a definite must for any reloading bench in order to assure your cases and assembled cartridges are of proper length. Some reloading bench premade plans. I like the rcbs electronic calipers as they are affordable yet give reliable measurements.

Set up the powder throw or a trickler with powder funnel and the powder scale between the tumbler and the reloading press. Elfster s rifles and reloading 48 353 views. Diy superior reloading bench 120 150 with hornady lnl press.

I took a piece of inch plywood and cut it into a 29 by 21 inch rectangle to form the work surface for the bench. I m thinking about removing an dillon press that is set up for 10 mm cartridge and let the square deal press handle the 10mm cartridge reloading from now. It is sturdy and works well for the space i have.

It is these we are looking at today because quite frankly benches over sawhorses are both boring and ugly. The back of the notch sits flush with the underlying slat on the workmate. The primers need to be kept free of dust and debris.

My reloading bench is a repurposed computer desk. I have my rcbs single stage press mounted on the far right side of my reloading bench. This tool is easy to zero and even easier to read which is a nice feature for older eyes.