SmallCaliberCentral

Here's a picture of my loading room. I'm going to remove the shotgun loaders on the left side.
And designate that area for reloading rifle cartridges. I have no idea how to arrange things, so how about some pictures of yours, to give me some ideas on set up.

Here's my disaster area: (don't try this at home kids....)



Another view of the carnage:



All my shotgun presses, progressive pistol presses, bullet casting equipment and bulk components are stored in a closet. Now I need a larger room and another gun safe.

Someday, someday....I'll gut the room and start from scratch, as the walls are growing towards the center of the room! I'll probably need to knock out a wall......

i am jealous...

You really shoot a lot off shot shells don't you?

Rick I'm jelous tooooooooooo, way to clean for laoding bench.......a.k.a brass trimmings, spent primers, a few loose kernels of powder. I got some same colored reloading die boxes. Same machinist tool box,Kennedy brown I think??? Don't know it it's filled with same goodies as yours.
Your a little older than me and had more time to acquire things!! HaHa
Thanks for sharing the pics.
Later
Ray P

Va varminter wrote:You really shoot a lot off shot shells don't you?

I shoot Damascus barreled Parker SxS's. So, all my loads are low pressure, and most are for short chamber guns. I reload everything from .410 to 10 gauge, paper and plastic hulls, regular fold crimps and old style roll crimps. I probably load between 6 and 8 thousand shells a year. But now I've started down that slippery slope of Varmit guns.

I don't have that much room.......

Bitman: If you were directing your post to me, the answer is "yes", I do indeed touch off many rounds per season. We usually go out for three or four days at a time for bench shooting squirrels on large alfalfa ranches, and usually shoot up to 300 centerfire rounds a day, so it pays to have a large stash of loaded rounds all the time so we don't have to have a handloading frenzy prior to leaving on a trip.

I like to have at least 600 rounds of loaded ammo for each varmint rifle I own for that reason. My high volume rifles have even a larger stash. It makes the winter months go by faster, and when the snow flies, I may as well have a warm drink beside me, work on rifle projects, and work that press handle in anticipation of spring and small rodents. Besides, a guy can't get out for coyotes every day during the winter.

This is my "work in progress" since moving here in August... I was "given" as space off the basement storage room and managed to carve out a 10.5'x 12' space with walls, exterior steel door and adequate lighting....

I built my reloading bench out of 2x4s and double sheets of 5/8" plywood for stability...



Sam's Club had a heavy duty bench and roller cabinet on sale and considering what the load bench and a second work bench cost in materials, it was a good buy to get the one at Sam's...



I'm in the process of adding a third bench and storage shelves to the other wall so, hopefully, I'll have plenty of storage/work area for my projects without having to put up all others...

The rifle in the rack is my Walther .22lr single shot that just came back from the gunsmith after having Leupold bases and rings installed..

OT: Looks like you're off to a very good start. Nice job so far, bud. Give it some time, and it may end up looking like my disaster area. Wifey cringes when she goes in there, saying it's the 'crappiest room in the entire house'. I just shrug and say...."GUY?".......

(The above relates to the scene in the first Pirates of the Carrabean, when accused of cheating in a sword fight, Capt. Jack replies...."Pirate?")

I can hardly believe what I see. All that room, with lighting too. Sure beats my hole under the basement stairs with a 40 watt naked light bulb on a pull string. If I had a room like yours Bitman, or Rick, I would have a small hotplate and a folding cot along one side wall and live there. Maybe put in some shelves to hold soup and crackers. Sure enjoyed seeing the possibilities. Will print them off and show them to the wife. Hey, you never know, she got me a Savage 12FV for Christmas. No guts no glory.