What did you do at your reloading bench today?

[BigRick]

I've been working on Processing 2 5 gallon buckets of 9mm brass with my new Mark 7 650 pro auto drive! I've also loaded up about 2000 9mm rounds on my other 650.

 

[danimalw]

Bench

Working on cleaning up and breaking down my bench for the move. Due to limited space, I needed a modular, multi purpose bench. It began as 4' Craftsman work bench. I put a 56" long section of solid core fire door on it, topped with a 68" x 27" oak plywood top with a 1.875" x 68" apron to the front edge. First time using kreg pocket holes for the apron, and they are great. Then added 2 front legs, (oak and plywood L shaped using pocket hole screws again). Then I used wooden cleats on ea end to clamp the new top to original bench without drilling. Next up was plywood backsplash and the cleat along the backsplash that was made up of plywood then 3/4" x 1.5" oak. The backsplash was screwed to the studs and was tight down to the bench top to prevent bench from moving. This way, I could mount rockchucker, bow vise and bench vise to mounting blocks that slip under the cleat in the back. This allows me to use those as needed without drilling holes in the work surface of the bench. I mounted the Hornady LnL on the right side of bench (where the blue painters tape is). That I did drill thru the oak plywood and fire door, but it also gave me 4' of open space to the left.

 

[danimalw]

And for the record, previous idiots who owned the house, painted the basement ref, grey and black for Michael Jordan, not me.

 

[PowPow]

And for the record, previous idiots who owned the house, painted the basement red, grey and black for Michael Jordan, not me.

Red is one of the tougher colors to paint over. I feel your pain. We removed wallpaper in my son's bedroom years ago, and underneath was lurking...you guessed it: RED PAINT **ARGH**! That's probably why the wallpaper was installed. My wife hates wallpaper. I don't know which is worse; removing wallpaper or painting over red (or blue) paint. I got both kinds of pain with that job!

 

[danimalw]

Red is one of the tougher colors to paint over. I feel your pain. We removed wallpaper in my son's bedroom years ago, and underneath was lurking...you guessed it: RED PAINT **ARGH**! That's probably why the wallpaper was installed. My wife hates wallpaper. I don't know which is worse; removing wallpaper or painting over red (or blue) paint. I got both kinds of pain with that job!

2 coats of gripper primer took care of that red. The ex wanted the bedroom painted Behr sg130 and I used tinted primer and 6 gallons of sg130 to cover the mint green the previous owners did. I think that mint green had a secret ingredient from Chernobyl, that shit bled thru everything. I think I the room got smaller from all the coats of paint I did with the 7 gallons of primer and color. Now that I'm prepping to move, painting over the sg130 is done in 2 coats of primer. Way freaking easier than that mint green.

Wall paper was invented by Lucifer, himself. Previous idiot owners had painted over wallpaper in the kitchen and installed multiple layers of wallpaper in dining room. I ripped out the drywall in kitchen and started with fresh drywall. The dining room has a lot of drywall repair to do thanks to Lucifer's grip.

 

[epps1919]

Loading 240 rounds for the 1862 Gatling gun and the Coffee mill gun today

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[teratos]

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That’s awesome.

 

[epps1919]

That’s pic is at Hevy Max’s house I remember you there a few years ago before the picture


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[teratos]

That’s pic is at Hevy Max’s house I remember you there a few years ago before the picture


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I thought it was! That was a great time. My son loved your guns.

 

[epps1919]

Hope to do some more shooting with y’all this summer sometime

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[teratos]

Hope to do some more shooting with y’all this summer sometime

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Sweet. I’m sure John has a few trees that need cut down.

 

[John from MD]

Does anyone have Dillon elbow yet?

I have never done so much reloading in my life! If I'm not reloading cases, I'm prepping Mil brass, if I'm not doing that I'm making bullets, powdercoating, tumbling etc.

ARRRRAGH! I used to love reloading.

 

[PowPow]

I have paint roller elbow. I'm making so much progress, my wife is getting paint samples for more stuff for me to paint.

 

[John from MD]

Thank God we are past that stage in life.

 

[tony b]

Well I spent the day reorganizing the bench and going thru what I use and what I should keep. What I found was I have a lot of stuff.
I mounted a carpenters vise on the bench to aid in press mounting and gun smithing, who doesn’t need an extra hand now and then. Started reorganizing tools for reloading and gun maintenance. I added some light and a magnifying light, I am getting older and eye are feeling it.
Just so it wasn’t a total waste I tumbled and deprimed and sorted about 1000 45acp cases. Fun stuff with the large and small primers. Half have made it into the wet tumbler for cleaning the primer pockets and to make them pretty. These will get loaded this weekend, I have some loads I want to try out.
So I have some stuff that I will more than likely list in classified section soon.
I have 2 extra Lee turret presses one three hole and 1 four hole (pretty much new).
I have die sets for calibers I no longer have.
I have die set for 32 ACP RCBS, I also have 8 1/2 boxers (864) of Remington 71 gn Metal cased bullets. Small amount of brass.
There is die set for 243, 270swm and 300swm. I may still have some brass for these?
So that was my day on the bench.
When I am finish I will add the pics.

 

[Melnic]

Does anyone have Dillon elbow yet?

I have never done so much reloading in my life! If I'm not reloading cases, I'm prepping Mil brass, if I'm not doing that I'm making bullets, powdercoating, tumbling etc.

ARRRRAGH! I used to love reloading.

I've become a big believer in CBD oil lately. I"m using either a Lyman Turret for hangun or Single state Lee for Rifle. I"ve been getting some irritation but rub straight CBD oil on it at night and its fine by the morning. I don't buy the cremes, they are watered down too much. Straight oil extract in the glass bottle w/ the dropper meant for oral use. I also do tennis elbow forearm massages to loosen things up too. My casting setup is not great and my back/shoulders get sore after an hour so I'm only casting 2-3 days a week for about an hour.

I had stores of 9mm, 300BLK and 223 that I had collected since 2013 and just had in plastic bins. all the 9mm was cleaned up and prepped (minus priming) and the 300BLK is almost done Half of each is primed and the other half is all prepped minus priming. 223 is another story. I had lots primed already but maybe 2000 still uncleaned. More work goes into 223 cause 50% of them often have to be trimmed and primer pockets swaged for the once shot factory ammo. I take these long conference calls during the day from the home office where I mostly listen and rarely have to speak so I can pump things out and still get "work" done.

 

[tony b]

CBD

Melnic. I am right there with you on CBD oil. My wife has been using and helping people with using it since her medical issues. About 2 years or so.
She got me taking it and it has helped with pain and other issues. I was not a believer at first but I am sold on it now.
If you haven’t tried it I would recommend it but don’t use the cheap not pure stuff. If anyone has any question pm me and I will get my wife to answer them.
The press and processing brass used to tear my hands up but not so much now,

 

[Dalebert]

So I have some stuff that I will more than likely list in classified section soon.
I have 2 extra Lee turret presses one three hole and 1 four hole (pretty much new).
I have die sets for calibers I no longer have.
I have die set for 32 ACP RCBS, I also have 8 1/2 boxers (864) of Remington 71 gn Metal cased bullets. Small amount of brass.

Tony, I will be watching classifieds waiting for your post(s) there.