not enough room?
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Lost Sheep
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Are you soliciting commiseration or asking for advice?c.j.sikes said:
If the former, sorry, I have space envy.
If the latter, please share with us the kind of loading you do. Quantities of ammo, your loading style, typical loading session, equipment inventory, etc. Maybe someone has a similar setup with an efficient layout you could model.
Maybe a picture or two of your current layout to accompany your equipment inventory.
Lost Sheep
Edward429451
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You have to work your way up. I started in a portion of the closet in the bedroom and now I have a 15 X 24 section of the basement. Benches all around, and not enough room. I know the feeling. 
Pond James Pond
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I anticipate space issues myself. My relaoding area will be my garage: just down the road from my home. In there, along with my motorbike and sidecar, what seems like 2 cubic metres of camping gear, all the stuff my wife "doesn't want indoors" and decides can go in the infinite space called "garage", is the reloading bench I built a couple of weekends ago.
I say bench. It is more of a shelf.
It is about 50cm by 100cm. The press and powder measure will go in the middle. A loading tray either side, the scales toward the back and everything else will have to be on shelving above.
It's going to be interesting!!
I say bench. It is more of a shelf.
It is about 50cm by 100cm. The press and powder measure will go in the middle. A loading tray either side, the scales toward the back and everything else will have to be on shelving above.
It's going to be interesting!!
Every time I buy some new piece of reloading equipment or supplies, I hear the walls creak when I walk into the loading room!
The walls are covered with shelves, Storage on a shelf under the main loading bench, and more under that. Powder is kept in another room, along with loaded ammo ready for the range. I either have to get a bigger place, or quit buying stuff.
You're not alone in the reloading addiction.
My main ambition since I retired over a year ago was, to get one main load for each gun I own. Then keep that ammo,(in quantity), with that gun. Still working on that, have completed a couple .
The walls are covered with shelves, Storage on a shelf under the main loading bench, and more under that. Powder is kept in another room, along with loaded ammo ready for the range. I either have to get a bigger place, or quit buying stuff.
You're not alone in the reloading addiction.
My main ambition since I retired over a year ago was, to get one main load for each gun I own. Then keep that ammo,(in quantity), with that gun. Still working on that, have completed a couple .
I have no room for a dedicated reloading area, so planning is the key to overcoming this obstacle.
All my reloading is done on the kitchen table. So scheduling kitchen table time is required. And when this time is available I have to make the most of it. To generate the most ammo in the least amount of time with the lowest investment I went with a Dillon RL550B press. This press is bolted to a 10x20 inch board and stored in a bedroom closet. For use it is hauled out and carefully clamped to the kitchen table. All reloading supplies are stored in various places throughout the house. What ever is needed gets gathered up from storage locations throughout the house and reloading begins. Upon completion of the reloading project everything is put away.
Although inconvenient, over 73000 rounds of multiple calibers in three years using this method. Just imagine the round count if things were easier.
All my reloading is done on the kitchen table. So scheduling kitchen table time is required. And when this time is available I have to make the most of it. To generate the most ammo in the least amount of time with the lowest investment I went with a Dillon RL550B press. This press is bolted to a 10x20 inch board and stored in a bedroom closet. For use it is hauled out and carefully clamped to the kitchen table. All reloading supplies are stored in various places throughout the house. What ever is needed gets gathered up from storage locations throughout the house and reloading begins. Upon completion of the reloading project everything is put away.
Although inconvenient, over 73000 rounds of multiple calibers in three years using this method. Just imagine the round count if things were easier.
carprivershooter
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room never enough
eI have a 10by12 ft space in it is my bench, a cleaning bench, three sets of shelves, and stool. Over the loading bench is cabinet that hold my dies, scale, power feed, and gun cleaning stuff, I am surrounded by my wife's treasures (crap) that she needs for the changing seasons. My shelves are filled with my power,bullets,brass that is cleaned and brass wait to be cleaned, my range bag,three dry storage box filled with loaded ammo. I am happy as pig in warm mud.
eI have a 10by12 ft space in it is my bench, a cleaning bench, three sets of shelves, and stool. Over the loading bench is cabinet that hold my dies, scale, power feed, and gun cleaning stuff, I am surrounded by my wife's treasures (crap) that she needs for the changing seasons. My shelves are filled with my power,bullets,brass that is cleaned and brass wait to be cleaned, my range bag,three dry storage box filled with loaded ammo. I am happy as pig in warm mud.
m&p45acp10+1
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I think it is a just a deal of reloaders. No matter how much room you have you will eventualy run out of room to put stuff.