Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Rethinking your reloading area - tight spaces - picture rich

Whether you only have a small area, or an entire building, it's handy to have a rolling tool chest beside you, within easy reach of your measuring tools and accessories.

The first thing I would tell new reloaders is to buy one before spending the bucks on an expensive press or the best dies. It doesn't have to be expensive. A tool chest - even a lighter duty one - lasts forever. Of course, if you give up reloading, a tool chest is always useful, for, um, tools...

The other thing I would suggest is, as your equipment grows, give your used stuff to someone who is just starting out. It helps them immensely, promotes reloading, and keeps your clutter down.

Just finished getting the bench moved into my new place. I've basically been loading out of my range kit like this for awhile. Everything else stays packed away unless I need it. The bench top is drilled and tapped so it's quick to set up my Rockchucker is a heavier press is needed.

Very nice. I use a three drawer steel cabinet, recovered from the side of the road. One man's trash is another man's treasure.

Small, portable setup that I can use for neck sizing and bullet seating.

That looks just about perfect for NS and seating. You have a nice looking press!

I have reloaded in the reloading room.
I have reloaded next to my desk.
I have reloaded in a Honda Element.
I have reloaded in an American 4 wheel camper
I have reloaded at the range.
I have built many reloading benches for myself and others over the last 40 years.

One thing became clear to me in dealing with other guy's: what everyone wants in a reloading setup is different.
Some guys want to listen to the radio, some watch TV. I like to type and watch youtube while reloading at home, and shoot over a chrono while reloading when in Montana.
Some guys want one press. Some want 6 presses set up. Some want them quickly movable with clamps, some want the presses bolted down.