What did you do at your reloading bench today?

[Grunt67]

Really nice set up, Forty.

[fortyshooter]

Well it's my little safe place for reloading...gun storage and muscle car related items and my computer room.
Whether reloading or on the computer Buster and I share the chair....he sits in the back and me on front edge....a big little dog when he wants to be spread out!
The round table my Dillon is clamped to is a tilt table/chair my Dad made 35-40 years ago. He made several for family members. He would be proud of it being used in my reloading activities! A pair of his favorite old mandolins hang above it.

Now what could that oval orange thing be hanging on the wall?

[Hatchdog]

I can’t make out the oval orange thing you commented on but I sure like your Mustang lamp. What a fantastic looking room, your rifle racks are incredible.

[Oldbrass]

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Hot damn Oldbrass! You got 'em, load 'em! Honestly, glad you got them. Load away! What's your powder?
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IMR Target

[Rifletom]

Loading some .357 with the 180's today, then .45 acp for using in my Pietta. Need to get back to the desert soon.

[fortyshooter]

Going thru my plinking loads of various calibers and have plenty of 38/357 and .45 Colt but a bit low on my .44 Magnum 240 gr. with 9.5 Unique.
Will get started on the .44 Mag loads. Have some 240 gr. loads with 6 gr. of Red Dot for really easy accurate target use but like the 9.5 Unique/240 MB load for general use in revolver and rifle.

[Hatchdog]

I thought Ernie’s and Sir Henry’s idea of using a Craftsman type tool chest for organizing reloading/hobby rooms was so clever that I threw caution to the wind and stopped by Lowes to get one. Ernie had mentioned Lowes had a good sale going which they did ($422 for both chests) so no Christmas for the grandkids this year, only me. J/K of course. Yesterday I did the minor assembly on the chest and re-organized my reloading room. I also did a good elimination of un-needed or seldom used items and freed up some shelf and bench top space.

The only downside is now my wife wants to organize the rest of the basement today. Where did that come from

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[fortyshooter]

Yep you opened the door up to further organizing now!!

[fortyshooter]

I can’t make out the oval orange thing you commented on but I sure like your Mustang lamp. What a fantastic looking room, your rifle racks are incredible.

That oval orange thing on the wall is the original air filter element that came off my brother's 1970 Hemicuda. Think it has about 8000 miles on it.
It has the Shaker scoop with the dual Carter 4 bbls. Still has that faint scent of SUNOCO 260 on it.

[Vaquero]

Did a little shootin this afternoon.
So afterwards I de-primed those 45's and chunked 'em in the tumbler.
All clean and ready to be stuffed again.
Maybe tomorrow.

RP

[Headhog]

Went to the range yesterday and burned up most of my 30-06 ammo in the Garand. So out of need I put together some more loads. My favorite load for the Garand is a 150 gr. boattail bullet over IMR 4895. Most books with tell you that 49 gr. of 4895 is a good starting load, but I like to take it easy on the 75 year old M1. I prefer 47.5 gr. and the Garand functions flawlessly.

100 rounds loaded and ready for the next range trip.

Loaded 30-06

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80 rounds in enbloc clips for the Garand.

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Paul

[runnin n gunnin]

Looking good HH ! I see those Missouri bullets on the left side of the bench. Love the M1.

[Headhog]

Looking good HH ! I see those Missouri bullets on the left side of the bench. Love the M1.

RNG thanks. I use Missouri bullets for both my Henry BBS in 357 Mag and my Marlin in 45 Colt. They just flat out perform well.

Paul

[runnin n gunnin]

Same here ! ! !

[fortyshooter]

Cleaning up some 44 Mag brass this afternoon. will be filling them with my all around load of 240 MB SWC and 9 gr. Unique. Great for revolver and lever rifle.

[Rifletom]

Looking good HH ! I see those Missouri bullets on the left side of the bench. Love the M1.

RNG thanks. I use Missouri bullets for both my Henry BBS in 357 Mag and my Marlin in 45 Colt. They just flat out perform well.

Paul

Yes they do! Gads, in the last few days, I've loaded .45 Colt, .45 acp and .357 mag. Getting ready to load more .357/180 loads for the Henry.
The desert is calling! Hear that r-n-g?

[runnin n gunnin]

Oh yeah, I am hearing it ! ! ! Perfect weather, in the 60s with some clouds. Unfortunately I am stuck all weekend with honey do's I have put off for too long and was reminded of it last night !

[BigAl52]

Man I hate it when that happens

[runnin n gunnin]

I'm like a caged animal Big Al, she walked in on me at the bench this afternoon, I was just looking thinks over, I swear ! BACK TO WORK ! ! !

Its all good now, I am deep into a Jameson after a nice rib eye. I hope to finish up tomorrow so I can get back to my "hobby" !

[BigAl52]

Thats the problem with living in that desert country the weather is always just right for more work. Its 10 degrees here no hobby time now and to cold for work. Gonna fix that in a couple weeks headed for the gulf.