A Christmas present to myself -- my reloading bench and kit

You do realise that with reloading your spending actually accellerates over time? :D

I think you made some very good choices. You got nice equipment without going into the uber price bracket. Although I know Hornady calipers are expensive, I have some I never use as I also have $14 canadian tire calipers which read the same.

I'm now a few years into my reloading and I think I will upgrade my Lee breech lock Challenger press to that shiny red Classic Cast. :)

Merry Christmas.
 
Surprising how quick it adds up. I started with a lee press kit for 150$

I now have 2 electronic scales,Rcbs auto dispenser, couple balances, 3 manual measures. 2 rock chuckers, turret press, 2 lubrisizers, couple lee presses, about 25 die sets, 20 powders, 2 case trimmers, boxes of lee trimmers and others bits. Thousands of primers, case lube, trimmers, deburring, flashhole tools, etc, etc, Then the casting stuff!
 
warrenb said:
You do realise that with reloading your spending actually accellerates over time? :D

I think you made some very good choices. You got nice equipment without going into the uber price bracket. Although I know Hornady calipers are expensive, I have some I never use as I also have $14 canadian tire calipers which read the same.

I'm now a few years into my reloading and I think I will upgrade my Lee breech lock Challenger press to that shiny red Classic Cast. :)

Merry Christmas.
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Yep... in fact, I'm going to get a set of 7.62x39 dies just to prove that the SKS can shoot 2 inch or less groups at 100 meters with handloads :confused::);)
 
randas said:
PS you need to make more than one round of each load you want to test :D;)
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They were just to test the press, powder dispenser, etc.

I plan on making 5-10 of every configuraton I can afford until I find a recipe that shoots best out of my Savage 10BA.

This is going to get expensive ! Who said this will be a cost effective approach to shooting?? :p
 
juanvaldez said:
Surprising how quick it adds up. I started with a lee press kit for 150$

I now have 2 electronic scales,Rcbs auto dispenser, couple balances, 3 manual measures. 2 rock chuckers, turret press, 2 lubrisizers, couple lee presses, about 25 die sets, 20 powders, 2 case trimmers, boxes of lee trimmers and others bits. Thousands of primers, case lube, trimmers, deburring, flashhole tools, etc, etc, Then the casting stuff!
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:eek: Nice !

I think I will be happy with just the one press for now, but I definitely will be buying more dies, different powders, primers, and more brass.

The only other thing I need, which I don't seem to have, is TIME !! How do you guys with young families pull it off?
 
Nice setup, but be sure to calibrate that scale EVERY time you use it. Fresh batteries are a must. I have one of those and replaced it with the Hornady AC powered bench scale, and I much prefer it, no weak batteries to throw off calibration halfway through a reloading session.
 
Fracture said:
Nice setup, but be sure to calibrate that scale EVERY time you use it. Fresh batteries are a must. I have one of those and replaced it with the Hornady AC powered bench scale, and I much prefer it, no weak batteries to throw off calibration halfway through a reloading session.
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Its not really my primary scale, I will be relying upon my Lyman powder dispenser.
However, it is a nice little portable scale. And you are right, I will keep an eye on the batteries. As a matter of habit, I constantly recalibrate anyway.
 
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