keeping reloading equipment in cold garage? Bad?

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WEll the only room I have to reload is in my brothers uninsulated garage, of course I d be keeping the powders/ primers/bullets/brass inside, but would the cold have any detrimental effect on the press, scale, or powder measure?

I dont see it being a problem but I could be wrong

thanks in advance

Mike
 
I would keep it all outside. changing the temp of the components will cause condensation, and could give you damp powder. keep the components in an old locking file cabinet, cooler with padlock or similar, or find a way to get it all inside for storage and your reloading sessions.
 
Depending on the moisture, your tools could rust. I reload in my basement, and some of the tools I bought a few months ago are starting to rust on me. No impact on performance, just cosmetics.

You might want to keep track of your scale though, what I do is weigh a toonie, mark down the weight and weigh it every month or so to see if there is any variation.
 
OP, that is a bad idea.
Try a little harder to think of something better, where it would be at room temperature.
Bedroom, kitchen, living room, etc.
 
I find that with my sort of heated garage the press becomes stiff and more problems appear when it's cold outside, have insulation and heater, but not big enough when it's really cold outside.
 
The fellow that taught me reloading 40 years ago kept all his stuff in a unheated shop with a dirt floor, his son still uses this shop. I wouldn`t myself because of condensation concerns, my loading room is in the basement.
 
The most important element is the powder storage--it needs to be kept at a relatively constant temperature. hot-cold-hot =-etc cycles can cause it to deteriorate prematurely--everything else should be ok if you keep the powder at home and take it over when you load.
 
I wouldn't keep my stuff outside but where you live would make a difference in relations to temperature and moisture. Prairies right over to Calgary the moisture would not concern me as much as Ontario and East.
 
Lyallpeder said:
I would rather use this and do it on the kitchen floor.

http://www.cabelas.ca/index.cfm?pageID=71&§ion=1187§ion2=1285§ion3=1474&ID=25933
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I have one of those. They work very well and produce some very accurate ammunition as well as conserve space.

When I first started to shoot Hunter Benchrest, I used one of those for the first season and finally managed to put together a Wilson arbor press with appropriate neck sizing dies.

In the end, I didn't notice any real difference in the quality of the ammo. I bought a second hand vice just to compare it against the first one. No difference. They both produced consistent, straight, neck resized ammo. The whole set up fit into a lunch box, including bullets, powder, scale, primers lube brushes vice and Lee Neck size dies.

The only drawback with this vice is that it neck sizes only. If you are shooting a semi auto or insist on full length sizing all of your hunting rounds, you will need a press that supplies more mechanical advantage.
 
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