Added anything interesting to your reloading bench lately?

I bought a totally cool bullet puller, it was new old stock ..... 30 YEARS OLD! It is a Corbin product that is shaped like wire strippers with 5 different size holes for 5 different diameter bullets. The loaded cartridge gets run up through the die opening (no die) and through the proper size hole in the puller. Squeezing the handle grabs the bullet. The bullet gets pulled on the down stroke of the ram. Quick and easy to control.

I also added a second RCBS bench mount primer tool. I found a body that needed the spring plunger. Now I have one set up for each large and small primers.

The last thing was an oil dispenser with a needle fitting. Very stingy with the oil and the thin needle gets into lots of tight places.

Sounds like your getting that sweet looking bench really set up nice Flash. I've started loading this week as it's snowed me out of my coyote hunting places. Got 500 220 Swift cases to stuff for a friend and about that many or more 204 cases to load for the upcoming ground squirrel and rock chuck season. I'm going to cast a couple thousand bullets in 38 and 41 caliber for plinking loads. Sure wish I could get a shot cup for the 41 mag case like you can for the 38 and 44 and 45 cases that Speer makes.

The last few years have been so mild that I could coyote hunt all winter, but I've a foot of snow in my front yard at 1350 feet. Up on the prairie the drifts are over 20 feet deep again and all my calling places are simply snowed in and impossible to get to short of skies, snowshoes or a snowmobile. It's a good time to load ammo in my nice heated shop.

I may have an extra one of those RCBS bench mounted primer tools, I'll look around for it. If I can find it your welcome to it. I went to the Lee hand primer tools years ago and got away from the bench tools. I got one in a loading equipment swap a few years ago and my have it or some parts of it around.

I really don't need another rifle, but sure would like to have one of those CZ fullstocks like your 243 only in either a 6.5 by 55 or the 9.3 by 62. Either would make a dandy deer rifle. I'm still planning on putting a full stock on my grand daughters Rem model 7 308 carbine for here Christmas present next year. It looks like I'm going to have to make a checkering cradle and get a new set of checkering tools.

Well all I've added is the room, an 8'x12' utility building. It's got heat and air and a frig. I've put and old windows 98 puter out there to run my shooter softwear on.
I also have a fair stock of Beartooth cast bullets to expiriment with in the off season. I did add a Lee powder measure but I still like the Lee dippers better, as they're more accurate than the Lee or RCBS measure!
I'm going to put a fold away gunsmithing table in there as well.
But my newest toy is an industrial embroidery sewing machine, not in the reloading room though.

Bob - I have some loading to do too but not near as much as you described. I'll load a hundred or so Fireball cases next week. That dinky case sure is powder friendly and is definately an over-achiever for its size. I still use a single stage press for all my loading activities. I will pick up a turret some day. I don't NEED one and I am a patient person so I'll wait for a good deal on something I want. I have two Ultramags on the bench and got both of them for less than half of retail. There are very few things on the bench that I bought brand new. eBay is still a good source of handloading equipment even though they quit selling components.

fornra - Seems the Lee dippers get a lot of bad press but I like them. I use them whenever I can. It also seems that if something is not complicated it can't be any good. I subscribe to the simple yet elegant way and the tools I use show it. The room is a big deal.....good for you. Do you do embroidery professionaly? We have a friend in Montana who has made a small business offering custom embroidery.

"Seems the Lee dippers get a lot of bad press but I like them. I use them whenever I can. It also seems that if something is not complicated it can't be any good."

Well said. I think that explains most of the current fasination with cranky digital reloading scales!

I added a big shelf to the top of my bench, a very welcome addition. As far as new things, I got a Turret press, moved the single stage over about 8", added a MEC super sizer. Now I have room for the powder measure and trimmer on the top shelf. I just cut up a salvaged 2x10 and made 16" sides. I have a nice place to stack my dies and bullet boxes without them always tipping over and I got them out of my storage drawer. I would like some plastic/steel bins to store loose items. I might head over to the dollar store and pick up some steel bread pans, I like that idea, plastic sucks anyway.

I went through a fit of organization a couple of years ago and bought a bunch of small plastic storage drawers at Wally World. They work great as long as I use them. :) The shelf is a good idea, I like what Bob Faucett did too, keeping his powder dispensers and scale up a level. I need to get my scale elevated. A shelf might just be the way to go.

I have an electronic scale, so I don't worry about that, but having the powder measure and trimmer up on the upper portion is very handy.

My main problem is that my bench is low to the ground so I have to bend over quite a bit to fully use my press, which isn't a big deal, but after a couple hundred rounds it got pretty annoying. The turret press is much nicer though.

I desperately need to get my gun room cleaned out. Right now there is just a path to the COAX press! I'm still adding shelves and now I'll have to build another rack to put long guns in. The gun cabinet is full and he overflow is standing in corners or in gun cases. I don't like to leave guns in cases for very long because it seems to make them turn brown. :(

The worst thing is if I leave the door unlocked, the little missus takes that oportunity to put "stuff" on the bench that she says I leave out. :mad: I'm going to start putting the "stuff" she leaves out on her dresser and see how that flies. I wonder how her saddle would look on her 18th century antique oak dresser next time she leaves it in the middle of the basement floor. :D Hmmmm maybe I'd better rethink that one. :confused:

RJ

I've recently added a Forester Co-Ax press that my wife was kind enough to buy me for Christmas. I love this thing. The snap in and out die change is great and I really like the primer station for rifle calibers, although I still use my hand primer for pistol calibers. I also added a new set for Redding Dies for 308 win. to the mix. I just wanted to give them a try after hearing a bunch of guys on here rant and rave about how good they are. I previously had been using a set of Lee dies with the collet neck sizer. I have seen a little increase in accuracy since using the new stuff. I liked the ease of use with the collet die but I didn't feel like I was getting the same amout of neck tension each time. With the Redding neck sizer the neck tension seems real consistent. I gave my old Lee Challenger press to a good buddy of mine to get him started in reloading. He will soon be addicted like the rest of us. LOL

I recently acquired an RCBS ChargeMaster 1500. I really like the ease and accuracy of the loads, if you want 35.5 gns, just punch it in and let it do it's thing. Slower than a powder measure for sure, but not too bad. Can't beat the accuracy of though. I'm waiting for a new CoAx, should be here next couple of days. Think I'll try the Redding dies as well, I currently have RCBS dies and have had good luck, but I do like the idea of a carbide neck button upgrade available for the Reddings. I did have a set of 243 Redding dies that the decapping pin/button assembly was so far out of concentricity that I exchanged for another set, same deal. Looked at an RCBS set and looked perfect. Hope it was just a bad run of Redding stuff.

This is the bullet puller. Anyone use one like this?

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