New reloading bench

[Knifemaker]

Got my bench put up together today. I'm new to reloading. Been reloading .223,9mm,7.62x39. But I know it's nothing compare to these guys with thousands of dollars into there reloading equipment but I'm just starting out. Started about at the beginning of the year. But like my set up

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My first kinda bench was a heavy built night stand , so your doin great !

 

[Whiskey_Irish]

This post has been in inspiration for me to start as well. Well, that and the fact that I can't find any ammo anywhere for anything close to a sane price. Talk about a bad time to get into shooting!

I just placed a carefully planned order for my first press, scale and dies and can't wait for them to show up. I've gone trough the Lymann manual and starting to read the ABC's of Reloading book and having a great time learning everything.

 

[Helocat]

This post has been in inspiration for me to start as well. Well, that and the fact that I can't find any ammo anywhere for anything close to a sane price. Talk about a bad time to get into shooting!

I just placed a carefully planned order for my first press, scale and dies and can't wait for them to show up. I've gone trough the Lymann manual and starting to read the ABC's of Reloading book and having a great time learning everything.

Thats how you do it! Check around your area for anyone loading that might give you few pointers too.

 

[Whiskey_Irish]

Thanks trying to get some pointers in person sounds like a great idea.

Apparently it's impossible to get primers so I'm dead in the water untill I'm able to get some.

 

[WillametteWill]

Stuff is out there, just trickling in. Picked up some large pistol at Sportsmans last week for their very good price. Small pistol will be difficult. If you have something to reload using large rifle or pistol you may have better luck.

 

[Whiskey_Irish]

I'm doing 9mm and .223 Remington which it looks like are the two most popular calibers ever. I should have gone for a .45 cal and 6.5 Creedmore or an AR10.

 

[awshoot]

Got my bench put up together today. I'm new to reloading. Been reloading .223,9mm,7.62x39. But I know it's nothing compare to these guys with thousands of dollars into there reloading equipment but I'm just starting out. Started about at the beginning of the year. But like my set up

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That's a great setup. You have everything you need right there. The rest of the $1000s you mention, are things that are nice to have, and I have a bunch of that stuff to be sure, but you know what I use all the time? That stuff, right there. I've got $50 doodads I haven't touched in two years -- I shoulda just bought powder. Anyway -- you're good.

 

[awshoot]

We all started somewhere and you have a great start.
I mounted my first press to the out feed table of my table saw...

I used a 2x4' piece of plywood and attached foldable legs.

 

[awshoot]

As far as a top finish for a bench, I'd get a piece of Formica and glue it on. I guess I'm a little overboard on stuff though but it sure makes cleaning up a mess a lot easier.

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Caveman -- I figured you used a rock and a stick to do you're work. And here you have the Taj Mahal reloading room!

 

[asbtg]

Got my bench put up together today. I'm new to reloading. Been reloading .223,9mm,7.62x39. But I know it's nothing compare to these guys with thousands of dollars into there reloading equipment but I'm just starting out. Started about at the beginning of the year. But like my set up

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That's a very nice and functional setup, though I'd add a couple shelves for the inevitable creep that turns you quickly into "these guys with thousands of dollars into their reloading equipment," of said fraternity I may or may not be a member of...

 

[awshoot]

This post has been in inspiration for me to start as well. Well, that and the fact that I can't find any ammo anywhere for anything close to a sane price. Talk about a bad time to get into shooting!

I just placed a carefully planned order for my first press, scale and dies and can't wait for them to show up. I've gone trough the Lymann manual and starting to read the ABC's of Reloading book and having a great time learning everything.

Nice -- Be careful though -- when I started reloading it was so I could afford to go shooting. Somewhere along the way, I realized that I now go shooting because I like reloading.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Caveman -- I figured you used a rock and a stick to do you're work. And here you have the Taj Mahal reloading room!

But it's only a 10'x12' cave, not as big as I wanted to make it. I do believe that if I had to I think I could live in it.

 

[awshoot]

I'm doing 9mm and .223 Remington which it looks like are the two most popular calibers ever. I should have gone for a .45 cal and 6.5 Creedmore or an AR10.

I don't have a .45 anymore but I'm guessing that people who have a stash of .45 brass which takes large pistol primers are feeling pretty smug these days.

 

[awshoot]

Thanks trying to get some pointers in person sounds like a great idea.

Apparently it's impossible to get primers so I'm dead in the water untill I'm able to get some.

You're going to have a hard time online I think, but if you keep making the rounds to your LGS, you might get lucky. Last week I picked up a 1000 Federal AR Match small rifle primers. The box just sitting on the shelf all lonely like nobody wanted it.