Pictures of your reloading bench/equipment

Ok so these are good than.. I dont have to go out and Spend that $5-$6 for the Plastic ones that places sell? I just figured these would be perfectly ok.
 
My turn

I built mine 40 years ago. Seeing some of these setups makes me very jealous!

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Well here is my Finished REloading Bench. I had to add the 2x6 on the Side to mount the Press due to not being able to get Bolts long enough to go through the 2x6 standing on side on the edge of the Table. Everything works perfect and all I am doing is waiting for .40 Cal FMJ's to arrive and I should be loading by the weekend. Not too bad for my first Reloading Bench.

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Nice looking setups guys! I just got into reloading about a month ago so I don't have a lot of stuff yet. I've loaded around 250 rounds so far. It's a Lee Challenger press with the Lee Autoprime and powder measurer. Works great! Realoading is so much fun, I'm officially an addict. If I'm not down there screwing around with something I'm finding myself researching and planning loads to make.:D So far I load .22-250, .220 Swift, .25-06, .308 and .300 WSM.

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Kitchen Table

I bought my Dillon 550 last year and wanted to be able to use it at any time, so I bolted it to the kitchen table. I wasn't using it to eat off of anyway. The garage has too much temperature fluctuation during winter months and it's not heated. The table works pretty well, but I want something a little more sturdy, so I think I am going to get a workbench from Harbor Freight. I looked at one yesterday and it seems sturdy and the drawers will be good for storage. It's also on sale until 5/11. I will build a small shelving unit to mount to the back for storage also. I also have a small pantry in the kitchen I use for storage of bulk bullets, brass, powder, primers, corn cob, walnut and anything else that won't fit on my bench.
 
"BigAl, I guessing your single."

Why do you say that? Because I don't eat at the kitchen table or because my 550 is bolted to it? Good guess anyway.
 
I built my bench back in 1984 and never imagined that I would need more room. I do my shot shell reloading in the basement, becasue there isn't enough room to store the wads, hulls, and shot in my gun room.

The left hand portion of the bench, above the scales, is a powder mill. There are 3 seperat soldered bins that feel similar as the powder trickler by using the rods that protrude from the panel. They feed into a small hopper down a tube into the pan of the scale.

There are some really well thought out ideas that you guys have come up with.
 

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Here's mine. I don't do a lot of reloading so I went with something portable. When I'm ready to reload I just wheel it out to a table. All my tools and dies are in the drawers. When done I pack it back up and put it in the man cave.

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my lil bench

Here's my lil space. My home made work bench. All my powder, primers, loaded ammo is stored in my built in locking cabinet under the table.

Seeing some of you guy's benches makes me a lil jealous:), actually its not your benches, its all the powder/components you have that I've been looking for!!!!:D

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My brother in law and I built my bench this weekend. Actually, my brother in law did most of the work and I helped out. I'm not all that good with woodworking so, I left it to him to do the important stuff.

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I can't wait to get my own house and have me a Man Size Reloading Room. I rent right now and don't want to waste money on something that I have to move.
Seeing all you guy's rooms and reloading stuff has gave me some GOOD ideas. PLEASE keep on posting those great pictures and ideas. :D
 
This works for me. The one innovation that I'm proud of is the circular cutting board. I can mount several pieces of equipment and then rotate it to my work space as needed.
 

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absolutely love them ALL!!! Something about all that brass and powder and tools... :)

I'm trying to finish up my workshop and set up a bench so I can start reloading... CANT WAIT!
 
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The powder, primers and loaded ammo is in the cabinet on the right, under lock and key. There's two other chest of drawers where the unloaded empties, holsters, etc are kept. The radios on the left are the remnants of my ham station that I used to play with, but I haven't put up an antenna at this house yet. I have a trap vertical that needs a mast. It's all tubes and "condensers" and I call it Kon Tiki because it drifts all over the place. Lots of fun on CW! Opposite this bench is another with more general tools and electronics on it for my other hobbies, including a gunsmithing vise, gouges, chisels, files and such for making stocks. I plan to make another Kentucky flint rifle from a Track of the Wolf kit this coming winter.
 
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Here is my setup, it is in a spare bedroom. I also have a Cabelas safe in the same room. I keep all of my shooting, reloading and hunting gear in the closet of that room.
 

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Here is my bench. 4'x2' in my apartment. In my bedroom.
 

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