Reloading Room Ideas

[Metal God]

I'm on Mark VI of my reloading area over a 25 year period, and I'm at the point now where it is optimal for what I do.

My advice is to avoid permanent fixtures to wall and floor initially. You will make changes to whatever you put in place now, and it may take time to optimise.

Exactly my point , don’t lean to far in front of your skies .

 

[joshb]

Classy

That was “new”. I’ve cluttered it up a bit since then.

 

[Metal God]

My old room in it's infancy

 

[Metal God]

My current reloading "area' compared to my gun room :-( It's changed some in the 4 years since Its been done but basically the same as below . I added a small 5 drawer cabinet to the left of chair under bench for dies and small tools and a couple other changes .

 

[Clancy]

Powder is in a cabinet just outside this room, which is a sealed safe with a vault door. It’s next to the garage, where I have a cleaning table, trimmer and tumbler. I did this in the last house as well, and made some tweaks this time.

 

[rwj]

Motorcycle lift to load on and home for bullet press. Adjustable height is very handy.

Eight steps to shooting bench.View attachment 1401380

Is that a bald face hornets nest above the window? How’d did you ensure it was empty?

 

[D Coots]

Is that a bald face hornets nest above the window? How’d did you ensure it was empty?

Ha, another story to that. Good eye. Hornets were no problem. That's the biggest nest I've ever found. It was probably 30' up in a black locust tree, the one with the thorns. It was at least 20 below and the friggin wind was blowing 25mph. By the time I got back on the ground I was about froze. Took it home and it stunk bad, just like they all do, but no hornets. Just a normal deal for me. Anyone that knows me understands that I'm stubborn, not too smart, and never give up. That's how I reached 75....

Later
Dave

 

[JMayo]

This is where the magic happens at my house !

 

[dcali]

It’s got nothing to do with being finished but I do something I don’t often see. I have a work bench - maybe 3x6 sitting int the middle of the room. I have multiple presses, vises, etc mounted all around the perimeter. You have 18 feet of edge space to work with. That way I’m not all cramped and staring at a wall while I work. I hang some bright led lights over the center of the bench and it works really well.

 

[SteveOak]

Honestly, it is a little soft, but it works fine for normal reloading. I always put down an old towel as a cushion when working on a gun. It also helps me to not lose small parts as bad.

Thank you @Mark W

I just got legs for a bench and am looking for a top.

 

[drop_point]

Tylerw02 a lot of nice loading rooms and ideas, one problem I have is a bench that is too Low. My bench is 43-1/2" high I can stand or sit with a high bar stool I prefer to stand and move. No need for raising presses.
Nothing wrong with a lower section as needed. CSL grandpa

That was something I took into consideration with my current bench and built it bar-height. I will likely do that again. Thanks for the reminder!

 

[drop_point]

I disagree with the objective of a combination trophy room - reloading room - study; "trophy room - study" yes, but not reloading. I would encourage you to think about an oversized garage front to back, with the back walled off for a "gun room". A gun room, includes reloading, storage, cleaning & maintenance and repair etc. You are not going to have cleaning and repair in your "study - trophy room" so you'll need another place for it so why not all inclusive to start???

I have the aforementioned setup. Everything in one place, concrete floor with rubber mats placed appropriately, two benches (one for reloading and one for cleaning, maintenance, repair etc.). No issues in garage with smell, spills etc. The most important things to think about right now are not cabinets etc, but wiring, lights and plumbing (shop sink and small countertop - wish I had one...).

I’m planning to have work benches in my garage as well. I planned to have a place for annealing, lead furnace, and bullet swaging. I also do a little bit of kydex work for holsters and knife sheaths. Right now I have everything in an unfinished room in my basement. Makes me nervous annealing inside my reloading room, though I do take precautions.

 

[Mark W]

Thank you @Mark W

I just got legs for a bench and am looking for a top.

Here’s a couple of pics from the bottom to show you how I assembled the top. The birch plywood is just screwed down to the 2”x12”s. It’s heavy and very solid.

 

[Mark W]

I’m planning to have work benches in my garage as well. I planned to have a place for annealing, lead furnace, and bullet swaging. I also do a little bit of kydex work for holsters and knife sheaths. Right now I have everything in an unfinished room in my basement. Makes me nervous annealing inside my reloading room, though I do take precautions.

I also have a bench in the garage where I do any annealing as well as a lot of my gun cleaning and decapping if it’s not too cold. Being in the basement, my loading room traps smells pretty bad. If I would have finished the basement myself, I would have rigged up some ventilation.

 

[drop_point]

Here is what I’m currently working with, planning to keep the size the same approximately.

 

[drop_point]

Terrible carpentry done by myself. I plan to have my father help me next time, he’s a custom cabinet maker by trade, now retired.

 

[MDT6BRA]

I reload in my basement. Really the only thing I have done different from the picture is my rifle cradle is mounted on a lazy Susan and mounted to the bench. It handy to spin the rifle or turn it toward the door for bore sighting. Cant have enough space!

 

[Kracken McGraw]

It’s got nothing to do with being finished but I do something I don’t often see. I have a work bench - maybe 3x6 sitting int the middle of the room. I have multiple presses, vises, etc mounted all around the perimeter. You have 18 feet of edge space to work with. That way I’m not all cramped and staring at a wall while I work. I hang some bright led lights over the center of the bench and it works really well.

That’s really a great idea. I have a poly topped leather workin-cutting bench like that in the middle of a room, it is so handy to circle that bench to get what your after.

 

[nakneker]

Terrible carpentry done by myself. I plan to have my father help me next time, he’s a custom cabinet maker by trade, now retired.

Looks like you did pretty good to me, I’ve seen much worse. Nice set up.

 

[acloco]

An item to keep an eye out for, that works SUPERB for bench tops, "seconds" or returns of solid oak doors at your favorite wood store.

I sanded mine and sealed with clear satin varathane/urethane.