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At the range reloading setups

Wolfdog91

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I've seen at three range set ups from time to time online like this one in an old Varmint magazineIMG_20221109_135158611.jpg
That's and I saw F-Class John on YouTube where he was doing something similar with searching depth and one of those lee hand presses. Think is really really cool honestly and what's to see if some of y'all who do this alot wouldn't mind sharing some pics of your set ups
 
My Rockchucker is mounted to my loading bench with C-clamps. It goes to the range with me. C-clamed to a concrete bench. If you don't have a concrete bench make a z shaped bracket to go in a receiver hitch. Prep brass at home and play with different bullets, seating depth and powder charge with a minimum of time and components consumed. My Br setup is as pictured.
 
Now that's pretty cool ! Question though ,noticed you have both an arbor press and a regular one , any reason for that ? Also what brand digital scale is that ?
Thanks
I am sizing with the threaded press and seating with the arbor. The digital scale is an RCBS.
 
I really do not have a loading area at home.
I always load at the range, whether at a Match or just fooling around.

Jackie, what cartridge are you loading with AA-2495?

I recently tried it in one of my 7.5t 6-BRs. It shot really well, but didn't meter well out of the Harrell's. I had to use the Chargemaster.
 
Jackie, what cartridge are you loading with AA-2495?

I recently tried it in one of my 7.5t 6-BRs. It shot really well, but didn't meter well out of the Harrell's. I had to use the Chargemaster.
80 grn Barts Dominator in my standard 6BR.
2495 is pretty course. You just about have to weigh it.
 
80 grn Barts Dominator in my standard 6BR.
2495 is pretty course. You just about have to weigh it.

The coarseness is the first thing I noticed about it.

Ran some through the Harrell's and decided that wasn't gonna work so, into the Chargemaster it went.

Accuracy was fine, and I went ahead and shot it out at 800 and 1k.
Trajectory was a little lower than my normal load and the calculator showed that it was most likely running 50fps slower than the previous load.
Going up in charge, pressure spiked pretty quickly.

What I didn't do was to run it over the chrono and get the actual velocity. With the inability to drop charges with the Harrell's, it's kind of a no-go for me.
 
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At one time I reloaded at the Range for NBRSA Hunter Bench-Rest but no longer do. Now I just do load development . Just add bullets, brass primers, and powder to my box and away I go. One problem, I can't lift it without taking stuff out. I could probably cut it down a little but it still would be too heavy for me to lift fully loaded.
 

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I admire guys who have the discipline to be able to reload at the range.

I had a friend who was an avid benchrest shooter that had a set up in his van with a reloading table and all the essentials. He would load a few, test them, then go back into the van, load a few more and test them. It was a really effective and efficient system especially for load development.
 


I got this box. Works very well. I also carry my RCBS ChargeMaster with a battery pack. Plus whatever small things I need at the range.
 

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