My wife shot her first group shoot today, and loved it. I would like to put her together a Bench box with all of the goodies she might need for the bench. She has a press and dies, but what other must haves might she need. My Benchrest equipment is over 20 years old. What would you buy for a gift box? We are getting into Group shooting after a 15 year layoff for me. What do you have in your box that you can't do without? Thanks, it will be a surprise for her next shoot.
Bench tool box must haves?
- Thread starter Chris Covell
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foxguy
Gold $$ Contributor
Primer pocket cleaner tool, (I like Hornady's).
Also, going to need a Primer Seater tool.
Bolt Grease to keep the Bolts lug's lubed.
Imperial Sizing Die Lube - for resizing the Brass
0000 steel wool for cleaning the outside of the Brass's Necks. (burnt Carbon)
Clean and wipe off before resizing your brass.
that's all that comes to mind.....
Also, going to need a Primer Seater tool.
Bolt Grease to keep the Bolts lug's lubed.
Imperial Sizing Die Lube - for resizing the Brass
0000 steel wool for cleaning the outside of the Brass's Necks. (burnt Carbon)
Clean and wipe off before resizing your brass.
that's all that comes to mind.....
What loading blocks and cartridge boxes are y’all using?
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WDJEFFPPC
Gold $$ Contributor
Small flashlight
+1...
I always carry a small flashlight ,and a magnifying glass/Jeweler's loupe ...saved the day many times .
Ledd Slinger
Silver $$ Contributor
Dont forget optics cleaning cloth and solvent or a lens pen.
I also keep an eye dropper with glass bottle. Keeps the solvent off of your hands when applying it to patches. Dont put cleaner in the eye dropper bottle as some solvents can deteriorate the lid seal, just use the bottle to catch any excess in the dropper when stowing it away.
I also carry a couple water bottles that serve multiple purposes. One reason is for drinking water. Then I also use the water for cleaning solvent from bore brushes and washing my hands clean of any solvent that may get on them.
Of course you also need all necessary tools to tighten optics and rifle screws, a bore guide, cloths for wiping down the cleaning rods, a cleaning patch trap for the muzzle, etc...
I also keep an eye dropper with glass bottle. Keeps the solvent off of your hands when applying it to patches. Dont put cleaner in the eye dropper bottle as some solvents can deteriorate the lid seal, just use the bottle to catch any excess in the dropper when stowing it away.
I also carry a couple water bottles that serve multiple purposes. One reason is for drinking water. Then I also use the water for cleaning solvent from bore brushes and washing my hands clean of any solvent that may get on them.
Of course you also need all necessary tools to tighten optics and rifle screws, a bore guide, cloths for wiping down the cleaning rods, a cleaning patch trap for the muzzle, etc...
I agree and I have one just for cleaning makes it easy.
Infrequent Shooter
Gold $$ Contributor
Try to include a nice older multi-bit screwdriver in it. Adding to a three year old dusty thread.
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