Charging and seating at the range, need ideas.

[LHSmith]

I use glass vials. The plastic ones will frustrate you with powder sticking inside. Carry them in the big MTM 100 round boxes.

 

[dannyjbiggs]

To mitigate the wind effect on my scale, late last century I constructed a wooden box frame and covered it in thin plexiglass to shelter my 10-10 scale and powder trickler. Contraption had an opening on right to allow managing the scale and trickler with right hand, and a smaller door or left to assist. That door has a plexiglass door. When wind was really bad, I used a towel on right door. Box only has 3 legs to ensure easy leveling on the shooting bench.

 

[Rat Rifle]

I’m not smart enough to come up with this alone, blame Jeff @newbieshooter

Hey, Me neither. Wasn’t My Idea, but I like it !

 

[Rat Rifle]

I use 4ML plastic vials with preloaded charges, hand prime prepped cases and seat bullets at the gun range

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You ever get pulled over with that stash in Your rig ???

 

[AlNyhus]

I use some plastic vials at times. Static Guard on a dryer sheet and rub the inside works great.

 

[quest450]

You ever get pulled over with that stash in Your rig ???

not planning on going north of the Mason-Dixon line anytime soon

 

[Rat Rifle]

not planning on going north of the Mason-Dixon line anytime soon

I’m headed north tomorrow. Hope to shoot at Whitehorse next weekend. Looking forward to seeing friends I missed last year. And we will tilt a cold beverage in remembrance of Stan Taylor

BUT IT WON’t BE A bud lite

 

[RegionRat]

Here's to Stan Taylor
Memory Eternal.

 

[jackieschmidt]

I do not load anywhere but the range.

As a Short Range Group and Score competitor, I always load the same as at a Match, where we reload our cases after each group or target.As you can see by my setup, it sure does not have to be complicated.

Here is my 30BR set up. Pretty simple.

 

[JDBraddy]

Everything needed fits in the black range bag on the table.

 

[MUP]

Some great setups for sure! If wind is your major concern, and you have your own press table or are able to mount it to an existing range table, then might just consider measuring your powder charges in the truck/SUV maybe? Then bring your charged cases out in a tray to finish up at the bench?

 

[Shooter13]

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Everything needed fits in the black range bag on the table.

Naw, you can't get that stool in there!! LOL Looks good!

 

[Shooter13]

I do not load anywhere but the range.

As a Short Range Group and Score competitor, I always load the same as at a Match, where we reload our cases after each group or target.As you can see by my setup, it sure does not have to be complicated.

Here is my 30BR set up. Pretty simple.View attachment 1435537

Jackie,
I see the coffee cup so all's good!!

 

[BowWow]

Ok... now the hamster is turning the wheel a little better! Thanks for sharing your set ups.

We do have a storage building that could protect the scales from the wind. I can also buy an inexpensive case for the Chargemaster (I threw the box away). This should leave me space for my seating dies/calipers/guages. I have an arbor press on order, so I should be able to put something together the next month or so.

I also have an unused RCBS uniflow with the stand some C clamps laying around. I also have a birdfeeder with plexiglass sides that I could repurpose use it for a beam scale and the powder trickler. I would just have to seal up the bottom tray and drill a hole in the side for the powder trickler handle.... eezy peezy.

 

[Tricky5225]

Al
I like the Butler Creek flip up scope cover you've re-purposed as a lid for your B&M powder measure. That's ingenious.
I've got 3 B&M's. One of the most repeatable measure I have.

 

[JDBraddy]

When I use my Chargemaster 1500 at the range, the cover is on detents, just open one side, swing it out of the way, remove and replace pan, and close it again. This blocks most of the wind and vibration from others firing. To block the last little bit that gets underneath, an inexpensive 3-D printed air-dam bought from e-bay for $5 or cut from appropriately sized PVC pipe works well.

 

[jackieschmidt]

Some great setups for sure! If wind is your major concern, and you have your own press table or are able to mount it to an existing range table, then might just consider measuring your powder charges in the truck/SUV maybe? Then bring your charged cases out in a tray to finish up at the bench?

I know that quite a few shooters consider the RCBS Chargemasters as junk, but it does a great job for Short Range Group and Score.

A you can see in the picture, I favor the ChargeMaster Lite. It does what I want it to do, and has a VERY affective wind guard. Probably the best.
I load in all sorts of winds with no I’ll affects.

 

[crowsnest2002]

Portable reloading box

I picked up a spare press over the weekend and for some reason I felt like I needed another project. So with a stair tread, a few spare oak boards, a dewalt battery circular saw, impact driver, and drill this is what I created for around the house. I figured I’d share because google didn’t...

forum.accurateshooter.com

 

[JimSC]

My biggest problem was when I tried to transfer the powder from the pan to the case. Invariably a puff of wind would blow ??? grains from the pan to the bench. When you are doing a load workup not knowing if the charge is .2, .3, or more shy did not cut it. Rethrowing and remeasuring charges outweighed any possible benefits for me. Setting up in the club classroom or restroom worked best, but walking there and back every three shots was annoying and a waste of good range time.

Doing the seating depth testing is great though. Determine where touch is with your rifle and bullet then load 50 rounds of a given charge with the bullets seated at either touch or the maximum desired amount of jam. Once at the range set up a cheap press, lay out your calipers and comparator, start re-seating at whatever depth you want to start, shoot three rounds, evaluate then rinse and repeat till you are satisfied with your group. No bullets to pull when you get home

I will leave the range loading of powder to the short-range BR guys who throw directly to the case using Harrels for repeatability.