consider loading at the range

[chevytruck_83]

i would like to make a suggestion to anyone that has to do load development with the current supply conditions. consider getting quality tools to load only a few.at a time while at the range to eliminate wasting more of your valuable supplies then u have to. also helps keep the barrel cool.

 

[flyinbrian]

This is good advice. I've done it more than once with a Lee scale and hand press.

 

[Glenn Powell]

Funny, I received my Harrels press in the mail today! ;D All I need to do now is finish the box for my scale and I will be ready to rock and roll.

 

[Nvreloader]

That's what I do, have a box laid on the side to set the scale inside and my press fits on a mount that uses the tow hitch, I use this with the Caravan camper shell.

I just size the brass, seat the primers, bring the cases, powder scales and bullets and build the loads right at the range, along with the ballistic programs on the IPad to get in the correct area for long range.

Saves lots of travel time back and forth, until I get the new 300 yd range built at the shop.

YMMV,

Tia,
Don

 

[Lapua40X]

A lot of our local competition shooters have "kits" they use to reload at the range, saving them an enormous amount of time in load development. Only real difficulty is finding a location for zero wind (like no breeze of any kind) to affect scales. Some weigh powder charges inside their vehicle (some are fortunate enough to have a slide in camper on their truck)

 

[BoydAllen]

I have posted this before. The front was originally plexiglass, but I found that it held a static charge, so it was replaced with tempered plate glass. With the trickler on the inside, wind is not an issue.

 

[chevytruck_83]

very nice. I'm thinking rcbs chargemaster combo with power inverter inside my suv

 

[fredhorace77]

often times i load at the range but ive always pre weighed my powder at home then assemble at the range. I have about 300 of the old 35mm film canisters from my college days when BW photography was popular. I dump the powder in them and label the tops with a marker. Doesnt take long for me to put some rounds together. This is especially helpful considering the closest rifle range is an hour away from me. Makes the trip more productive that way

 

[rpierce]

ive used the inverter with the chargemaster in the focus more than once. I use wilson dies so that makes it alot easier reloading at the range. 1 trip and youve got a load. better than preloading and getting there and realizing theyre not gonna cut the mustard. Having a brux barrel also makes load development alot easier. Ive never spent more than 15-20 rounds searching for a load. They've all shot 1" at 600.

 

[savagedasher]

Our two major ranges have power so the charge master works .Now for the good part we also have aircondition reloading room. I have Ben doing some testing on final seating just before u shoot. I have found that inside neck cleaning has big effect on SD just like how long the bullet has Ben seated. Good Shooting Larry

 

[chevytruck_83]

Our two major ranges have power so the charge master works .Now for the good part we also have aircondition reloading room. I have Ben doing some testing on final seating just before u shoot. I have found that inside neck cleaning has big effect on SD just like how long the bullet has Ben seated. Good Shooting Larry

now that's just not fair.

 

[bheadboy]

i purchased 50 glass /screw cap vials at the drug store, about the size of a 7-08 case -

when i want to try loads or a ladder test, i measure the powder and put in a vial, seal, lable 5- 6 each load.

then at the range i have pre determined charges to use, all i have to do is size, prime and then put the powder in /seat the bullet.

i use a set of hand dies a la br for the range, the seater has a screw adjustment for testin seating depth, etc.

Bob

 

[DRNewcomb]

often times i load at the range but ive always pre weighed my powder at home then assemble at the range. I have about 300 of the old 35mm film canisters from my college days when BW photography was popular. I dump the powder in them and label the tops with a marker. Doesnt take long for me to put some rounds together. This is especially helpful considering the closest rifle range is an hour away from me. Makes the trip more productive that way

This sounds like a great idea. When working up loads, I tend to load up to what I think I might shoot and then break down those I don't shoot, recovering the components. Pre-weighed charges combined with a portable press would answer the question of how to handle a scale in outdoor conditions.

 

[BoydAllen]

About the only time that I use the wind box in the picture is when I am helping a friend work up a hunting load that requires some hard to throw powder. The rest of the time, having practiced a lot throwing charges, that is what I do, when working with powders that can be thrown +- .1.

 

[GarethMarijt]

I don't load at the range, but I do pre-weigh charges. I bought a box of glass test-tubes similar in style to these http://www.plastictesttubes.co.uk/polypropylene-80mm-x-25mm--test-tubes-with-screw-lids-74-p.asp . Luckily the ones I got fitted perfectly into an MTM R100 box, so storage and carriage is easy.

I apologize that I can't find the correct link to the company/product, but you get the gist from the photo
Gareth

 

[284driver]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0018EKKX4/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?ref_=pd_sim_sbs_hpc_1

Are these the tubes you are referring to?

 

[GarethMarijt]

very similar, I'll see if I still have the receipt, if so I'll post up (but it will be a UK site)

Gareth

 

[Nvreloader]

I use the box, laid on it's side for the scale use, inside the Caravan and have found no problems with the wind, unless it is blowing 10-15 mph, then I head home.

I like the made anti wind box, will have to make one, should work real nice inside the camper shell. Anything to correct or modify that you know of?

If you know a diabetic person, you can get for free, those test strips bottles they go thru by the hundreds, they make good load bottles for temp use.

As a test, I did put several type/makes of powders into these bottles, and let then set for several months, to be sure the plastic and powder DID NOT REACT to each other, found NO problems.

Chew cans are also great for this type of stuff also, along with numerous other things to use them for. YMMV,

Tia,
Don

 

[BoydAllen]

If you are asking about the one that I posted a picture of, just remember to either use a non static plastic, or glass and you should be fine. Mine was designed to use outdoors. The hand hold at the top of the glass seals against the box at the same time as the bottom of the glass touches it. The hole that the trickler handle fits through is a close fit. My friend Ed Hellam made mine, and one for himself. It was my idea and design. About the only thing that I might do is make some sort of easy way to hold the glass in the raised position, but I really have not needed it. I just raise with one hand, and place or remove the pan with the other. If I am setting up the scale, I just remove the glass, setting it on a piece of cloth.

 

[Glenn Powell]

I haven't got the glass for mine yet, but I am planning on having it slide side to side instead of lifting it. As to the trickler, I got me a Dandy Powder Trickler. Everything will be contained in the box but the measure(I am thinking Lee), and trickler controls.

I am also thinking of making it into a cleaning station.