I finally have the reloading bench I've always wanted!

It took me two years after our move, in part because I had to finish putting together the shop and build that workbench first, but I finally finished building my reloading bench. It’s a treat; at our old house I had almost no shop space. I had my Dillon bolted to a crappy steel desk I’d picked up on the street on trash day, and to use the MEC or RCBS single stage I had to clear space on another small bench and clamp it down. Finally I’ve got room to have them all set up at once, including a second Dillon my father in law passed down to me many years ago.

It’s an 8’ bench and built like a tank. From right to left there is an RCBS powder measure, an RCBS Rock Chucker, two Dillon 550B’s (I never have to change back and for the between small and large primer feeds again!) and a MEC Sizemaster. in 12 Ga. There is room on the end to mount a Lee 20 gauge press I’ve never used, but frankly, I’ll probably never use it here, either.

Just out of frame is a smaller Harbor Freight workbench for gunsmithing/gun cleaning work. Just out the window is a great view of the lake.

I loaded up my first 150 rounds of .45 ACP this morning, and by noon it was gone…

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That is a great setup. I feel your pain on the no space issue. I have way too much stuff for the size of my house, but get by reloading at my home office desk. Just clamp the Rock Chucker to the desk when needed, and the MEC Grabber off to the side mounted to a cheap harbor freight table saw stand.

Man, it’ll be nice to just sit down and have at it instead of fiddling with setting up and then breaking down every time. Gets tedious.