shooterbenedetto Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 i have been thinkin of getting a cheap enough reloader to be brought to the shooting range and find a good loads to different guns. What would you guys recommend as a reloader? Thinkin of Dillon 550 that can be clamped on a bench, then off course with a tool box full of different powders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeman711 Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Sounds like a good idea.Mount it on a good solid piece of wood(1.5"by 4" or 2"by6") and take a couple of different size clamps with you to secure to benches or platforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWFAN Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I bet a Lee turret would be a good one for that purpose. Less bulky and cheaper too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFlowers Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I use a Lee Handloader. Built sort of like a pecan cracker, its slow but more than capable of allowing me to load 5-10 rounds sitting on the tailgate to evaluate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbean Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 i have been thinkin of getting a cheap enough reloader to be brought to the shooting range and find a good loads to different guns. What would you guys recommend as a reloader? Thinkin of Dillon 550 that can be clamped on a bench, then off course with a tool box full of different powders. Unless you're going to reload the rest of your rounds on that same reloader, you could be stting yourself up for consistency issues if the powder drop/OAL/crimp/whatever varied from your portable unit to your primary press. What I'd like to see would be an enclosed chrono/backstop setup that would let me chrono indoors or nearer the press. Then you could run off 10 or 20 rounds, test, adjust, repeat until you had your desired results. BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMartens Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 SDB will mount pretty easily on a board and then clamp to a bench. Then load up a scale and calipers and something to block the wind and you would have everything you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterbenedetto Posted May 31, 2011 Author Share Posted May 31, 2011 Ah sounds all good! Thanks for the replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whistlepig Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 See it all the time with Benchresters and precision rifle guys.... They tend to use arbor presses with hand dies or single stages. Single stage works pretty well with some prep work before range time. Consider prepping some brass with sizing, belling (if pistola) and priming before you go. Powder measures like Redding with a small stand and clamped down work well, make sure to take scales, have your seat die and crimp die set with locking rings and viola...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugout Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 (edited) Just boil it down to what you need. >Size and prime your brass at home. >Scale, with a wind block. >Seat your bullets with a Lee hand press >Crimp with another lee hand press You need two lee hand presses and shell holders. All you are doing is load testing and you need not get too involved, right. http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=665540 Edited June 4, 2011 by dugout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caz41 Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 There was another post somewhere with someone who rigged a mount up for a SDB to go into the receiver hitch of his jeep. I can't remember where it was posted. He was doing the same thing you are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmclaine Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 just saying... http://www.sinclairintl.com/.aspx/pid=37267/Product/Sinclair_Wooden_Press_Stand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuo Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Huntington Die specialties ( The old RCBS company store) has a small hand press that used to be called a Decker press that uses normal reloading dies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkin Chunker Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Seems simple enough. If you mount a 550 to a strongmount on your regular loading bench, couldn't you unbolt press and strongmount together, to move it onto a separate, portable frame for use on-site? When you have the press set up for load you want, bring the whole thing back, re-attach the press and strongmount to the permanent bench, and load away. Use a loader 'range bag' for wrenches, flip trays, pick-up tubes, and other accountrements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 There was another post somewhere with someone who rigged a mount up for a SDB to go into the receiver hitch of his jeep. I can't remember where it was posted. He was doing the same thing you are talking about. That is the ticket. You just mount it in your receiver hitch and can use the same press that you load on normally. Can't really beat it, as even with a 1050, it doesn't take long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmitchl Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Mounting the press using the receiver hitch works well. I have a single stage Rockchucker set up this way. The more difficult part is getting accurate powder weights. My electronic scales are very sensitive to wind. Without some sort of windscreen I would not trust my powder weights. Fortunately at my range there is a small shed where I can get out of the wind and weigh powder. There was another post somewhere with someone who rigged a mount up for a SDB to go into the receiver hitch of his jeep. I can't remember where it was posted. He was doing the same thing you are talking about. That is the ticket. You just mount it in your receiver hitch and can use the same press that you load on normally. Can't really beat it, as even with a 1050, it doesn't take long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZip Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Ed, I was at the AM/PM the other day, and a guy had a small trailer that was a portable loading bench behind his trailer. He had three presses on it, but they were covered up so I couldn't see what it was he had on it. It was an old robust steel desk with a large wood top, bolted to a small single axle trailer.It had boxes for his stuff. Seemed he could have even fit targets on that thing if he wanted to. I should have taken a picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterbenedetto Posted June 10, 2011 Author Share Posted June 10, 2011 Ed, I was at the AM/PM the other day, and a guy had a small trailer that was a portable loading bench behind his trailer. He had three presses on it, but they were covered up so I couldn't see what it was he had on it. It was an old robust steel desk with a large wood top, bolted to a small single axle trailer.It had boxes for his stuff. Seemed he could have even fit targets on that thing if he wanted to. I should have taken a picture. Dang! that would be awesome to see.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robphillips00 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Lyman makes one but it is die specific. Hds has one on huntingtons site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 The reason I have never sold my SD's. Everything you need will fit in the large Dillon tub. Makes it very fast to work up loads and the powder bar once set will fit into any Dillon powder measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 For the powder measure/wind part, I use a clear cake pan lid (they are sitting on the cooler above). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Smith Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 The more difficult part is getting accurate powder weights. My electronic scales are very sensitive to wind. Without some sort of windscreen I would not trust my powder weights. Fortunately at my range there is a small shed where I can get out of the wind and weigh powder. I recall something someone said one time about this. He carried his stuff in a wooden box with a hinged lid. At the range he emptied the box and turned on it's side and setup the scales inside the box to act as a wind break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 here's a portable mount...easy to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Rader Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I have a mount that fits the hitch receiver also. I put a bottle jack under it and almost lift the truck off the ground to take any wobble out of it and keep the press solid. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 (edited) I did weld two sections of tube to mine this year to provide some shade. Edited August 4, 2011 by jmorris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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