My reloading bench is a disaster and my ammo is perfect

[Trigga]

My bench looks like chaos most days. Primers sit in one corner, the powder measure is somewhere else and the scale is usually buried under a notebook. The dies are never where I think they are but every charge is weighed, every seating depth is checked and every round gets inspected. The space is messy but the process stays clean

 

[SteadyMike]

Chaos on the bench usually just means you’ve built a system only you understand and it clearly still works.

 

[Alan]

Controlled chaos is fine as long as the ammo doesn’t share the same energy as the bench.

 

[oldcorps76]

I have two benches. One, a moderately sized workbench for my RCBS Piggyback that doubles as, well a workbench, and another Harbor Freight offering for a Dillon 550 that was gifted ot me by someone who no longer reloads. Both are fairly orderly.

 

[Alan]

I have two benches. One, a moderately sized workbench for my RCBS Piggyback that doubles as, well a workbench, and another Harbor Freight offering for a Dillon 550 that was gifted ot me by someone who no longer reloads. Both are fairly orderly.

That’s a good setup...one bench for precision, the other for controlled chaos and progress.

 

[oldcorps76]

That’s a good setup...one bench for precision, the other for controlled chaos and progress.

I'd like to take credit for your evaluation, but it was simply that I got the gift of the 550 and was overjoyed to reduce the Piggyback to one caliber, .455 Webley, so I no longer have to swap out parts for caliber changes which result in inevitable major failures, springs flying off into the black hole, etc. My wife said she was ready on a few occasions to call the Diocesan exorcist over what she heard coming from the basement when that happened...

 

[Alan]

I'd like to take credit for your evaluation, but it was simply that I got the gift of the 550 and was overjoyed to reduce the Piggyback to one caliber, .455 Webley, so I no longer have to swap out parts for caliber changes which result in inevitable major failures, springs flying off into the black hole, etc. My wife said she was ready on a few occasions to call the Diocesan exorcist over what she heard coming from the basement when that happened...

That’s a win! There is less wrenching and more shooting

 

[oldcorps76]

That’s a win! There is less wrenching and more shooting

I also keep a RCBS rock Chucker single stage under the bench for when I reload BP cartridges. .45-70 and .45 Colt.

 

[Alan]

I also keep a RCBS rock Chucker single stage under the bench for when I reload BP cartridges. .45-70 and .45 Colt.

Single stage presses are perfect for slow, careful BP cartridge loading and consistency..