lunchboxtheman
12-28-2011, 20:07
Just wanted to share my very first reloading setup I received as a gift for Christmas and say thanks to everyone. I haven't asked any questions here but I've read a lot of posts and you all have helped me greatly. It's a Lee Turret Press which was part of the delux reloading kit. I'm sure you're all familiar with it. Not the best press in the world but it will do for what I need it for.
I didn't want to drill holes in my workbench so I decided to mount it to a piece of 2x6. I'm also going to be moving soon to an apartment and I can't bring my workbench with me so I wanted my setup to be portable. I had to countersink the holes so that the board sat flush on my bench as seen in the first picture below. I just clamp it to my bench with another board for rigidity. It's not the most solid or pretty rig in the world but it works until I can find something better.
I loaded up 50 rounds of 9mm. I used 5.8 grains of Alliant Power Pistol, 1.150" OAL, CCI 550 small pistol primers, and 115 grain FMJ boolits. I stole the load from my friend - it's a mouse fart load lol. I just ordered 2k 124 grain FMJs from Precision Delta :D
I'm lucky enough to live about 20 minutes from Graf & Sons in St. Louis so I also picked up a Lee hand priming tool for $11 on their return rack. I seem to get a better feel for priming doing it on the hand tool rather than on the press.
Happy Holidays!
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I didn't want to drill holes in my workbench so I decided to mount it to a piece of 2x6. I'm also going to be moving soon to an apartment and I can't bring my workbench with me so I wanted my setup to be portable. I had to countersink the holes so that the board sat flush on my bench as seen in the first picture below. I just clamp it to my bench with another board for rigidity. It's not the most solid or pretty rig in the world but it works until I can find something better.
I loaded up 50 rounds of 9mm. I used 5.8 grains of Alliant Power Pistol, 1.150" OAL, CCI 550 small pistol primers, and 115 grain FMJ boolits. I stole the load from my friend - it's a mouse fart load lol. I just ordered 2k 124 grain FMJs from Precision Delta :D
I'm lucky enough to live about 20 minutes from Graf & Sons in St. Louis so I also picked up a Lee hand priming tool for $11 on their return rack. I seem to get a better feel for priming doing it on the hand tool rather than on the press.
Happy Holidays!
http://i44.tinypic.com/2lifzme.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/10hm1kx.jpg