P.S. I’ve been reloading 25 years, and won’t judge a single choice you’ve made, EXCEPT!, get yourself a Mighty Armory decapping die with standard .78 pin and some extra .58 pins for Lapua or whatever, and decap on the press. Way easier IMO, that die is the best decapper on the market with way better leverage than that hand tool, then they can go straight to the tumbler. And check Entirely Crimson for some cool heavy duty custom bin dams. They’re tighter and thicker than the IF ones, (which I still use), so won’t fall out if you turn the bin upside down. I use fastcap double sided tape on the back of some of the IF ones otherwise. For brass dev, I use Akro-bins for everything, and stack and label them, and have IF bin brackets bolted or screwed to the front of all surfaces to move them around as needed. IMO the only inline fab items you don’t have but could use are those 12” x 2.5” bench front mounted bin brackets. Put a half dozen of those along your bench facings and you can park Akro-bins (or Uline bins that Dan sells) anywhere you’re working, and not just have them high up on the wall mounts.
I'm sure if I reloaded more than a few times a year I'd be more picky with the bins and dies and everything. I appreciate the advice, it's amazing how many people think what I do is totally wrong. 😂 What works for one guy may not work for another guy. Do what works for you and figure out little tricks along the way 👍
@@ballisticallychallenged I can’t see that you’ve made a single mistake. I started out NOT doing your level of careful layout and planning, and just parking a progressive at the end of a bench, with no mount or anything, not that Inline Fab was around then. Then as my needs changed, or I added more equipment I ran out of space and options and had to redo things several times, or had just painted myself into a corner. If I were starting out fresh I’d try for a dedicated space like you built here, and plan it from the ground up. You have tons of expansion options now, so no matter what happens when you get past “basically” (and you have already IMO), you’ll be set. I can’t imagine having a YT channel and putting myself out there for every person with an opinion; I had a guy get mad at me once when he saw my press because I bought a nice billet bullet tray to mount on the side of my Dillon. He yanked out an old rinsed out deformed plastic tray from a chicken nuggets meal: “You’re wasting money! This is all you need to hold your bullets!!” Like my money was his! 🤷♂️🤔🙄. LMAO! I got him on his way ASAP. Whatever, by you doing your own thing people can compare and learn. Thanks again.
I think you’ve really got it well thought out. In my case I started (like you) with a progressive, a Dillon 550B, but for pistol calibers only. I didn’t really “learn” reloading until years later when I started reloading for rifle and got a single stage. Now I have 4 standby Dillon toolheads for pistol calibers, 9, .38/.357, .40 / 10 mm, and .45 ACP, and use two single stages for all rifle calibers, .357 Sig, .44 mag and .45 Colt, just how it worked out. I thought about a case feeder, but especially if you’re reloading any range brass, or on your multiple reload of new brass, I want to handle every case and inspect it. I think case feeders and bullet feeders combined with a newbie reloader especially is a dangerous combination, with guys just churning out ammo with every handle pull, but I can clearly see you’ve got brass prep and quality down. Again love the Inline Fab stuff. Since I sit while reloading I put one press, a Lee Classic Cast with Dan’s case ejector and ergo handle on a 4” micro-mount with a bin / die / shell holder brackets behind and to the side, and a Co-Ax that sits higher right on the bench. I have those same MTM trays with larger 50 cal sized MTM cans, and they also sell very similar trays that you can stack four regular military .30 cal green metal ammo cans in. They’re good for storage but do get heavy. One thing I did for all three presses was run plastic tubing down to heavy mason or ball jars, 1/2 gallon with a 1lb lead bar at the bottom, to route all the primers, no changing out small containers or having primers on the floor. Thanks for a great quality video. 👍
Real nice setup you've built there and great job on this video. I really appreciate how organized you are! Like you say, everyone has there own techniques and processes and so long as safety is always #1 and good reliable load data is used, to each their own. I use a Lee Loadmaster for 223 and a Dillon Square Deal for 9 mm and 45 acp. I prefer to dry tumble all fired brass first to keep the dyes clean as you mentioned, then de-prime and resize, followed by trimming (only if needed) and cleaning primer pockets using my Frankford Arsenal Prep Center. I also hand prime the rifle cases because the Lee priming system is an unreliable PITA to use. My Dillon on the other hand is flawless! Lee tends to use a lot of cheap plastic pieces, but their dyes are really nice.😎 Nice work and its great that you get your boys involved. Reloading is very satisfying, almost as much as shooting is. Almost!!
Very good video! You've got a really great looking setup for your work area. Inline Fabrication has some really good equipment and those top plates come in very handy. I have them for all my presses. As you said, get some manuals. I've watched hundreds of video's on here but books are a necessity doing this. New subscriber and thanks for posting the video!
I’ve seen some of that reloading tools at Academy Sports. Is that where you found yours? I’ve thought about doing it myself, but the alchemy side of it worries me. I don’t wanna blow myself up lol. Reloading 9mm and 223 would be a huge cost savings tho. You have me intrigued.
I mostly bought my equipment online. I put links over at the build list on my website. I think everyone is a little nervous in the beginning, but honestly once you get it down it's not that bad. There's tons of videos out there to show you how to get going. It's saved me quite a bit of money reloading the calibers I shoot most. Thanks for watching 👍
Follow the link below for the build list:
www.ballisticallychallenged.com/pages/rookie-reloading-my-set-up
Great setup and video. Glad to see the kids involved too, they are the future
Thanks man, I appreciate it 👍
Very inviting and comfortable looking space you have there. Great job!
Thanks man, I appreciate it 👍
P.S. I’ve been reloading 25 years, and won’t judge a single choice you’ve made, EXCEPT!, get yourself a Mighty Armory decapping die with standard .78 pin and some extra .58 pins for Lapua or whatever, and decap on the press. Way easier IMO, that die is the best decapper on the market with way better leverage than that hand tool, then they can go straight to the tumbler. And check Entirely Crimson for some cool heavy duty custom bin dams. They’re tighter and thicker than the IF ones, (which I still use), so won’t fall out if you turn the bin upside down. I use fastcap double sided tape on the back of some of the IF ones otherwise. For brass dev, I use Akro-bins for everything, and stack and label them, and have IF bin brackets bolted or screwed to the front of all surfaces to move them around as needed.
IMO the only inline fab items you don’t have but could use are those 12” x 2.5” bench front mounted bin brackets. Put a half dozen of those along your bench facings and you can park Akro-bins (or Uline bins that Dan sells) anywhere you’re working, and not just have them high up on the wall mounts.
I'm sure if I reloaded more than a few times a year I'd be more picky with the bins and dies and everything. I appreciate the advice, it's amazing how many people think what I do is totally wrong. 😂 What works for one guy may not work for another guy. Do what works for you and figure out little tricks along the way 👍
@@ballisticallychallenged I can’t see that you’ve made a single mistake. I started out NOT doing your level of careful layout and planning, and just parking a progressive at the end of a bench, with no mount or anything, not that Inline Fab was around then. Then as my needs changed, or I added more equipment I ran out of space and options and had to redo things several times, or had just painted myself into a corner. If I were starting out fresh I’d try for a dedicated space like you built here, and plan it from the ground up. You have tons of expansion options now, so no matter what happens when you get past “basically” (and you have already IMO), you’ll be set.
I can’t imagine having a YT channel and putting myself out there for every person with an opinion; I had a guy get mad at me once when he saw my press because I bought a nice billet bullet tray to mount on the side of my Dillon. He yanked out an old rinsed out deformed plastic tray from a chicken nuggets meal: “You’re wasting money! This is all you need to hold your bullets!!” Like my money was his! 🤷♂️🤔🙄. LMAO! I got him on his way ASAP.
Whatever, by you doing your own thing people can compare and learn. Thanks again.
I think you’ve really got it well thought out. In my case I started (like you) with a progressive, a Dillon 550B, but for pistol calibers only. I didn’t really “learn” reloading until years later when I started reloading for rifle and got a single stage. Now I have 4 standby Dillon toolheads for pistol calibers, 9, .38/.357, .40 / 10 mm, and .45 ACP, and use two single stages for all rifle calibers, .357 Sig, .44 mag and .45 Colt, just how it worked out.
I thought about a case feeder, but especially if you’re reloading any range brass, or on your multiple reload of new brass, I want to handle every case and inspect it. I think case feeders and bullet feeders combined with a newbie reloader especially is a dangerous combination, with guys just churning out ammo with every handle pull, but I can clearly see you’ve got brass prep and quality down.
Again love the Inline Fab stuff. Since I sit while reloading I put one press, a Lee Classic Cast with Dan’s case ejector and ergo handle on a 4” micro-mount with a bin / die / shell holder brackets behind and to the side, and a Co-Ax that sits higher right on the bench.
I have those same MTM trays with larger 50 cal sized MTM cans, and they also sell very similar trays that you can stack four regular military .30 cal green metal ammo cans in. They’re good for storage but do get heavy.
One thing I did for all three presses was run plastic tubing down to heavy mason or ball jars, 1/2 gallon with a 1lb lead bar at the bottom, to route all the primers, no changing out small containers or having primers on the floor. Thanks for a great quality video. 👍
Thanks man, I appreciate it👍
Real nice setup you've built there and great job on this video. I really appreciate how organized you are! Like you say, everyone has there own techniques and processes and so long as safety is always #1 and good reliable load data is used, to each their own. I use a Lee Loadmaster for 223 and a Dillon Square Deal for 9 mm and 45 acp. I prefer to dry tumble all fired brass first to keep the dyes clean as you mentioned, then de-prime and resize, followed by trimming (only if needed) and cleaning primer pockets using my Frankford Arsenal Prep Center. I also hand prime the rifle cases because the Lee priming system is an unreliable PITA to use. My Dillon on the other hand is flawless! Lee tends to use a lot of cheap plastic pieces, but their dyes are really nice.😎 Nice work and its great that you get your boys involved. Reloading is very satisfying, almost as much as shooting is. Almost!!
Thanks man I appreciate it... As far as the kids go I feel like if they want to shoot it, they can help with the cleaning and case prep work 😂😂👍
Looks like a solid setup man
Thanks man 👊
Great job on this video, very helpful with some very goo ideas!
Thanks👍
Good stuff, keep it up
Thanks man 👍
Awesome video
Thanks man, hope it helps👍
Very good video! You've got a really great looking setup for your work area. Inline Fabrication has some really good equipment and those top plates come in very handy. I have them for all my presses. As you said, get some manuals. I've watched hundreds of video's on here but books are a necessity doing this. New subscriber and thanks for posting the video!
Thanks man I appreciate it, and thanks for watching 👍
Nice set up
Thanks man 👍
I’ve seen some of that reloading tools at Academy Sports. Is that where you found yours? I’ve thought about doing it myself, but the alchemy side of it worries me. I don’t wanna blow myself up lol. Reloading 9mm and 223 would be a huge cost savings tho. You have me intrigued.
I mostly bought my equipment online. I put links over at the build list on my website. I think everyone is a little nervous in the beginning, but honestly once you get it down it's not that bad. There's tons of videos out there to show you how to get going. It's saved me quite a bit of money reloading the calibers I shoot most. Thanks for watching 👍