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So for 34 years of married life my gun stuff has been scattered around the house, in the garage, in the shed, where ever space existed to put it away. For the last 22 years in the current house the gun lockers were is a spare room with all sorts of stuff 'n junk and getting the firearms in and out was a hassle. No room to move with all of the other stuff. My reloading was done in the garage where I'd bake in the summer, freeze in the winter and again had no room to move.
My older son got his own place recently and moved out and my younger son claimed his bedroom because it was bigger than what he had. I told my wife that I'd like the vacant bedroom as my gun room/reloading room and she said ok with her as long as I didn't call it a man cave. She hates that.
I was going to build or buy a bench for reloading and cleaning guns but my teenage son had long since outgrown the bed he had and he said why didn't I turn his wood bed frame into the reloading bench? So I did! It looks pretty redneck, throwing some plywood over top of the bedframe and bolting it in place but it is about as sturdy as I'm going to get and it is just the right height for me to work on.
I moved my stuff to the room but I will leave the bullets and cases along with the case tumbler in the garage to keep the lead hazard minimized. I'll bring up to the room what I need for each reloading session. My power case trimmer (a.k.a drill press) stays in the garage too. The primers and powder reside in a shed outside. I got to hang all of my 'look at me' stuff on the walls along with bric-a-brac that I've collected over the decades. It is nice to at last have room to move around, light to see by, a ceiling fan and central heat and a door to close and lock to keep non family members who may be in the house from seeing all the gun stuff.
The redneck gun and reloading bench. I just got back from the range and I'm breaking in the bench by cleaning some of the shootin' irons that took out.
Another side of the room with some of my stuff from over the years.
The heaviest gun locker which hopefully won't fall through the floor in an earthquake! There is probably 350-400 lbs sitting there between the locker and what is inside. I put the plywood down to help spread the weight.
BTW Lowes gives a 10% military discount and cuts the wood you buy for free. I got all of my plywood and fittings there for this project.
My older son got his own place recently and moved out and my younger son claimed his bedroom because it was bigger than what he had. I told my wife that I'd like the vacant bedroom as my gun room/reloading room and she said ok with her as long as I didn't call it a man cave. She hates that.
I was going to build or buy a bench for reloading and cleaning guns but my teenage son had long since outgrown the bed he had and he said why didn't I turn his wood bed frame into the reloading bench? So I did! It looks pretty redneck, throwing some plywood over top of the bedframe and bolting it in place but it is about as sturdy as I'm going to get and it is just the right height for me to work on.
I moved my stuff to the room but I will leave the bullets and cases along with the case tumbler in the garage to keep the lead hazard minimized. I'll bring up to the room what I need for each reloading session. My power case trimmer (a.k.a drill press) stays in the garage too. The primers and powder reside in a shed outside. I got to hang all of my 'look at me' stuff on the walls along with bric-a-brac that I've collected over the decades. It is nice to at last have room to move around, light to see by, a ceiling fan and central heat and a door to close and lock to keep non family members who may be in the house from seeing all the gun stuff.
The redneck gun and reloading bench. I just got back from the range and I'm breaking in the bench by cleaning some of the shootin' irons that took out.
Another side of the room with some of my stuff from over the years.
The heaviest gun locker which hopefully won't fall through the floor in an earthquake! There is probably 350-400 lbs sitting there between the locker and what is inside. I put the plywood down to help spread the weight.
BTW Lowes gives a 10% military discount and cuts the wood you buy for free. I got all of my plywood and fittings there for this project.
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