Reloading indoors

[Javi]

I'm curious if people here reload indoors. Mostly if you reload in a bedroom haha. I was planning on building a skinny work bench in the garage but I wouldn't know where to store it after finishing. I have a small but very sturdy book shelf in the closet and was contemplating mounting my Rockchucker supreme onto it or build a bench with a small footprint. I don't know if handling primers, lead projectiles & powder would be a good idea in the room I sleep in. I'm also a bit worried about the carpet generating static electricity while I'm touching primers. Any thoughts would be welcome. I'm on my phone so sorry if this is one big and annoying paragraph

[Colt562]

I know many people on here reload in their houses, I for one dont but thats up to the amount of room you have.

[Javi]

The top of the book shelf has room for a press, beam scale, could have a powder measure mounted on to an edge or with a stand with some table top room to spare for some primers, a 1lb jug of powder or other tools

[Colt562]

All I would be worried about is dropping the powder/primers and vacumming them up. YOu are not supposed to vacumm powder or primers.

[Javi]

Ah, mmkay. So a rubber mat or perhaps one of those plastic chair mats would be good.
I should get some kind of oriental setup going on

[Colt562]

Ah, mmkay. So a rubber mat or perhaps one of those plastic chair mats would be good.
I should get some kind of oriental setup going on

yeah probably, or just be extra careful, also make sure your press is very stable. My press that I have right now isnt very stable and its very difficult because you have to kinda hold the press while pushing the ram up.

Your gunna love reloading. Honestly just picture what you think you will want to spend and double that. I thought I was going to spend about 300 dollars to get started. Well that 300 dollars has nearly quadrupled. Yeah 1200.

Yeah one more piece of advice, BUY once...CRY once.

[Javi]

I have the Rockchucker kit so I have most of what I need already. I'm just missing calipers and components to start loading .38spl. Oh, and somewhere to mount a press!

[Colt562]

I have the Rockchucker kit so I have most of what I need already. I'm just missing calipers and components to start loading .38spl. Oh, and somewhere to mount a press!

Have you already started reloading?

[Javi]

Nope, I have the kit box still sitting in my closet. Might start up sometime in October once I have a bench & some money for brass, powder & primers.

[Colt562]

Nope, I have the kit box still sitting in my closet. Might start up sometime in October once I have a bench & some money for brass, powder & primers.

Oh Nice, while you are waiting I would suggest reading the manual

[the86d]

I would like to reload in every month, and have zero AC in my garage.

I would NOT consider reloading anywhere else, BUT indoors.
(However I am pretty fortunate, and have a man-cave-computer/reloading-room, AND the kids have their own...)

Moisture in the garage would be my concern in the less-than-hot months.

[shooterbill]

Midway and Lee have portable stands for presses. They take up very little space and look sturdy. You could leave the press mounted and put it away when you aren't using it.

[em9sredbeam]

My bench is mounted inside a bedroom closet to the studs.

[G-Man WC]

From your title I thought you were talking about reloading outdoors, as in the back yard
Garage for me on rubber mat. -g

[rsrocket1]

Get a Black and Decker Workmate bench. You can fold it up and put it in the closet with a very small footprint.

The Rock Chucker can be mounted on a 2x6" piece of wood with countersunk holes on the bottom were you can put fender washers to spread the load and not dig into the wood. The press is then held onto the bolts from the top with nuts. You can then use C-clamps to hold the mount to the work bench and easily take it off when finished. It provides a solid sturdy mount to the bench for lots of reloading and no marring of the press due to c-clamps screwing directly to it.

You'll see that a stiff sturdy mount is very important when using a press, especially if you are sizing bottleneck rifle rounds.

Nothing beats a solid permanent mount. A concrete or steel pillar mounted in the floor or mounted to the studs of the wall is best, a solid bench mount is next. I've seen people loading with a press mounted to a wobbly wooden apple crate. It's better than nothing, but not much.

For your floor, get an anti static floor mat at least 4x4' that can be rolled up. You will catch any spilled powder, primers, etc and still be able to put it away at the end of the reloading session.