Simple, Easy, No Cost Reloading Hacks
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- Опубликовано: 8 май 2024
- We all want our reloading benches and operations to be as efficient, economical and frustration free as possible. Here are some hacks that might be useful, especially to newer reloaders, but also might inspire more experienced reloaders to share their own ideas and hacks...
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I have been known to save every Country Crock, sour cream, lunch meat and coffee can that ever came out of my kitchen for reloading purposes as well. They are always free and plentiful.
Over the years I've learned a lot from you thanks 😊
I would recommend attaching the tray to the box. Otherwise, the tray will eventually fall off sending bullet/brass all over the bench. Ask me how I know! 😂
The next size wider and larger Ackro Bins work better. I cut some wood boards to halfway fill the bins height, and then its more shallow, but wider, and works more like the Dillon tray. They ALL hook right onto the swinging arms from Inline Fab 😀😀 I also use 1" x 1/8" Flat plain steel stock and 2 thick flat washers as spacers and drill a hole at each end of the stock and screw them to the front of wherever I need them. The bench , a cabinet, the wall etc. Make the 1" straps just a inch or so wider than my widest bin, and it works for ALL sizes of the Ackro bins! You can also make a huge continuous bin holder the whole length of the bench as well, but put screw placement at a half inch past multiples of bin widths or the very edge of the bin will hit the screw/spacer. I saw this on another channels reloading bench.
Tupperware items...oh my. I have several of those I have put into so much use. More useful than storing food.
I found some great Tupperware type bins at dollar stores. Great for keeping things sorted. All kinds of sizes and depths.
I simply use old aluminum pie tins one on either side of my presses. One holds the cases, and the other holds the slugs. When I am finished they stack together and go into the drawer.
The inline fabrications bin arm looks like it can be changed by putting each section of the arm UNDER the previous section of arm. That includes the bin holding bracket. By putting each joint under the previous joint instead of on top you will pick up a couple inches or vertical height.
Turn the Inline Fab bracket upside down and it will make the bin the same height as the press...
I just set them in a bin as soon as the primer is punched. I don't see why you would start piling them up, then toss them in a bin. I'd just end up knocking them on the floor before I got finished. I repurpose all sorts of bins, boxes, bowls, tubs, etc. for reloading.
Great video! All of these little hacks that keep things handy & organised are a big help when loading a good amount of ammo. I like anything that keeps things organised/separated well when I'm reloading.
For trays, try some of the frozen dinner plastic ones. I find some of them to be the perfect size. Personal size lasagna ones are great. And I always put the input and output on the same side of the press (left). I have learned to remove a case and load a new case with one hand. My right hand stays on the handle and just operates the press. Very efficient for a single stage press.
I use a plastic paper bin - 9 by 10 by 1.5 deep with a cut out on one end. Holds a lot of cases. And i made a case kicker out of a 4 inch hose clamp. Works on all theee of my presses. Thatreally speeds things up. take care.
Big fan of yours, I got two 550bs myself and 4 lee pro 1000s , on one 550 I put a daa case feeder and mini bullet feeder it works really good it can double production, all I do is index and pull handle. I mainly use it for pistol stuff my other 550 I do my rifle stuff
Thanks Steve!
I have a much better solution. I use Lyman strong mounts and bought LEE bin brackets and drilled holes in the Lyman mounts and installed the LEE brackets. I usually use three per mount plus two lower steel bins. The Lyman mount has open windows on the second shelf of the mount and the steel bins attach like the plastic ones so I can hook two side by side on either side of the mount if desired down there and up top there's enough room for side by side plastic bins if desired. I have a lot of German made bins I bought 30 years ago that are a nice size for this application and so I generally use those. You can also do a front facing bin if desired and I do have a loadmaster set up with a front facing bin. I usually only set up three plastic bins for a turret or single stage. One on each side for brass and bullets and one on the back to toss loaded rounds in. There is always at least two of the small steel bins hooked on the outside of the second shelf of the mount. One on each side for small parts or bullets or tools etc. I sometimes also like to 3d print bullet shelves and the like for my single stages.
wives old bread pans, muffin tins & pie tins find new homes with me.
been reloading for over 40 years , always glad to see new ideas, love fortune cookie 45 !!! does anyone know what happened to Elvis Ammo ? haven't seen anything new from him lately ???
I have used those Dillion bullet trays on my RL550B since 2007. I added them much later to my newer RL550C and XL750 as well. I haven't done anything yet with my two RCBS Rock Chuckers, Redding T7 Turret or Lee Classic Cast.
Sometimes little things make the big difference
The blue bins don’t work well for picking small parts as you have to reach down into them. I use the lids off coffee cans as they have very low edges but still hold a lot of stuff.
I enjoy all your videos and I do get a lot of info from them but this one was kinda hit and miss I think we all have done what your trying to describe it was kinda like were you board and just wanted to put a video out for something to do LOL . please don’t take offense Fortune Cook just my two cents keep the videos rolling.
If the bin is too deep then placed layers inside until it is shallow enough.
Exactly I use the wider ones and cut wood 1 bys to make them less deep
great vidio sir thank you
Shorten the Height of the Moving Arm and you are All Set...
And get the wider Ackro bins and put cut pieces of 1by wood in the bottom so that its shallower, and it works much more like the Dillon tray! Grainger and other places sell the Ackro bins in many different sizes and colors.
Turn the blue bin mount 180 degrees. It will be lower 🇺🇸
But it's not blue, so it's no good. I have the red trays, and they're cheap and not precise.
Besides, it's not about function, it's about not being a poor...
Lee's Red trays are a less heavy duty version of the real Ackro brand bins. The originals are available in many different sizes and colors. I use the wider ones and cut wood 1x3's 1x 4s etc to fill them up halfway so they are not so deep and they work much like the Dillon for a fraction of the cost.
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