Thread: Home made reloading tools

In the 60's and 70's reloading gear was not readily available like primers today so reverse engineering reloading gear was common .

I know how they work but I think I am missing something. How does it feed the powder without going past the intake and binding it all up? Do you have a catchment of some description or is it the araldite and shot?

Originally Posted by Preacher

I know how they work but I think I am missing something. How does it feed the powder without going past the intake and binding it all up? Do you have a catchment of some description or is it the araldite and shot?

There is a small hole in the small tube.

https://youtu.be/aY90vQ717So?si=gjXElR30IIByZ-7W

I used a small pill bottle for my first one. Lol

I'm designing my own powder trickler


It is an open source project. You can find all project files from https://github.com/eamars/OpenTrickler

Here is a simple primer pocket cleaner.
Just a drill ground like a screw driver.

Does this help?

Recently my SIL made me two bump guages for my 223 and 30.06 and did a great job. But sure not telling him i just found this.

Poor mans bump guage

https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com...g-45-acp-case/

heres my DIY luber
[ATTACH]236906

Inside neck lubing and tension setting.

https://youtu.be/mPhHAsYmcMg?si=C9lcpvzF_ARV8Lr8

Cheap bullet puller.

A bit more than just an aid or tool cobbled together but recently I made up this tool.
It measures primer pocket depth and seated primer depth. Will accept rim size from 223 up to 7.5x55 SR.
Small primer pockets/primer depths and large rifle primer pockets/primer depths.
I have a zeroing block for changing between the 2.

Geez, thats pretty fancy.

Made this today, to get media out of cases after tumbling. Shake it round for a minute over a bucket or whatever and job done.

A good mate has the skills of a slightly retarded duck when it comes to woodwork. He asked for a few loading blocks for different cartridges. This is the end result. Well, pre a clear coat.