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Finally got time to start setting up a bench for reloading using my step sons gear I have on permanent loan.
Second photo is the mess at the other end of the shed on my working bench.

Nice to get a good space set up for loading.

G.C.

I would love to get into reloading but am way too retard with numbers. Can use basic ballistic calculator but the reloaders books look like the matrix to me.

Must be some sort of learning defect. Can call distance to a few metres by eye though...

lee scales are fine....buy a set of spoons to throw slightly smaller charge and trickle last say grain up....its quick and easy....
Ive got two powder throwers that work fast and accurately,but prefer to chuck most loads over scales,anything less than 20 rounds I wont even bother with the thrower.

ok so it appears you already HAVE powder thrower...set it tiny bit light,throw into cup and tip onto scale pan then trickle rest of way...or use teaspoon of powder in right hand over pan,tap right thumb knuckle with left pointy finger and will despence few granuals of powder each tap...try it on sugar or coffe into your cup and will soon work it out...you spoon holding hand/wrist rests on bench....nearly as fast as trickler.

Yep thanks for all the tips, just waiting on the kid (26) to find the large primer lever for the press that isn't in the box of stuff hopefully he can find it this week.

If he doesn't find it definitely consider a hand primer. Might not be too much more vs the lever

Greetings All,
I can thoroughly recommend the hand primer seater. It's all I use these days. I have some Ohuas (later RCBS) beam balance scales, that I bought in the 1970's, and some RCBS electronic scales. Both are still used. By sheer chance the two scales agree precisely with each other. A decent quality set of beam balance scales is really all you need.
Regards Grandpamac.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings All,
I can thoroughly recommend the hand primer seater. It's all I use these days. I have some Ohuas (later RCBS) beam balance scales, that I bought in the 1970's, and some RCBS electronic scales. Both are still used. By sheer chance the two scales agree precisely with each other. A decent quality set of beam balance scales is really all you need.
Regards Grandpamac.

+1 to hand primer and 'better' beam balance scales. I use a poop scoop as a trickler - the one you get for a faeces sample, free from the local Pathlab.

Ha ha, somewhere I've still got a Lee 12g shotgun loader. Same deal, hammer used to seat the primers. Although shotgun primers didn't seem to need much force to seat. It made good rounds but of course was as slow as.

Progressed then to a flash harry Lee press with optional auto prime attachment. I didnt know myself. Speed thrills

Originally Posted by zimmer

Ha ha, somewhere I've still got a Lee 12g shotgun loader. Same deal, hammer used to seat the primers. Although shotgun primers didn't seem to need much force to seat. It made good rounds but of course was as slow as.

Progressed then to a flash harry Lee press with optional auto prime attachment. I didnt know myself. Speed thrills

I had two of those...gave one to kiwi sapper and kept the other...got one in .410 too thats out on loan. they slow but work great....

No apology needed @Phil_H I am always learning so something new here for me that might help me in the future.

Big thanks to @Phil_H for delivering the Hornady scale and trickle to my place today. Very much appreciate the loan.