Thread: Show us your reloading bench

Originally Posted by stumpy

he doesnt actually have anything in the fire service act that requires him to record anything , you have a personal usage amount that you are allowed .. he was puffing his chest out for no reason , .

New to job voli fire chief, didnt get there till the day after was already annoyed that the retired chief another ex brigade member and one active none of whom were designated drivers bought the engine down. Went up to the station the following week and shouted them a few beers and made a donation. Said it was bloody awesome how they responded

Originally Posted by stumpy

he doesnt actually have anything in the fire service act that requires him to record anything , you have a personal usage amount that you are allowed .. he was puffing his chest out for no reason , .

Except that his firemen are the ones who would be fighting a fire in a room or garage with all kinds of explosive in it and no warning.

i have been in the full time paid fire service many years , .. if you had to list every single explosive or flammable thing in your house , that may hurt a firefighter , then no one would ever enter your house hold , and we would stand on the out side and just let it burn to the ground .

Running a fairly modest but useful set up

Originally Posted by systolic

Except that his firemen are the ones who would be fighting a fire in a room or garage with all kinds of explosive in it and no warning.

Have you notified the local brigade about the gas cylinder attached to your barbecue or the petrol in your car or mower

There's pretty much no danger of smokeless rifle propellant causing an explosion. Even more so when it is assembled into ammunition. Anyone who has ever burnt it will know its a non event. The bottle of meths, turps and my 10ltr of petrol in my garage would be significantly more volatile.

Originally Posted by Beavis

There's pretty much no danger of smokeless rifle propellant causing an explosion. Even more so when it is assembled into ammunition. Anyone who has ever burnt it will know its a non event. The bottle of meths, turps and my 10ltr of petrol in my garage would be significantly more volatile.

Youve never been to good garage fire that had loads of ammo in it then....
If your reloading room does have a shit ton of powder or loaded rounds in it boys and your house is getting a good bbq mention it to the boys on the truck.
While you don't have to they'll say thanks

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Originally Posted by Beavis

There's pretty much no danger of smokeless rifle propellant causing an explosion. Even more so when it is assembled into ammunition. Anyone who has ever burnt it will know its a non event. The bottle of meths, turps and my 10ltr of petrol in my garage would be significantly more volatile.

I heard of a guy lighting an entire bundle of cordite out of a 3 foot shell, no movie-like explosion...

Originally Posted by BRADS

Youve never been to good garage fire that had loads of ammo in it then....
If your reloading room does have a shit ton of powder or loaded rounds in it boys and your house is getting a good bbq mention it to the boys on the truck.
While you don't have to they'll say thanks

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I could imagine that, surely what the average handloader has doesn't cause that much of an added danger?

Compared to a lot of you guys my bench is basic, but it gets the job done.

Some of you fellas have some pretty flash setups one of the downfalls of our job is we don't live in our own place so I make do with an old bench with stuff strewn about the place in the garage, would like to set up a dedicated room one day.

Originally Posted by Dermastor

Look on the positive though. You have soo much room for future purchases. One day you will decide to do some reloading and not be able to find that doohickey you know is there somewhere. I am liking that Lapua brass I can see, what are you reloading.

Reloading 308 for FT/R only at moment.
Plenty of Lapua - some came with CCI primers already, thanks to a forum member.
Hornady Classic kit, Hornady 308 dies and Lee 308 neck sizing die.
Also have some Federal and PMC brass which I'm intending to load with hunting bullets (125gn Sierra, 150 Nosler BT, 155 Amax, 165 Interlock, 168 Amax).
Picked up 470+ Federal 210M primers to play with as well.
Just need a cheap 308 hunting rifle that will be used as fitness improves and could be knocked about - and no tears if it does get banged about.
Seen a couple that are just a bit beyond my financial reach, but would fit the bill nicely.
For target use - 135 SMK, 155 Dyer HBC, 155 Lapua Scenar, 168 TMK, 168 Berger Hybrid Target and can use either of the Amax in a pinch.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Some of you fellas have some pretty flash setups one of the downfalls of our job is we don't live in our own place so I make do with an old bench with stuff strewn about the place in the garage, would like to set up a dedicated room one day.

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Originally Posted by MSL

Have you notified the local brigade about the gas cylinder attached to your barbecue or the petrol in your car or mower

No. But then again I would expect them to already know that barbeques often have LPG bottles and cars are likely to contain petrol and to take what precautions are necessary when they see one in, or near, a fire.

Originally Posted by Beavis

I could imagine that, surely what the average handloader has doesn't cause that much of an added danger?

What is average? How is it stored?

Mine is in containers along the top shelf above the loading bench in the garage. About 15lb all up, although that includes an 8lb jug of 748.

If it burns it will be unconfined.

I've seen plenty of people store powder in a safe or other steel box that is likely to pressurize and explode like a bomb if involved in a fire.