04 March 2018, 03:01
Mike_DettorreMy mobile reloading set up
A spare press, a little Amazon.com, a machinist friend...Voila!
Load development at the range!
MikeLegistine actu quod scripsi?
Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.
What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
04 March 2018, 07:02
ted thornI'm kinda rough around the edges.....i'd drive it that way
04 March 2018, 07:24
LuckyduckerI met an old guy at the range some 15-20 years ago and he had a full sized van that had a complete reloading set-up that I believe hinged out from the side when he opened the door. It was set up with an arbor press. That is not my thing but whatever floats a guys boat!
04 March 2018, 08:08
Biggs300I have to work at getting decent reloads from my reloading bench at my home. I can't imagine trying to get the same results in the elements, from the bumper of my truck. You're a better man than I...and certainly a better reloader.
04 March 2018, 09:49
Lamarwhere is the snow??
we can't be hogging it all down here.
I made a contraption sort of like that, but mine was more multi-purpose. If you put the tailgate down you have a work bench. Then insert the tubing with the plate welded to the top, and put in the pin.
It has drilled and tapped holes on the plate for several 4-cycle small motors, a vise, small Lee C press, and probably a couple of other things I can't remember. No need for nuts, only bolts.
05 March 2018, 02:10
youngoutdoorsI made one for a buddy of mine that pulled a RV everywhere. It was just long enough to work with the tailgate down. His just held the press but right at the tailgate edge so he used the tailgate for the table.
God Bless, Louis