Your best (cheap?) organization tips and tricks

[dårlig jeger]

Just getting into reloading and it's a mess. Brass, dies, powder, primers, gages, tools, it's a lot to organize.

I'm looking for ideas (photos!) of ways to keep things clean and accessible. I usually load for one cartridge at a time but I have 5-6 total I load for.

Any tips for brass bins, tool racks, cabinet setups, etc., would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Pickettpuncher]

For loading blocks, if you use pullets for a muzzleloader you can cut the top off the bax and use that for a loading block. Works great for 308/3006 sized cases and smaller.

 

[Jpsmith1]

So, I have a pegboard above my bench for basic tools and other odds and ends because it's a multi-use bench.

High cabinet to the left holds powder, primers, dies and boxed dies/ammo. Low cabinet holds plastic "shoeboxes" full of brass. Shelf under bench for heavy stuff.

 

[Matt5266]

My reloading bench is a old (heavy) 5 foot dresser. I have my press mounted on top and have six large drawers i store everything in

 

[rclouse79]

We use this for our camp box and I can’t even begin to describe how nice it has been. I think it would work well to organize reloading stuff as well.

 

[Backcast88]

I have a 4 tier shelving unit I got from Home Depot. I have some of the 7 gal HDX storage bins for bigger stuff and some of the 6.5 qt bins for small items. It works for my layout and has helped a ton keeping the bench from becoming a cluttered mess.

I just have to get better at being consistent and not letting mu die boxes sit on the bench and put them back in the storage bin they belong in.

 

[257WM]

Pegboard and tool boxes

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Bins, Bins, and more bins of all sizes and shelves. I also really like these small bins, the brand is called Lock&Lock for storing bullets.

 

[mtnwrunner]

Put everything you have in a large box. Walk into your reloading room when it's pitch black.
When you are near your bench, take the box and toss everything you have in it and toss it all over the place.
Then turn on your lights, look at your bench..........now you are an organized reloader.

Randy

 

[Steve300xcw]

Dont buy so much shit

 

[sage1]

Shoebox

 

[Benchrest Braxton]

buy a husky toolbox, best investment ever. i have all of this tucked into a 13.5x8' room I built.

 

[RME]

Get yourself a little Craftsman tool box or something with drawers for your tools. Most reloaders have 10x more crap than they need. Go to a local short range benchrest match sometime and watch those guys load at the range with just a few basic tools. It doesn't take much to load good ammo.

Buy powder by the jug. It takes up a fraction of the storage space and you actually have enough to practice with and carry you through shortages.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I make sure to clearly label everything with a sticky note otherwise I have no idea what’s going on when I get to the bench because it’s often weeks or months between reloading sessions.

All my dies are labeled for the load the are set up for, no guessing. The other day I sat down to do something and there was a box of brass sitting there that I had no recollection of what was going on with it. Luckily I’d made a note just saying it was sized and prepped and the date I’d done the work.

Also when it’s time to trash something, I toss it right away so I don’t accidentally use it again or something dumb.

I’ve also more or less started making only one load per gun, it makes things much easier and it makes more sense than making 4 different rounds for 30-06 for example.

 

[RME]

I’ve also more or less started making only one load per gun, it makes things much easier and it makes more sense than making 4 different rounds for 30-06 for example.

Same here. I grew up on those 'do everything with a 30-06' articles. That's for the birds. Too much stuff to stock and nothing's ever sighted in and ready to go.

 

[lintond]

buy a husky toolbox, best investment ever. i have all of this tucked into a 13.5x8' room I built.

What are your scales sitting on? Is there a purpose for them being elevated?

Wish my room looked that organized!


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[tstowater]

A periodic inventory of what you have. Was looking to see if I had a set of 243 dies yesterday. No, I don't but I do have 3 or 4 sets of 220 Swift and 6mm Remington dies. I'm sure I have that many sets of 22-250's also.
Not even sure how that happened.

 

[Willie IV]

buy a husky toolbox, best investment ever. i have all of this tucked into a 13.5x8' room I built.

Where did you find/buy the legs to your butcher block countertops? Those look substantially well built compared to what I'm finding locally. I need to get me a set like yours.

 

[bnewt3]

not reloading yet but I had a coupon so I got that cheap HF metal frame bench to start with. Ive got some ideas for improving it with some extra bracing under the top, bolting it to the wall studs, bracing the back of the peg board, bracing the drawer bottoms, etc. i plan to use the peg board it comes with. I also got some desiccant packs for bulk dry food storage, i think ill pop a couple of those into my ziplocs of brass once they are cleaned as well as primers in sealed containers and bullets in sealed containers. And a locking wall cabinet for all the primer and powder containers.