When your wife restricts your reloading to a closet

[z7]

Not really, but I’ve had to move my reloading out of the garage because my coastal Florida house is too darn humid all the time

i also wanted to share how I tackled reloading in a closet

built a little bench for about $40 of lumber and wood screws and then anchored it to the studs on the wall. It’s just larger enough to run one operation at a time (loading progressively, trimming, manually charging and weighing, resizing, etc)

i then went and put a 12” shelf above it to hold most items

a little $12 bathroom shelf to fill a void and hold common use items I’m always reaching for

IKEA comes in handy when you need little storage ideas.

the big stuff (tumblers and cleaned brass) stays in the garage where humidity doesn’t matter

 

[1KPerDay]

My reloading closet is smaller... you can't walk in. You just open the door and there's the press. I installed a solid core door as a main tabletop/shelf to mount the press to. Works great.

 

[DukeConnor]

Thats a good sized closet

 

[LoadingPirate]

Impressed

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

That will work. Looks cozy.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

View attachment 1049481 View attachment 1049482 Not really, but I’ve had to move my reloading out of the garage because my coastal Florida house is too darn humid all the time

i also wanted to share how I tackled reloading in a closet

built a little bench for about $40 of lumber and wood screws and then anchored it to the studs on the wall. It’s just larger enough to run one operation at a time (loading progressively, trimming, manually charging and weighing, resizing, etc)

i then went and put a 12” shelf above it to hold most items

a little $12 bathroom shelf to fill a void and hold common use items I’m always reaching for

IKEA comes in handy when you need little storage ideas.

the big stuff (tumblers and cleaned brass) stays in the garage where humidity doesn’t matter

My wife would be madder than a red hen if I took over a closet for reloading. Our house is one of those older southern west coast places that was built without any closets - or A/C or a closed attic. People used wardrobes back then not built ins. We had closets built but they take up floor space.

 

[Tilos]

Nice

Looks like a closet under some stairs, like mine except my door is on the long wall and is in the garage.
I built my "bench"(actually a shelf) along the short wall; I only have one press mount and swap-out presses as needed.
The Bench:

And the press storage shelf, along the long wall opposite the door, you can see the sloped ceiling on the right, over the stool:

 

[dh1633pm]

I share my reloading bench with the pump, water conditioner and the electric box in the basement. Have room and then some. Advantage of a basement I suppose. Excellent use of space.

 

[Charlie98]

Same-same... I wanted to get my reloading getup out of the hot and humid Texas garage, the only option I had at the time was the 'craft' room closet... a generous 4'x5' area. I made it work...





I have since taken over the whole 'craft' room... it's now the Bat Cave... but I still operate the process of reloading out of the closet... it's already there, and it allows me to secure the door to the hazmat stuffs.

 

[flatsticks]

Looking good !

 

[doubleh]

I just moved to the garage.

 

[Bazoo]

I have a 6'x6' room. Basically a closet. It works. Keeps you humble.

 

[BJung]

Looks good. Is there any room behind you wall to build a compartment or closet for some guns and ammo?

 

[NC9mm]

Nice! I could live in there.

 

[.308 Norma]

My wife would be madder than a red hen if I took over a closet for reloading.

Ha! Ha! I've said before that when I took up handloading, my wife and I lived in a single-wide mobile home with a fold-out closet on the back that was just wide enough for a clothes washer and dryer - OR a reloading bench. We had to move into a real house (this one) because my wife got tired of going to the laundromat.

 

[Zahn]

You guys with your small spaces sure seem to make it work. Very impressive.

 

[Tilos]

OK, slow cold day, so more pics of my loading closet.
I built this swing-up shelf for cleaning/working on handguns, the brackets I used came from amazon and are rated at 300# each.
Shelf down:

Shelf up, with brackets used, 1 folded, 1 locked unfolded (note the circled release lever):

I like narrow shelves because I can only put 1 item deep on them, so I have a lot of them/up to the 7' ceilings!

Shelves over press:

 

[chickasaw_hunter]

Looks like Harry Potter's bedroom in that first movie.

 

[Metal God]

I gave my house up to my son and his family and went from a gun room to a reloading area .

From 8' x 11' room with two large desks and shelving everywhere to this a 3.5' x 3.5' space in a pantry







Works just fine but can get cramped when trying to work on long guns . The biggest issue is no extra space . No place to bring in something new . Everything needs it's own space and it must be put back right away after use or you can't start something new do to lack of space available . In a large room you can bring something in and put it aside until you get to it . That can't happen in a little tiny space .

 

[z7]

Looks good. Is there any room behind you wall to build a compartment or closet for some guns and ammo?

I have a gun safe and a separate cabinet in another closet for ammo, no issues there

Looks like Harry Potter's bedroom in that first movie.

and my kids call it the Harry Potter closet, when I go to work in some ammo I tell them “I’ll be in my room making absolutely no noise and pretending I don’t exist”

 

[Tilos]

I gave my house up to my son and his family and went from a gun room to a reloading area .

From 8' x 11' room with two large desks and shelving everywhere to this a 3.5' x 3.5' space in a pantry

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Works just fine but can get cramped when trying to work on long guns . The biggest issue is no extra space . No place to bring in something new . Everything needs it's own space and it must be put back right away after use or you can start something new do to lack of space available . In a large room you can bring something in and put it aside until you get to it . That can't happen in a little tiny space .

Nice build: shows a lot of planning before execution, nothing like what I do .
My shelves are $1.99 rough-cut pine fence boards with the dog ears cut off, and painted white with the cheapest paint I could buy.

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[LiveLife]

When your wife restricts your reloading to a closet

You build yourself a HUGE CLOSET.

Not really, but I’ve had to move my reloading out of the garage because my coastal Florida house is too darn humid all the time

Looks nice and cozy ... In the comforts of dry air and air conditioning.

 

[jmorris]

When your wife restricts your reloading to a closet

You will know your on your way up. Says you A: have an extra closet and B: you are not loading in the garage. Keep up the good work and you’ll have a reloading room before you know it.

 

[sparkyv]

Fat chance SWMBO will let me move in from the hot, humid Texas garage.

 

[Shivahasagun]

Well done.

I have a corner in a room with no bed in it for my reloading area. Actually the room & closet are 75% "my stuff" and the rest shared space.

My humble wood bench is about 18" x 50".