location for a reloading room

JonathanK

JonathanK

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I recently moved in to a new house that is a two story with all the bedrooms upstairs, and Im trying to figure out where to locate my new reloading and gunsmithing room. As of now I have my gear minus my guns in the garage where I planned on setting up, but with winter setting in Im thinking this may not be a good idea. I have plenty of room upstairs, but I dont want to lug all my gear up and down those stairs, as far as down stairs my choices are the garage (may require some sort of climate control), the mudroom/pantry (which I would then be without a pantry), and the living/formal dining (which the old lady says she wouldnt mind, but I think its not a good idea. Im sure some of you guys have been in a similar predicament before, and maybe had to get creative. Any input would be greatly appreciated
 
Mine is in the front room

Ideally one would want their "workshop" to be part of their living quaters. I use to have a friend who was a Watchmaker. He had his lathes, etc in the Entry to his house. He had everything finished off and kept his guns in a closet there in the workshop room.

I have been through the basement/ cellar thing and mine was tough to keep climate controled. When I moved in here I decided that my "Gun Room' was gonna be part of my living quaters and so it is; of course I live alone - - - -. If I were to plan a new house I would design the place to have my Workshop with my lathe and milling machine right into the living space inside the same climate controled envelope. It can be done tastefully. There is a big investment in all of that stuff and it is as valuable as anything else in our homes, why not treat it accordingly?
 
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my "shop" is in the garage, which can be heated, but the gun room, reloading basically everything but machine work is in the basement.
if no basement i think i would look for main floor work space.......buy the house based on needs.
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mike in co
 
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Where ever you put it, it needs to ne dry and temperature controlled. Damp garages are awful places to put guns and reloading equipment!

If you must put it in a garage area, wall it off, sealed the door frame, paint the floor with a water proofing paint, put a dehumidifer in, and get conditioned house air into it with positive pressure.
 
location for a loading room

Mine is in a room off the garage door to house opening Open the door and to the right is my reloading room , across the room is a Half bath.
When you walk in the house from the garage your loading room is on the right and the small lav is on the left. It is an ideal way for the loading room to be located you have easy access to the garage, lave
When yo pull Pm on your car or truck you have a half bath you can Get to without going thru the house. same for the reloading room.
Easy way to load the truck or car up for a match also. Just back it in and fill it up with your gear. Works really well.
My lathe and other tools are in the garage.
Rifles hang on the walls in racks. I should have though opf the racks sooner, I also have two large wall locker type cabinets for my reloading dies one for dies and ammo the other for cleaning supplies etc.
There is a heavy duty loading bench set up with Three presses for bullet making I also have another press that i clamp on for press reloading .
It's a good set up' wish i had the skill to show photos.
I hope you get the idea from my poor description,
 
Jon ...

My heavy duty press is in the garage. Everything else is in the house. When the weather is nice I use the garage otherwise I reload in the kitchen, and work on brass in front of the TV in my family room or bedroom. On occasion I seat bullets near my desk in the living room. The only messy part is decapping which I do in the garage and F/L size there. I'm purchasing a Forester CO-AX press which I'll attach to a short piece of 2X6 which will be clamped to either an older desk in my living room when the weather is Texas Hot or Cold or I'll use it in the garage. I like the C0-AX because of the little jar at the bottom that catches all the primer residue. I've always been a clean and neat type person so when I'm done with my work there is little evidence that I was ever there. The best part is that my wife's philosophy is it's our home ... use it the way you want ... just keep it clean. That's easy. :cool:
 
If you don't have a basement, or a basement that's dry, then some place that's dry and climate controlled as others have said. I've had loading rooms in a garage, a spare bedroom, and in basements, and they've all worked. I swore that I'd never have another loading room where I'd have to haul everything upstairs to go shooting, but it's either haul it upstairs, downstairs, or have a spare room that can be used for a loading room. Since I don't have that I'm back in the basement again. No windows so nobody can look in which was something I wanted. I'm paranoid, but they're out to get me so.... :eek::D:D

If you're married and have kids or plan to have kids a lock on the door to keep them and their friends out without invitation would be a good idea too.
 
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