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Lee Load Master Mount from Becks Armory

First off Richard Beck richard@becksarmory.com at Becks Armory is a great guy to work with. The mounts are hand crafted in America with quality materials. All mounting hardware except the wood screws was also included. The wood screws to mount the rear bracket to my bench are not included because the thickness of my bench was unknown to Richard. My mounts were packed VERY well and received quickly after shipment.

Richard also said he can create custom mounts based on the same design. I just need to send him the measurements. I might get one made for my RCBS Accessory Base Plate. That will be a separate post 🙂

Here is a link to directly to the bracket I got: . http://becksarmory.com/product/lee-load-master-mounting-kit/

Below is a quick post of what I did to get it mounted.

First thing I did was mount the brace. I used ½ inch wood screws to get the job done.

Then I drilled the bottom 2 holes from back to front.

I held the mount in front and placed the 2 bottom bolts into the before mentioned holes. Made sure it was level and marked the top 2 holes as shown above and drilled them out. Then mounted it up.

When I do it again, I will make a jig with the hole pattern and drill the holes out that way. Don’t know why I didn’t think of that till after the fact.

Here is a shot with the press mounted.

Reloading Consumable Storage Fridge – Part 2

I added the Gun Saver Dehumidifier to the bottom front of the fridge.

You can see the temperature rise and rise ….

Room Stats:

Temp: ~76

Humid: 73-75

The Humidity is dropping:

The Temperature got to almost 90 degrees! I was not comfortable with that. I moved the rod to the freezer area. You can see the temperature drop.

Room Stats:

Temp: ~76

Humid: 73-75

The humidity went up a bit. We will see how it looks in a day or so.

Room Stats:

Temp: ~76

Humid: 73-75

The outside and inside temperature dropped a bit, but inside the fridge it looks pretty stable:

Looks like the humidity is pretty stable too. Within ~1%

Will keep an eye on it and post major changes.

Reloading Consumable Storage Fridge – Part 1

With the Covid-19 thing wrapped in an election year, reloading supply consumables have disappeared. To better store what I have I decided to make a storage environment. AKA the ammo/reloading fridge:

First thing I did was gut an old fridge I had:

Then using paint I had on hand I painted it up and put it back together.

Then I ran electric through the ice maker hole. Added a power strip and hooked up a Raspberry Pi to take and record Temperature and Humidity:

Next I will add a Gun Saver Dehumidifier and take some readings.

Reloading Steps – Rifle

Date:____________ Date:____________

Rifle Caliber:__________ Rifle Caliber:__________

LPP_____SPP_____ LPP_____SPP_____

COUNT:__________ea COUNT:________ea

_____ Deprime

_____ Clean

_____ Primer pocket go / no-go

_____ Swager (if Necessary)

_____ Anneal (if necessary)

_____ Lube/Resize

_____ De-Bur flash hole (if Necessary)

_____ Trim/Chamfer

223/5.56 trim to 1.745*

224 Val trim to 1.590**

300 AAC Blackout 1.358***

6.5 Creedmoor 1.910****

_____ Clean

_____Load

* 223 REM The 2015 standard is 1.760″-0.030″, so 1.730″-1.760″ is the current range and the middle value is 1.745″, which should, by tradition, be the trim-too length.

** 224 VAL The 2018 standard is 1.600″-0.020″, so 1.580″-1.600″ is the current range and the middle value is 1.590″, which should, by tradition, be the trim-too length.

*** 300 BLK The 2015 standard is 1.368″-0.020″, so 1.348″-1.368″ is the current range and the middle value is 1.358″, which should, by tradition, be the trim-too length.

**** 6.5 CREED The 2015 standard is 1.920″-0.020″, so 1.900″-1.920″ is the current range and the middle value is 1.910″, which should, by tradition, be the trim-too length

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Clean in wet tumbler with SS pins (HF)

This is for the Harbor Freight Tumbler

In each tumbler drum I put:

1 ½ lb of stainless steel media (at the most)
About 1 lb of brass
Water up to the lip or just below
Lemi-shine (1/4 teaspoon)
Squirt of Dawn (enough that when you open the drum you see soap suds)
Tumble for 2 hours.

Cleaning Solutions and Ideas

Ultrasonic Brass Cleaning:

Lemi-shine (1/4 teaspoon)
Squirt of Dawn (1/4 teaspoon)
15 Minutes

Brass Tumbler (HF Edition):

In each tumbler drum I put:

1 ½ lb of stainless steel media (at the most)
About 1 lb of brass
Water up to the lip or just below
Lemi-shine (1/4 teaspoon)
Squirt of Dawn (enough that when you open the drum you see soap suds)
Tumble for 2 hours.

Brass Tumbler (FART Edition):

In the tumbler drum I put:

5 lb of stainless steel media (at the most)
About 10 lb of brass
Water up to the lip or just below
Lemi-shine (1/4 Teaspoon)
Dawn (enough that when you open the drum you see soap suds)
4 Tablespoons Armor All Ultra Shine
Tumble for 3 hours.

Ultrasonic RCBS Gun Cleaning Solution:

30:1 Ratio
60oz water
2oz cleaner
Degas (only first time solution is mixed)
Set to ~120 degrees F
5 min for tools
15 min for gun parts

Ballistol Ultrasonic Cleaning Solutuon:

10% per one gallon = 12.8 Ounces (oz)

From <https://calculate-this.com/percent-solution-calculator-gallons>

I will round up to 13 Ounces and top off to a gallon. 6.5 Ounces for a half gallon

2 x 16 oz Ballistol $29

32 oz RCBS $23

Bald Eagle 9 Liter Ultrasonic Cleaner

I just got the Bald Eagle 9 Liter Ultrasonic Cleaner, BE1167 for $375.00 without shipping. Regular list price is $650.00. I have been wanting a large ultrasonic cleaner for a while. I was looking at the Hornady Lock-N-Load Hot Tub for Sonic Cleaner 043310 as it has a great feature set, it is just above my budget.

The Bald Eagle comes with the same features and accessories including the hanging cords: