Kevin Stenberg
Well-Known Member
I was sizing some bullets tonight. An after only about 50 bullets my arms were tired from holding them up to feed the NOE sizer in the RCBS press. My bench is the normal table height. But that made the press just too high.
So i unbolted the press and used 2 3" heavy duty C clamps. To bolt the press upside down to the underside of the bench. Which made the inlet for the sizer about 5" lower than the bench top. Which was much easier to feed the bullets from.
There was 2 other advantages to having the press upside down.
A. When feeding the bullets into sizer. The press handle was vertical. Which gave me enough space to feed the bullet between the ram and the sizer.
B. To force the bullets into the sizer all i had to do was pull the handle towards me (which would be the normal swing of the handle) about 5" which completely pushed the bullet through the sizer. It was much nicer pulling the handle 5" vertically, rather than pulling down about 12 to 14" for the normal swing of the handle.
So i unbolted the press and used 2 3" heavy duty C clamps. To bolt the press upside down to the underside of the bench. Which made the inlet for the sizer about 5" lower than the bench top. Which was much easier to feed the bullets from.
There was 2 other advantages to having the press upside down.
A. When feeding the bullets into sizer. The press handle was vertical. Which gave me enough space to feed the bullet between the ram and the sizer.
B. To force the bullets into the sizer all i had to do was pull the handle towards me (which would be the normal swing of the handle) about 5" which completely pushed the bullet through the sizer. It was much nicer pulling the handle 5" vertically, rather than pulling down about 12 to 14" for the normal swing of the handle.