Storing extra turrets
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Storing extra turrets
Right now I have Eight 4-hole turrets complete with dies and most have Pro Auto Disc measures.They sit haphazardly on a shelf in the reloading area. I need to figure out a cheap and neat way to store them. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I've seen the Inline Fabrication turret racks, but it gets a little pricey for 3 of them and a rail wall organizer.
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Re: Storing extra turrets
I take the Auto Disc/ drum off, so I store them in a plastic box stacked on a shelf. With the disc/drum off, they will also fit inside the bullet container from the lee sizing kit. You could make a shelf with holes the size of the turret with a solid shelf below the one with the holes in it. This would let you leave the powder measure on it.
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Re: Storing extra turrets
Red round boxes for me. They were made to store a complete turret.
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Re: Storing extra turrets
I use the inline racks, you don't need the wall rail organizer system if you buy the screw on version.
But there are other ideas out there (just a few pics I found on the net): Or, what might be the best for storing including the measure:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthr ... ade/page13
But there are other ideas out there (just a few pics I found on the net): Or, what might be the best for storing including the measure:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthr ... ade/page13
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Re: Storing extra turrets
The good think about using the "round red box" is that any dust does not find their way to the dies.
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Re: Storing extra turrets
The opening of the dies is on the bottom, so I wouldn't mind too much about them. But dust on the powder measure is more what I think about. I'd also prefer a storage solution where the measures could stay on the turret. The LEE round red boxes don't fit the measure, just the dies.
As I already stated, my turrets are sitting on the InlineFab shelves. So they're totally open. I just throw a cloth over them to keep them protected.
As I already stated, my turrets are sitting on the InlineFab shelves. So they're totally open. I just throw a cloth over them to keep them protected.
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Re: Storing extra turrets
All good ideas! Now I just need to decide what will work best for me.
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Re: Storing extra turrets
I take a 1x6 and just drill holes about 1/2 the way through it that matches the holes in the turret. The wife sews me cloth bags that will fit over the turrets and attached powder measures.
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Re: Storing extra turrets
I don't have a 4-hole turret and don't know the diameters on one, but I do have 3-hole turrets and a 3" hole saw makes just big enough hole to drop a turret into it without it falling through. If you look in the background, I have a 3/4" poplar "shelf" at a 30 degree angle full of 3" through holes for storing turrets. There is probably a hole saw close enough to fit the 4-hole turrets out there somewhere. If not, there are adjustable ones and this project alone would warrant the expenditure on one.
I used 3/4" material and drilled all the way through. That way, garbage doesn't collect and build up in the recess the turret sits in. I thought about this for a long, long time, trying to come up with a prefect solution and all along, it was a simple round hole in a board that worked out best. No need to shape lug recesses or use metal for the shelf, just make a hole in a board and it works perfectly.
It doesn't look nearly as "hillbilly" as it sounds either. I was impressed with how it looked when I finished the job and they are handy, handy, handy. No digging out a plastic bin full of ziplock bags with full turrets in each, jut reach over and grab the one I want. Shell Holder-holders re just another hole adjacent the appropriate turret.
I used 3/4" material and drilled all the way through. That way, garbage doesn't collect and build up in the recess the turret sits in. I thought about this for a long, long time, trying to come up with a prefect solution and all along, it was a simple round hole in a board that worked out best. No need to shape lug recesses or use metal for the shelf, just make a hole in a board and it works perfectly.
It doesn't look nearly as "hillbilly" as it sounds either. I was impressed with how it looked when I finished the job and they are handy, handy, handy. No digging out a plastic bin full of ziplock bags with full turrets in each, jut reach over and grab the one I want. Shell Holder-holders re just another hole adjacent the appropriate turret.
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