I don't shoot long arms (ML)
Only revolvers.
I load the cylinder (Out of the revolver) on a press which is mounted to the shooting box.
The shooting box is on the tailgate of my truck.
My shooting bench is far enough from the tailgate so I can fit a folding chair between....5 or 6 feet.
I load the cylinder from a brass flask with a spring loaded valve. (I have a Treso and a CVA.)
The plastic powder cannister is inside a drawer in the shooting box.
One comment about loading directly from a flask to a previously fired cylinder; It is more potentially dangerous to load in this way than it is to load using a charge sized scoop. (An exploding flask filled with powder is more potentially damaging than the explosion of a single powder charge.) I advise shooters to understand the risks involved as completely as possible and make their decision to load directly from a flask to the cylinder based upon (a) a good understanding of the risks, (b) use of practices which reduce those risks and (c) a willingness to accept the residual risks.
I say again that I am somewhat foolhearty and accept risks which others find unacceptable. In the end there are elevated risks associated with loading directly from a flask to a hot cylinder.
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