If you want to protect the finish of the desk top, you could cover the underside of the mounting board with either felt or those rubbery liners for kitchen cabinet drawers. A scrap piece of wood between the underside of the desk top and the C-clamp screw would keep the C-clamp from digging into the underside of the desk top.
That desk is already pretty old and beat up. It's missing drawer handles and has rough spots in it's varnish. It's pretty huge and already in the office and only has the desktop computer screen and a printer on top of it. If I put a smaller modern coumputer table in the office and move that big desk around, The table top on that desk overlaps on the sides that you can see in the picture, but it also overlaps on the full front side which you can't see because of the computer screen and wall. If I turn the desk around where the drawers are towards the wall, but leave enough gap between the wall and the drawers?
I could probably dedicate that whole desk to a reloading bench. Or, just put the office chair between the wall and desk, then I could use the sides and the entire front to C-Clamp equipment on and off. It only has the screen and printer on it, the drawers aren't used except for worthless stuff I have put in them. I could use the drawers to store stuff, and set the press and bigger stuff on top of the gun safe or file cabinet when not in use.
I feel pretty stupid not realizing this before seeing @Whisky 's post. If it'd a been a snake, it would have bit me... But, if it was a snake, I'd probably woulda seen it.
Reloading and the knowledge of; is definitely my weak link when it comes to firearm enthusiasm, but thankfully with the awesomeness of all you gents in here, it's something I will be able to remedy.
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