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Just a few questions....

B_McB_Mc Member Posts: 794 ✭✭✭✭
edited March 2008 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
I am interested in reloading, and I know absolutely nothing about it.

Can anyone give me some information to help me get started.

Like I said I am completely lost in this subject.

Thanks in advance

Brent
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  • flyingtorpedoflyingtorpedo Member Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you know someone who does it then ask to watch them or have you do it while they watch you and explain the process to you. There are also NRA saftey classes you can take as well as video's and books about the subject. I was in the same boat as you a few months ago. I read lots of different topics on the forums. I also went to a book store, found a book about reloading and spent some time reading it for free-I don't know anyone who reloads. I bought the book later online for half the price. The process itself is easy, and enjoyable. You will be hooked after you load your first round! Don't be afraid to ask lots of questions, I have.
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  • charliemeyer007charliemeyer007 Member Posts: 6,572 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Start with reading a good book or two Hornady, Speer, Lyman. Got any friends that re-load? They will cut your learning curve way down. A real gun store will take the time to show or help you figure out what you need, the big box guys usually don't have the time.
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  • nononsensenononsense Member Posts: 10,928 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    B_Mc,

    I like both suggestions above.

    You should buy or borrow some reloading manuals and read the first chapters in each one which will detail out the reloading procedures available from the many component companies. There are other books that are geared towards the beginner such as the "ABCs of Reloading"

    http://www.amazon.com/ABCs-Reloading-C-Rodney-James/dp/0873491904

    This link has other suggested books which you could look for and maybe find in your used bookstore. You can never have too many reloading manuals and they don't all have to be new. Again, your used bookstore or garage sales can save you a bunch of money. Component manufacturers also have online resources that you can read and print out. They are not as detailed as their books or manuals but they will help get you started.

    Check with your local gun club or maybe even a local gun shop to see if there is a qualified someone willing to help a novice get started.

    This is a link to a brief article on reloading that includes lots of photographs which will aid in the explanations of the process.

    http://jeffersonian.name/reload-r.html

    There are lots of experienced reloaders here so don't hesitate to ask questions and see what we have to say.

    Best.
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  • sandwarriorsandwarrior Member Posts: 5,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    B_Mc,

    The advice charliemeyer and torpedo have given you is good.

    Get in a habit early of inspecting at each phase and how you key yourself to do that. Anytime you want to come on here and ask a question, do so. When you get that question answered here, cross reference it with one of your reloading books.
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  • ww2buff9067ww2buff9067 Member Posts: 472 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    All this advice is right on...my 2 cents from experience: double check all your cases for powder BEFORE you seat the bullet. Not too difficult to fix once it's "fired" (usually tapping the bullet back out of the chamber with a cleaning rod is enough), but it's bloody embarrassing and a pain in the caboose.

    Have fun, reloading is a blast!

    Mike
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  • flyingtorpedoflyingtorpedo Member Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by ww2buff9067
    All this advice is right on...my 2 cents from experience: double check all your cases for powder BEFORE you seat the bullet. Not too difficult to fix once it's "fired" (usually tapping the bullet back out of the chamber with a cleaning rod is enough), but it's bloody embarrassing and a pain in the caboose.

    Have fun, reloading is a blast!

    Mike



    I'll bet you'll NEVER be able to live that one down![:p][}:)] But being embarresed is better than not noticing and firing another round. [xx(]
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  • B_McB_Mc Member Posts: 794 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had an old timer that used to reload when I was a youngster, and I can remember once he fired his shotgun and the pellets just rolled out of the end of the barrell. It was pretty funny.[:)]

    I thank you guys for the advice.

    What are some of the titles of these books you all are speaking of.
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  • flyingtorpedoflyingtorpedo Member Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I really like the ABC's of Reloading and the Lyman 48th Reloading Handbook. I thought they went together well. Any good reloading manual will have a how to section at the start. I'd get more than one book/manual because while they are similar, no two will be the same. I did watch both of those books on ebay a while back and they were selling for more than new ones from www.midwayusa.com. Might be a different story now, I haven't looked one ebay for a few months.
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  • peppersacpeppersac Member Posts: 90 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I really found ths guys site very informative!!
    quote:Originally posted by nononsense
    B_Mc,

    I like both suggestions above.

    You should buy or borrow some reloading manuals and read the first chapters in each one which will detail out the reloading procedures available from the many component companies. There are other books that are geared towards the beginner such as the "ABCs of Reloading"

    http://www.amazon.com/ABCs-Reloading-C-Rodney-James/dp/0873491904

    This link has other suggested books which you could look for and maybe find in your used bookstore. You can never have too many reloading manuals and they don't all have to be new. Again, your used bookstore or garage sales can save you a bunch of money. Component manufacturers also have online resources that you can read and print out. They are not as detailed as their books or manuals but they will help get you started.

    Check with your local gun club or maybe even a local gun shop to see if there is a qualified someone willing to help a novice get started.

    This is a link to a brief article on reloading that includes lots of photographs which will aid in the explanations of the process.

    http://jeffersonian.name/reload-r.html

    There are lots of experienced reloaders here so don't hesitate to ask questions and see what we have to say.

    Best.
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  • kamikazetsunamiskamikazetsunamis Member Posts: 435 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Before you purchase a progressive loader read this

    http://www.comrace.ca/cmfiles/dillonLeeHornadyComparison.pdf
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  • ryanwilson1979ryanwilson1979 Member Posts: 24 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I recomend starting cheap and slow. Get the ABSs of reloading and that Lyman manual mentioned above is what got me going.
    You can get a kit on GB or even ebay for under $150for everything. You can even get a single stage press with scale, book, etc EVERYTHING you need except the dies of your choice for $99 on GB or ebay. LEE makes great starter gear. Read the book, buy the cheap kit, and pick up some dies at the same time. Find a store or midwayonline and get some powder, bullets, and primers and get to it!

    WARNING- you will be addicted and will spend all that you save on more stuff because reloading is as much fun as shooting. lol
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