Thread: Beginner's reloading guide

Quote: Originally Posted by Napoleon_Tanerite ... I can't stress enough how important it is to inspect your "finished" product! I weigh mine when I am done too, I am looking for +/- 2.0 grains from average in big magnum pistol or large game rounds. I haven't settled on a +/- figure for carbine or .38 S&W, but less than 2.0Gr. variation for sure. FWIW my finished "house load" in 500 Smith...

I intend to get into re-loading for my shotgun to save money, but I think I will save more money on the auto-pistol. Thanks again for the thread Swmn.

Quote: Originally Posted by Napalm ... I intend to get into re-loading for my shotgun to save money, but I think I will save more money on the auto-pistol. Thanks again for the thread Swmn. +100 Thanks for all of the good input from everyone, I have many options to weigh and now have some solid info to weigh them with.

Quote: Originally Posted by SANman1911 ... This may be a silly question as it appears to me all of the dies are universal so it simply depends on the dies themselves. Yes you just answered your question. Stick with a certain brand of die set. There will be a resizing die in there. The steps that I do: *Find used brass *Deprime *Resize *Polish Brass *Re prime *Add powder and bullet

Quote: Originally Posted by swmn ... I would argue that a beginner should start with a single stage press. The main thing for me is at one point in the reloading process I have "a batch" of primed cases with powder in them and I can look over the whole tray to see that indeed, all the cases seem to have about the same amount of powder in them. I did learn from a dude on his Dillon progressive press and a squib I loaded...

thank you for this

Thanks for this. It's shaping up to be one of the best beginners guides I've read. Not overly technical yet still enough information to get you in gear and rolling. This is precisely the kind of information those of us just starting out need to hear. I don't know if anyone else appreciates the amount of work you've put into this, but this particular canine certainly does. Woof.

Thought I would throw this out there for people interested in reloading... I have over 500 pieces of once fired 9mm brass: Mostly federal american eagle, but a few other brands mixed in. I also have around 2000+ pieces of once fired 223 brass: Most of it says m193 on the casing, but it is a mixture of different brands. I've decided at this point not to get into reloading and I have alot of ammo storage at this time. If anyone is...