re loading help.

[Cucv]

Hey im looking for some one with a bit of reloading exp to help me. I have a ton of 9mm 223 and 40 cal and other brass I want to reload but i dont know how. im willing to pay to have some one teach me how to reload and help me out. I live in santa clara.

Matt

[Na-vah-duh]

What equiptment do you have?

[Cucv]

I dont have any. Im not in a postition to have equipment in my current housing position.

[Whiterabbit]

Send me a PM sometime. I'm behind Valley Fair. Go snag yourself a set of dies (either Bullets and Brass or Bay Area Gun Vault, whichever caliber you want to load the most), and while you are at it buy some primers, powder, and bullets. Reeds has everything you'll need (minus dies), there's also the gunshow this weekend (they'll have everything INCLUDING dies). Pick some cheap bullets, the pick whatever powder you can find data for from a reputable source (like the Hodgdon website) that uses that weight bullet and seems popular. Call Bullets and Brass, tell them what you want, and you can pick it up at the show.

Give me a call sometime and find a day I'm free. Clean your brass before you come over. I won't take your money. Figure we can load maybe 100 rounds in an evening for straightwall, maybe 50 for anything bottleneck. Depends how fast the trimming goes.

[Cucv]

Will do. I live on Monroe so im close to you. I jsut dont have anyway of cleaning my brass. how much are tumblers to clean the brass.

[Whiterabbit]

$50. Check online, you can clean your brass for free with only labor. Equip just makes it effortless. Before I bought a tumbler I soaked my brass in a distilled vinegar and water mix (no problem, just don't use ammonia!), rinsed well and baked in the oven at the lowest setting on a paper towel to prevent water spots. I think a 2nd bath to rinse the vinegar off using a water/lemishine mix would have worked even better to keep water spots off.

Brass isn't pretty, but the grit is off and they are clean. That's free.

If reloading is something for you, it'll take about two batches of that and you'll be dying to go buy a tumbler. But if it turns out to be something you don't get into, at least you aren't out any cash!

[GSwain]

Maybe im just a little confused, but you want to reload just to learn how, even though you aren't going to be able to? So you are just trying to learn for a future skill? I'd highly recommend starting with a bunch of youtube videos. No offense to you, but it seems like you need to do some research to understand the basic process before you ask someone to show you how. Itll make the in person lesson much faster and more comprehensive. You will also walk away from it with a bit more understanding.

[ckprax]

I would suggest picking up a reloading manual and reading it before you take Whiterabbit up on his offer.

[bohoki]

i have minimal reloading setup i have a press mounted to a piece of plywood that i clamp to a wooden stool

i suggest starting with 9mm you have lots of volume of brass but i am unsure of your economic position most will tell anybody that has lots of reloading to do to buy a dillon550

but just doing small batches of 100 (because primers come in 100)gets the job done quick

so equipment i use for loading 9mm

press mounted to board (its the rcbs jr2 that has a little primer arm attached)
lee dies 9mm(they come with a little scoop that i dont use but more importantly have the shell holder)
lee perfect powder measure
harbor freight 6" digital caliper
digiweigh cheapo scale off of ebay capable of tenth grain resolution(to set the measure to 3.5 gn bullseye)

bullseye powder
small pistol primers
9mm .356 125gn lead bullets

its important to sort your brass and pick out the crimped primers and S&B ,amerc headstamp and just chuck them they are not worth the effort in 9mm

known good brass

fed,win,rem,magtech,cbc,pmc,cci,fiocchi,gfl

[Cucv]

Maybe im just a little confused, but you want to reload just to learn how, even though you aren't going to be able to? So you are just trying to learn for a future skill? I'd highly recommend starting with a bunch of youtube videos. No offense to you, but it seems like you need to do some research to understand the basic process before you ask someone to show you how. Itll make the in person lesson much faster and more comprehensive. You will also walk away from it with a bit more understanding.

GS no i want to learn how to reload because I want to. i mean whats your trip? is learning bad? when i can afford to move to a house i will buy the reloading equipment. I have a basic idea on what i need to do. I have been pming rabbit and he is ok with teaching me. I guess your anti teaching.

[5.56Geo]

GS no i want to learn how to reload because I want to. i mean whats your trip? is learning bad? when i can afford to move to a house i will buy the reloading equipment. I have a basic idea on what i need to do. I have been pming rabbit and he is ok with teaching me. I guess your anti teaching.

+1 Nothing wrong with wanting to learn. I have had friends and friend of friends come over to learn and talk about gun stuff and hang out in the man cave.

[Bill Steele]

Will do. I live on Monroe so im close to you. I jsut dont have anyway of cleaning my brass. how much are tumblers to clean the brass.

WR will be an excellent person to learn from, he is very knowledgeable.

An option for someone with little to no space to load, might be one of the Lee products. They make a basic loader that works with a mallet (a little too primative for some) as well as a hand press that would store in in a large shoe box.

After spending a few evenings with WR, you could be loading to your heart's content with nothing more than a small area on the floor as a work surface, albeit at a fairly low volume rate.

Something like this: http://www.cabelas.com/product/Shoot...3Bcat104516280

[r3dn3ck]

For those thinking you can't reload in an apartment, that's BS. I did it for 5 years. Reloading requires order and cleanliness. It's very quiet and doesn't even smell bad.

Pay attention to WR. One of the smarter guys you'll meet.

[GSwain]

GS no i want to learn how to reload because I want to. i mean whats your trip? is learning bad? when i can afford to move to a house i will buy the reloading equipment. I have a basic idea on what i need to do. I have been pming rabbit and he is ok with teaching me. I guess your anti teaching.

Not on a trip, and not anti teaching. Look around in the reloading section and you will see that I have tried to set up an easier way for people to learn in person.

[chim-chim7]

Personally I would wait until you have the equipment and means to reload before you take any classes. That way the info will be fresh in your mind as you put it to use. You going to retain all that information say 2 years from now. Just as an example of course. Probably not, and you will come right back here looking for someone to help. As mentioned before, if you have Calguns you have the internet. There are tons of great websites you can reference and you tube videos that go step by step. Really good stuff, but if your just looking to make friends, which it sounds like you are, then by all means, have at it.