Reloading

[rovertech21]

Hey guys! I'm interested in learning how to do my own reloading. Anyone got any tips for first timer setup. Or know of anyone getting out and wants to sell equipment. Thank you

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[waawaaweenie]

do a lot of reading online, see the mistakes others made and learn from that

ask a lot of questions too. research equipment and only buy once

[Kevin.st]

I would look into reloading classes done by members of calguns. I went to a class here in Fullerton and I learned enough to do it on my own.

[rovertech21]

Thank you for the inputs. Any brands of press. Progressive or not?

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[Hk996]

Look at lots of videos on youtube... reloading class would probably be good too. Are you going to do rifle or pistol? My plan from the beginning was to do single stage rifle and progressive pistol. I've been doing it for almost a year now and it has worked out, but one thing you don't realize (at least I didn't) was that there is a LOT of prep that needs to be done for rifle rounds.... things that I didn't really take into account.

It's been fine and there is a lot of people that will help out on here.

Oh, I started with a redding single stage, and later got a dillon 650 for pistol rounds.

[rovertech21]

Pistol for now. Maybe rifle in a bit. Thank a lot for the help. I just don't want to buy a bunch of stuff I dont need

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[ElDub1950]

I started reloading recently and it's surprisingly easy to get up and running to make some typical target/plinking rounds. It will take a whole lot more experience if I wanted to get into precision, high performance, competition rounds .. Stick to basic loads to start with. Go slow and double or triple check everything each time until you're confident

Make small batches, 10-20, at first and test .. don't try 200 rnds in you first sitting.

I went with a Lee single stage because it's a cheap way to get started and what I learn is pretty much transferable to any press. Sure, I'd like to have a nice progressive press but don't regret starting cheap. I'm sure there are better and worse cheap presses but I'm not disappointed in the Lee.

Biggest mistakes so far: Set my OAL exactly according to the charts and it was too long and caused major feed problems; stuffed a couple of primers in sideways because I wasn't double checking that step; pinched my finger inserting a bullet and let a couple of 380 brass get into my 9mm and didn't catch it until after I tried to insert the bullet.

I'm pretty happy with what I've ended up with so far. I loaded 200 rnds last night. Will do another 2-300 tonight and tomorrow Ima gonna go shoot em all up cause they're cheap enough that I can!

[CSACANNONEER]

Location? We have low cost clinics currently scheduled in various parts of the state.

[pdq_wizzard]

one form up http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/f...splay.php?f=89

[rovertech21]

I'm in south orange county. Not looking to rush into it. Want to learn from others mistakes I don't plan on doing competition rounds. Just to keep cost down at ranges. Thanks guys. Tons of great info

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[nguy0951]

Start with a single stag first, it's easier and your going step by step which help you pay attention more. I started with the lee classics reloader, used that for two year doing rifle and pistol then I move to a progressive as I learn from my mistake.

[waawaaweenie]

you can start with a Lee turret, get the 4 hole one to do pistol so you can seat and crimp in different stages.

you can run it as a single stage so you can get the procedure down right.

even if you someday go all out and buy the biggest progressive, you will still need a single or smaller simpler press to do work up loads on.

if you start by doing rifle, by the time you get that down with all the extra stages of prep, you will breeze through pistol because if you get carbide dies, you do not need to lube each case or trim.

Lee has good customer service and so do Dillon and RCBS. if looking at Dillon, look at brianenos.com for purchasing as you can get it with no tax and his forum is a great place to get info.

get a few manuals as each powder manufacturer has different load data on different bullets.

[sl0re10]

Thank you for the inputs. Any brands of press. Progressive or not?

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The big names (lee, rcbc, are all good once you get over $80) in single stage (thats what I have).

Under $80 or no name; avoid.

Some people like kits; I bought all my pieces individually and skipped a few things (like shell trays; I just use plastic ammo cases that I take to the range... and the scale; bought one on ebay and reality checked it against another scale) and didn't need a few things (I pay someone else, that has the machine to do it, to process my brass... ). Also; I could pick and choose. The Lee press is good but I picked up a Hornady die to use with it.... et cetera...

But take one of the reloading club classes offered on this forum. You can see the equipment and talk to them about it... also learn how to lower your chances of hurting yourself reloading.

[Google it Research]

Bass Pro Shops has free reloading classes. They are about 2 hours and cover the basic tools and their uses. I found this helpful because as I read how to reloading books, I understood the terminology and could visualize their use.

[manny]

+1 on a single stage, I've done tens of thousands on an RCBS. Great to ensure no squibs/double charges.