Reloading.

[gregorylucas]

Hi everyone, I hope this is in the right place.

I finally made the plunge, I bought a reloading press and related dies. I want to reload .308 Winchester, .223 Winchester, .357 Magnum and .45 ACP. What powders/primers do you guys use for these cartridges and what places have good prices on these items.

Thanks,
-Greg

[Python2]

Your best answer is buy a reloading manual, get a beer and and start reading. Pay attention to safety procedures. Good luck and have fun.

[Peter W Bush]

DEFINITELY buy a reloading manual and read it. It will tell you exactly what you want to know about primers, powders, bullets, etc. and most importantly, how to safely reload your ammo.

[Mikeb]

You have gotten good advice ... but to answer your question I like IMR 4895 for .308 win 296 or 2400 for mag handguns and win 231 for .45. But do get a (or a few ) manuals.
good luck
Mike
.223 I don't know read the manual

[daves100]

Reloading

what is a good reloading manual

[huckberry668]

You NEED to consult powder manual first. Check this site out: www.hodgdon.com it contains load info for IMR, Winchester and Hodgdon powders.

I load these calibers myself along with a bunch others. I hate having to stock up on too many different powders. So I picked the powders that can be used for most of the calibers and develop my favorite loads.

For 223 (Remington, I think is what you mean) and 308 Win nothing beats starting with (many of us rest with) Hodgdon Varget. It's good for many other calibers too.

I use HP38 or Win 231 (they're virtually the same) for 45ACP, 9mm Luger, 40SW, 38spl, 357mag, 44 spl., 44Mag. I used them both in 38spl and 45ACP in my competition days.

Go to www.powdervalleyinc.com and buy 8lb kegs if you plan to shoot a lot.

[MKfan]

what is a good reloading manual

The manuals I use most are the Lyman and the Speer. It's good to have more than one manual since no one manual covers every powder/ bullet combination, and by cross referencing it will also help you catch the occasional typo that would have caused an accident.

For my .223 loads I'm using CCI and Winchester primers with TAC, Varget, and Benchmark powders.

[JamesY]

Varget, clays, and h335, all with win primers

[diginit]

All good advice, But you may have more replies in the reloading forum....

[Gowking]

As for prices you should check out these places:

https://www.powdervalleyinc.com

https://www.grafs.com

https://www.wideners.com

If you want to save even more get a Curio & Relic FFL (class 03) and get dealer pricing.

-G

[robert101]

I always have a late addition of Speer, Sierra and Richard Lee's manuals. I also buy the "One Book / One Caliber" manual for each of my cartridges to be reloaded. Some of the other posters gave you good information. Get the books and read. Why? Because right now you don't know which questions to ask. You really need a base of information. From that we can give you guidence and direction when you are having problems or to understand a particular. We need more reloaders. Feel free to ask away after doing some research.

[apes]

If you can find someone who can walk you throught he process with a hands on tutorial it will help emensely,

[Forestgnome]

I like the Speer manual myself. Also all of the powder manufacturer's have load data on their websites. You can trust their data. Also check out the benchrest forums if you want to read the finer points of reloading.