Introduction to reloading

The Smallest Minority blog has a extensive post how to get into reloading. Well worth a read if you have been thinking about starting to reload:Images

After my offhand comment the other day about how people should get into reloading, I’ve received over a dozen emails asking how a complete tenderfoot would get into it: with a low budget, modest reloading amounts, and so on.

I would appreciate advice from you all as the a “basic” set of equipment one would need, as well as some recommendations for stuff like powder and such.

More here.

Hat Tip: Mr Completely 

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Steve Oct 3rd 2007 ammunition, beginner Tags: , , , 5 Comments

5 Responses to “Introduction to reloading”

  1. Peteron 04 Oct 2007 at 6:30 pm link comment

    Also check eBay: My Rockchucker (RCBS) cost me $42 as opposed to the retail of $129. It was very dirty, and needed to be taken apart and cleaned, but I would have done that with a new one, as the linkages aren’t lubricated at the factory. This makes a noticable difference, especially when full-length resizing rifle cases.

    GunBroker, too: I scored a full length RCBS .308 die set with an additional neck-sizing die for $20.

    CH4D: I have the military primer pocket swaging set, which I think is a better approach than RCBS, but the point here is that I called and spoke to Mr Davison (one of the owners) about some parts that the unit I bought off eBay was missing. He spent all the necessary time to answer my questions, and then sent out the required items without insisting on payment first. Of course I paid him as soon as I got the stuff. Good Guy!

  2. Steveon 04 Oct 2007 at 10:00 pm link comment

    Hi Peter. Thanks for the tips.

  3. Jeffersonianon 12 Oct 2007 at 2:37 am link comment

    You might also find my reloading pages of interest:

    http://jeffersonian.name/reload.html

  4. George A Phillipson 30 Dec 2007 at 8:08 am link comment

    Just wanted to let anyone interested in reloading know I have an ebook for the absolute beginner. It is $4.95 available here… http://www.thephillipsgeneralstore.com/reloading.html

  5. Lee Stenderon 26 Mar 2009 at 4:39 am link comment

    Does anyone have the answer to the $ 64,000 question?
    Where are all of the small rifle primers?
    Should’nt we be concerned?

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