reloading lessons?

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mpjustin

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is there anyone in the london, St. Thomas, or aylmer ontario area that would be willing to teach a newbie on how to reload 45acp or 9mm, I have all my own brass and would be willing to pay top dollar for the other stuff needed. I will be buying my own equipment after I just want to experiance it first.
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The first thing to do is buy is a reloading handbook and read it to get the basics.
I don't want to sound concescending on that. The instructions in the manuals are pretty straight forward. If you follow them without shortcuts, you will not have a problem reloading.

I would seek advice on what press and accessories to buy limited by your budget. You can spend a modest amount on the equipment or a LOT!

A question to keep in mind being the quantity of ammunition you want to load, the space available, and what else you plan on loading in future.
One can go from a single stage press all the way up to a progressive.
 
i will and am doing all that, I guess I just wanted to experiance it befor fronting all the money. space won't be a problem I just build a very nice gun room/vault:)
 
mpjustin said:
i will and am doing all that, I guess I just wanted to experiance it befor fronting all the money. space won't be a problem I just build a very nice gun room/vault:)
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Don't use single stage if possible. There is no problem if you only shoot less than 100 rounds a week or month with single stage.

It was painful for me to hand load only500 rounds. The time and force it takes is not worth it. You have to size all the brass, then bell all the brass, then powder all the brass, then seat all the bullets, then crimp all of them!!!

The average hours I'd spend for 200 rounds is more than 10 hours.

I've been through all of them and I just bought a Dillon progressive machine.
It's about CAD$400.00(incl.tax) but Life time guaranteed. I will not regret if you have one.

The average hours I'd spend now is 500rounds per hour.:sniper:
 
"...You have to..." You need to set your dies up differently. Re-sizing, belling and depriming can be done in the sizer die. Seating and crimping can be done in the crimping die.
Using a single stage press quickly is a matter of technique. Not that it matters now that you have the Dillon.
RCBS' site has a How-to as well. Click on 'Reloading Guide'.
However, the only persnickty part of reloading is setting up the seating die to get the OAL you want. It's trial and error mostly, but you can use a loaded factory cartridge with the same bullet weight you're using to get started. Once you have an accurate load, you can fiddle with the seating depth. More trial and error though.
 
When I started reloading, I practiced a lot on the steps to git her done. I first took the fired primers out or made them by firing them off with no powder. and reistalled them over and over til I got the feel of "seated" I then loaded the weighed powder ( budgie gravel) put it in and then installed the bullet to get the proper length. All this after a full length sizing. Finally pulled the ammo apart and started over until I was confident of what I was doing. Main thing is read and understand the powder ratio to bullet weight.
 
i would say its better to start on a single stage;)..learn the step by step process of reloading..
once you master how and why each step is done to do your reloading.

giver hell and get a multi stage press..:D
 
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