I started reloading about a wk ago, my kit came with a Speer manual, and as I'm using all hornady products, I've looked at some hornady specs, and they differ from the Speer manual. I trimmed all my once fired brass to the same lenght , as this allows me to keep COL, the same. Different bullets = different COL. I made about 30 dummy rnds , until I got the procedure right. Dummy rnds are case and projectile only, no powder or primer. I'm not sure if trimming all the brass to same lenght is nesasary ,but I found it works for me. And get a bullet puller. Also ,after deburing and chamfering a couple hundred cases with the hand held tool, that comes with your kit, your gonna want a power operated one. I have 4 containers, that I have labeled for each step. 1 ) resize and deprime. 2) resize,deprime,trim 3) resize,deprime,trim,debur/ chamfer. 4) resize,trim,debur/chamfer,prime. And I inspect cases as I'm doing this. I'm not sure if all this is nesasary , but it's the way I do it. Keep in mind, I've only been at it a wk, it gets less complicated with time and ask a lot of questions on here, most people are helpful.
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