couple reloading q's

Jetman said:
what are some NEEDED reloading items, that wouldnt come in a reloading kit.
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At some point you're going to need a bullet puller. I've tried the inertia hammer style and don't like them. I use an RCBS collet puller.

A powder measure and trickler are convenient, but not essential. I did without either for quite a while.
 
I use the RCBS collet puller too, but I still use my inertia hammer if I find I seated only a bit too much and tapping it a few times will move it out enough to allow me to re-seat it at a longer COL instead of pulling it completely.
 
hoytcanon said:
Anyone who has to shorten the word "questions" to "q's," shouldn't be reloading...
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I absolutely hate electronic scales, and every time I try to use one the battery is hooped.

I like an analog scale because I can see the weight come up as I get to my charge. If I'm doing several hundred or thousand rounds I make a scoop out of old or damaged case/shell and cut it to fit just below my charge so I can use a trickle to top it up 100% without going over.
 
Eagleye said:
Geez Hoyt?????
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Well, to start, that was initially tongue in cheek... but not completely... reloading is not a haphazard, ball park sort of endeavor... the more precision, the safer and more accurate the process and product.
 
Those of use with math skills wonder about guys trying to reload with in a 100th of one thing or a 1000th of another thing and then can't take account the other variables involved.
 
Be careful with the descriptions on the kits you see online, ie; there are kits, and there are KITS. A fella posted elsewhere on an RCBS Rockchucker kit and a Lyman turret kit, the Lyman had far more useful stuff in it, like a trimmer and a balance beam scale, calipers. RCBS had a cheap pocket size elec scale, a powder thrower, no trimmer, powder throwers are really only useful for ball and flake powders, stick powders can be very irritating to use in one.. RCBS makes kits with different goodies in them, but that wasn't what he looked at, there is one with a beam scale and a trimmer for example. Pays to look at the mfgr's website, see if you can spot a kit that has what you need, and price those components separately also. Mix and match of brands can get you a better product selection for not a lot more. Every mfgr has vids on You tube of the individual products to show how they work, some features are better than the competition's, some are faster to process with, some are living on their name and have questionable QC, sometimes the cheap stuff is actually pretty good for many applications, some have captive accessories required, that you may not be able to run out and grab if you need one.
 
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