Getting into reloading...

Lots of really good advice here. One thing to add though is that on the legal aspect only the federal aspects are discussed. Province can add stuff. I used to live in Quebec and rules there are much more strict than the NRCAN regs. It's also a good idea to check with your municipality if there's any bylaws and if you plan on storing serious quantities of any energetic materials, asking your local firechief is not a bad idea either.
 
Ganderite said:
Lights. If you use LED you will avoid the interference problem with a digital scales.

You want lots of light so you can easily check that each case has powder, and a similar level of powder.

Store bullets and cases anywhere you want, avoid damp places.
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Very good advice, my basement is a bit gloomy so I wear a headlamp when loading. Shines right into the case when I peer in to check the powder, works perfectly.
 
I really like the magnetic pen type flashlight for reloading. They are small, very bright and good for checking cases, powder level and such, and the magnetic clip allows it to attach to your press providing more light exactly where you need it.
 
I keep loaded ammo and powder and primers locked up in cabinets. Also keep things like extra scopes and scales and my Magnetospeed locked up in a cabinet. Guns are in a safe, no ammo in the safe. I even keep bullet moulds in the safe, as that happens to be a handy place to store them. With the last change from NRcan, you can use a metal cupboard to store powder and primers, as long as the shelves are painted, may be an idea to put the cheap rubber mats people use in RV cupboards on the shelves as an insulator against static charges, and don't have the cupboard under a heat outlet, keep powder cool. I had the material for a powder cabinet, so I built a wood one, just used regular hardware on it. Just be aware, an apartment is restricted as to a different limit of 20kg (25?) of powder/ammo, and no 8lb bottles, have to be 1lbr's. Weird quirk there, but, is what it is.
I found having one of the swinging/folding/telescoping bench/desk hobby lamps with a magnifier to be handy, have one on each bench and one on a rolling stand, with LED bulbs. Basic overhead lamps seem to create too many shadow areas where I want to look.
And if you are using a beam scale, build a shelf at eye level to put it on.
 
Ok so I got the table all done and was doing some other work in my basement then I got the idea of taking out the press and just mocking it up with some C-clamps and giving it some dry runs to see how it goes.... So I set up the decapping die and holy hell the indexing with each pull is as straight as Bill Blairs life. I did everything as per paper and utubeeeeeeee and all i can get is about 2-4 full rotations of good indexing then after that it's 50/50 with each pull. What now?
 
John347 said:
Ok so I got the table all done and was doing some other work in my basement then I got the idea of taking out the press and just mocking it up with some C-clamps and giving it some dry runs to see how it goes.... So I set up the decapping die and holy hell the indexing with each pull is as straight as Bill Blairs life. I did everything as per paper and utubeeeeeeee and all i can get is about 2-4 full rotations of good indexing then after that it's 50/50 with each pull. What now?
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I have no idea what you just said, but are you using lube?
 
I'm not familiar with the Lee value press (or any Lee press for that matter) but can the index be adjusted? Also, I'd get the press properly secured to the bench properly before worrying too much.

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Longbow338 said:
Lots of really good advice here. One thing to add though is that on the legal aspect only the federal aspects are discussed. Province can add stuff. I used to live in Quebec and rules there are much more strict than the NRCAN regs. It's also a good idea to check with your municipality if there's any bylaws and if you plan on storing serious quantities of any energetic materials, asking your local firechief is not a bad idea either.
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Can you explain??
 
4n2t0 said:
I'm not familiar with the Lee value press (or any Lee press for that matter) but can the index be adjusted? Also, I'd get the press properly secured to the bench properly before worrying too much.

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I was doing everything in that vid lastnight lol... I called Lee this morning and they told me what to do within 15secs of me talking to the tech guy.... He knew right away what the problem was and now it works well!

lol
 
John347 said:
I was doing everything in that vid lastnight lol... I called Lee this morning and they told me what to do within 15secs of me talking to the tech guy.... He knew right away what the problem was and now it works well!

lol
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What was the problem? It's good to let us know in case someone else has the same issue.
 
4n2t0 said:
What was the problem? It's good to let us know in case someone else has the same issue.
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Well since only ONE die was placed it was to "light" for each hole to be dead center of the ram and I was either over shooting or under shooting. So the tech said if you wanna dry cycle you need to place ALL of them on for their to be some weight on the turret to be dead center of the ram.

So for anyone new to reloading and want to see how their turret press functions make sure you place all dies on the turret in order for it to index correct.
 
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