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Been shooting a few years now. I shoot mostly rimfire and will continue to do so. But I really enjoy bringing out my Center fire rifles (.223, 30-06, 7.62x39, 7.62x54r) . I’d shoot them a bit more offten but for punching paper it’s a bit cost prohibitive.

My next goal will be to get started with reloading (.223 and 30-06). Going to start by saving my brass going forward and start saving for equipment. But in all honesty I have no idea the process and what’s needed. Just now starting down the YouTube rabbit hole trying to learn.

I’d appreciate any advice one can give. I’d rather not buy equipment twice. So would rather wait save and buy once. Any good video or reading to really learn what I’m doing. Any must haves ect.

Ruff costs would be awesome as well for equipment and then ruff cost per round to reload for 30-06 and .223?
 
I agree w Pete04 and maynard, manuals are your friends. Buy em, read em and respect them. The cost for everything is up to you. I started with 30-06 and 22-250 classic lee loaders and then bought upgraded equipment as the years rolled along. Great hobby. Enjoy
 
As mentioned above - relaoding manuals. There are also some available online. Most of the procedures and how-to sections don't seem to change much from one edition of a manual to the next. What does change is the load data - new powders get introduced, others are discontinued.

Once you've had a gander over the how-to sections, you'll have a better handle on what else you need to know / figure out.
 
When I decided I wanted to get into reloading I bought a copy of the Lyman 49th and started reading, oh man was it ever dry and boring for me. Having no hands on or visual reference to go along with what I was reading, it was hard to really get into it.

Fast forward a couple year later, I had a lesson in processing lead into clean ingots and casting bullets and I found a good YouTube channel that really broke it down for a beginner and made it seem a lot simpler than I expected. I picked up the Lyman again and it was more interesting, in fact I couldn’t put the thing down haha.

 
Pete04 said:
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You're right.
Before the interwebs it was a bit more of a challenge to our reading comprehension.
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Haha, I could comprehend the info in the manual. I just found a lot of it didn’t grab me without some hands on for context. I’m much more of a visual learner once I got hooked by doing it the or seeing it the reading material was so much more interesting to me.
 
Never mind the auto powder drop (weigh each and every round by hand and double check each and ever round before seating the bullet in the case.
A micrometer from Crappy Tire when thye go on sale for less than $200.00.

 
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