I'm green, and I need some advice..

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Alright, I'll just get it over with... I have no idea what I'm doing with reloading. You might as well ask me to write a essay in chinese :D.

So I'm wondering, where can I get a good beginer's guide to reloading? and are those Lee reloading kits a good idea?

Thanks guys
 
look a little further - all these topics have been persued at length ad infinitum on this forum- the lyman or lee is a good beginners book, and as for the rest of the stuff, a search of reloading should bring you up to speed
 
I requested some from a library and then purchased a Lee manual as well as a Hornady manual.
One question what caliber do you plan on reloading?
If its rifle, then yes the classic kit is good.
If its pistol, then look into a turret kit or a pro 1000.
 
I'll second the ABC of reloading.

Illustrates and explains just about everything you need to know.
 
With repect to the other members who suggested this publication, in my opinion the ABC of reloading is the worse book ever written on the subject. No load information and does not provide any greater detail than a reloading manual. Don't waste your time and money. Get at least two good reloading manuals. Lyman should be one of them. What will you be doing: Pistol or Rifle reloading? Both require slightly different techniques and tools.
 
Yup, the Lyman or Lee are both good places to start reading. Once you get an idea from these, you can get better info from other users. Lee also makes good startup presses since the kits basically include most of what you need to get started at a decent price.
 
Purchase a manual or two ( Speer + Sierra are my personal favorites ) and read them. Try to find a reloader to walk you through the process - it helps a lot ! Start slowly, reading all instructions and then go from there.
 
Here's a start:

h t t p://www.gunnersden.com/index.htm.rifle-reloading-equipment-guide.html

Just take the spaces out of the "http"

:p:p

Welcome to reloading. Don't let your imagination get away on you. There are plenty of good books and www sites with tons of info. Start off by doing some reading and, above all, be sure of your powders and loads.

Most of the reloading component sellers and equipment sellers have lots of good info on their websites. Although some of the answers you get on this site will be somewhat curt, be patient, and ask if you can't figure something out.
 
Lyman or Lee are good starters, I got both.

Then keep adding to your collection, IMR, Winchester, Speer, Sierra, etc... always good to check at least 2 before starting to work up a load.
 
I am always flabbergasted by so many people advocating to get, and read, multiple loading books. What is the purpose of getting more than one good, modern loading manual? Do you think any one manual is incorrect? If that is the reason, then tell everyone what manual is in error, so no one else will buy it. Every modern manual gives complete, plainly written, instructions of procedures. Why would you want to read the same thing again, in another manual, with only slightly different wording?
Do you want to look in several manuals to pick out the lightest load for your gun? If that is the reason, I would suggest you go back to factory ammunition.
Do you want to pick out from several manuals the one that gives the highest loading for your gun? If this is the reason, it is not a very good way of doing things. You should always start at a lower loading and work up the load in your own rifle.
 
i've only got 1- a speer no 11-the darned things have been lawyerized over the years to the point of some loads won't work in some rifles(for those of you who don't know what lawyerizing is- it means reducing the powder charge so they company doesn't get sued) and sure , i haven't got all the calibers, but i've got the ones i use, and if there's anything new under the sun, somebody on the internet probably has a load for it, or i can just write one of the manufacturers( national reloader manufacturer's assocaition) and they'll send it along- basically, it's a receipe book
 
OneBarfly said--------------
You are kidding right?

Different manuals do not have identical information on bullet, cartridge, powder combinations.

No, not kidding, and you have given an excellent reason for what I wrote.
OK, three manuals and everyone gives different loads for your smokepole. So, which one do you go by?
This is exactly what I said, do you go by the manual that gives lowest loads, highest loads, or do you use common sense. By that I mean use any safe, starting load type, and build it up to suit your rifle.
 
Ilearned to handload using a Speer manual, that came with my Rockchucker kit. It's got pretty good instructions on how to do things, but some other manuals have better instructions. Other manuals (like Nosler and Barnes) barely scuff the surface of handloading procedure, but offer excellent loads using *thier* bullets.

I use several different manuals, since all of them have different loads using different powders and bullets. Several manuals offer a better cross section of loads for reference.

Not only are manuals relatively cheap for the huge amount of data they hold, they are also good reading, which is why I use several.
 
The only reason I advocated the ABC book is that it seemed to talk in simpler terms with more pictures. When I first cracked open the Lyman, I had a hard time understanding because while it lays out the procedure for you it assumes you know what the different parts and processes are.

Load data is pretty useless and a little ahead of the game if you don't know a priming tool from a die.
 
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