NEW to hand loading can someone send me a step by step book/video/website on hand loading .308

jethunter said:
Junk equipment is never a good investment. Requiring multiple units because of poor reliability is not good advice for a new reloader, and leaves room for error and mistakes. Your experiences with the cheap electronic scales is exactly why a beam scale is a good way for a newbie to start.
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I don't disagree with your viewpoint, and am only illustrating a way to go cheap that works when you don't need Eric Cortina levels of precision.
I can get a good rhythm going with two electronic scales as described above when building plinking ammo on a single stage, and still get within +/-0.1 grain loading accuracy.
Faster than a beam scale for its purpose...
 
Bubba Yugga said:
I don't disagree with your viewpoint, and am only illustrating a way to go cheap that works when you don't need Eric Cortina levels of precision.
I can get a good rhythm going with two electronic scales as described above when building plinking ammo on a single stage, and still get within +/-0.1 grain loading accuracy.
Faster than a beam scale for its purpose...
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I know what you're saying, it can be made to work but accuracy will always need to be checked and rechecked. I don't believe it's something a new reloader should be messing with. I've been on that quest for reliability with cheap electronic scales, and gave it up as wasted time and money.

For plinking ammo i use a powder scoop or a measure. For small quantities of testing ammo, I can do twenty rounds of rifle ammo on a beam scale before the electronic scale warms up.

I go to electronic only when I'm building long range target ammo, which isn't very often lately. That's the only reason I have an reliable/expensive electronic scale, and a new reloader doesn't need it to start out.
 
jethunter said:
I have an A&D FX120i scale. You can get an auto trickler that works with this scale to automatically throw charges.
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That looks pretty slick with the V4 autotrickler, but is well more than double what I paid for my Hornady Auto Charge Pro.
Could very well be worth it though, as I find myself checking the Hornady's throws with my Amazon scale... :ROFLMAO:
 
While I have reloading for over 35 years, I still refer to the reloading section in the manuals and my reloading mentor.
Even he still claims that the Speer #13 (or ist #14?) Manual's section is the best he has found in the more than 40 years that he has been reloading. And he still refers to it from time to time.
He has also taught me more of the advanced loading techniques over the past 25 years, and it has been greatly appreciated! (E.g., measuring and adjusting seating depth to tweak that additional accuracy out of my loads for various rifles that have proven more challenging.)
 
Bubba Yugga said:
That's a good $400 investment there I'm sure, and something for the OP to look forward to eventually.
Maybe just using an RCBS 5-10, Lee scoops and a trickler will suffice to start.
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I still use lee scoops have both a red set(cubic inch) and yellow set(cubic centimetres) and between the two and some other odd ones I have laying around I can get close enough to most charges.
 
Reloading can be done without fancy equipment BUT you are not going to be winning any long range comps...
 
I know it’s been said multiple times on the thread already, but the best way to get started is to buy a handloading manual of your choosing (the most recent ones are the best) and do some reading. Additional to that is a litany of series present on YouTube!

Have fun with it! Reloading is a very interesting hobby that makes shooting the rifles even more fun and interesting!

Keep reaching out on CGN as well. There is a wealth of knowledge here to be garnered.

Happy loading!
 
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