Reloading School????

the more you know the more you forget and the more you forget the less you know and the less you know the less you forget!
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Hey John,
I know you been working some long hours.Just think it's time for you to get some sleep.No more coffee!!!
:)

Well I think Damadam it looks like this'll have to be done at an individual club level but at least you've supplied a good basic intro course book.
I belong to Shooter's Choice and Twin City Rifle Club .Will probably organize and post a class date.I've been doing individual instruction at request but thought it would make more sense as a group.
Not sure at moment when, as I just got the word I'm being fasttracked for some surgery so will be after I'm back up and about.
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It's better to BE AWARE than PARANOID as VIGILANCE is less STRESSFUL.
Thanks
 
ONT0001 said:
Rich
I am not very good at reading intentions into written emails or posts and sometimes misinterpret ,but if I read your post correctly,I cannot imagine how damn ignorant your are.
Whinning????when individuals are prepared to invest their time and knowledge to pass onto others who want to learn ,you pop up with some stupid remark about government mandating .
I understand legitimate paranoia with issue's dealing with our tyrannical government,but for intelligence sake,don't hide from a chance for people to enjoy our sport even more through gaining some knowledge.
If we have to fear taking ANY courses for self improvement for concern of government making them mandatory ,time to quit the sport cause you've lost already.
However I may have read your post wrong and missed the humor in it?
Ont0001
Gord
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I was thinking about Rich's post this morning at the coffee shop and although it may have come out wrong I think what he was alluding to was to try and avoid making it sound like reloading was so complicated that you need to have some kind of course to do it safely. And I agree with him somewhat.

There are many hobby related courses available. Take knitting for example. While basic instruction may be the format for a knitting course, the social aspect of the course is as appealing to would-be knitters as the actual instruction. If the community paticipation/ social gathering aspect of reloading was portrayed rather than the perceived complexities of the hobby, it may go a long ways to alleviate the concerns that we turn reloading into something that invites speculation as to whether we need legislation to do it safely.

There seems to be no shortage of regulatory bodies just waiting to show the public how concerned they are about their well-being these days. Rich may have a valid concern that we don't draw attention to reloading lest someone decide to revisit changes to reloading regulations. At least from a safety standpoint.
 
Hi Ont, we met down at shooters choice while you where fireforming cases, we came in with the pile of handguns and a younger fella from toronto to try them out. I think you idea has merit and its a great way to learn, sort of an information swap meet. I load piles of handgun stuff and a little bit of rifle, but I'd still come because there's always something to learn. I do understand the concern of those who are worried the guberment will try to control the activity, i'd bill it as an information shareing time. I'd love to see how the benchie's do their loading.......
 
Sounds like a great idea.

I first started loading shotgun ammo. I had someone show me the ins/outs and everything went pretty well.

I enjoyed it so I decided I'd try loading for Rifle (found a deal on a Lee Kit). I didn't have anyone to go to that reloaded rifle, so I was on my own to figure it out. I read a few different books, but there were still some minor gaps that weren't covered (I don't recall what they were, but I was fairly concerned at the time). I did get through it, but if I had someone available to answer the question, I would have saved a bunch of time and concern.

I tackled pistol next, and it was a similar situation. There were some gaps in the manuals.

Sharing knowledge amongst the shooting community, be it reloading, gunsmithing, shooting can only help.

Brad.
 
I have been teach two local guy's the in's and outs of reloading

we should get a Pictoral of Case prep,OCW powders loading and seating here in the forum maybe get a sticky for it


Jamie
 
I learned to do reloading with the instructions I found with the Lee Anniversary kit I bought. It worked quite well for me and I loaded great ammo without any other instruction. BUT..... It was totally by accident that I learned about catastrophic detonation that can occur if you load a case with a very much reduced charge of a slow powder. Rare as it is, catastrophic detonation CAN happen. And that was not mentioned in my Lee reloading instructions... I have seen directions to not reduce powder charges in excess of some percentage below a certain minimum, but no reason why. I can definitely see where such information would be a useful adjunctive to to a workshop as you (Jamie and Doug) are talking about. It is often that we see directions and warnings to not do something without the reason why. A workshop is a good place to bring these things up. Those of us who are inclined to experiment would definitely benefit.

Regards,

N_R
 
The Lee instructions are not what I would call "comprehensive".

And I doubt "a very much reduced charge of slow powder" forms part of any published reloading data.

It is mentioned in many "reloading manuals" however. Hmmmm. Did someone say get a reloading manual and read it?
 
joe-nwt said:
The Lee instructions are not what I would call "comprehensive".

And I doubt "a very much reduced charge of slow powder" forms part of any published reloading data.

It is mentioned in many "reloading manuals" however. Hmmmm. Did someone say get a reloading manual and read it?
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The lyman 48th edition is a better manual to start with I think, well laid out with good information.
 
Cocked&Locked said:
The lyman 48th edition is a better manual to start with I think, well laid out with good information.
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I couldn't agree more.:)

Another thing that I like about the Lyman manuals is the fact that they don't sell components (powder,primers,projectiles,etc.) so they aren't trying to endorse their products.

It gives a better cross-section of info than most manuals.
 
joe-nwt said:
The Lee instructions are not what I would call "comprehensive".

And I doubt "a very much reduced charge of slow powder" forms part of any published reloading data.

It is mentioned in many "reloading manuals" however. Hmmmm. Did someone say get a reloading manual and read it?
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*Chuckles*

Absolutely correct....

Fortunately, those days are FAR behind me as I load with my digital scales, Rockchucker press, and Juenke ICC machine....

N_R
 
Nissan_Ranger said:
*Chuckles*

Absolutely correct....

Fortunately, those days are FAR behind me as I load with my digital scales, Rockchucker press, and Juenke ICC machine....

N_R
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Glad you saw the chuckles in my post.;) :)
 
Billy The Kid said:
I couldn't agree more.:)

Another thing that I like about the Lyman manuals is the fact that they don't sell components (powder,primers,projectiles,etc.) so they aren't trying to endorse their products.

It gives a better cross-section of info than most manuals.
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Hey, I never even thought of that! Of course your right! Also that big paperback isn't near as intimidating to a beginner as the hard cover hornady's or speer books, (mind you I wish they did make a hardcover version, they last better)
 
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