Reloading Training Courses?

Lyman manual is all you need. Read it over and over again. Other manuals pale in comparison.

Be slow, precise and focused and clean and youll be fine. Training not necessary.
 
Now you see, Mr. Moose points out an interesting scenario. Pearcetopher forgot the primer, and has a bucket full of charged cases with a bullet wedged in the case mouth. (Seated, for you nit-pickers.)

Now comes the test. Stupid, or reliable? You can, of course, just stuff a primer in the primer pocket as they sit, and I would venture that not one in a million would result in a KABOOM. Or, you can man up, pull all the bullets, dump all the powder, maybe bell the case mouths depending on cartridge, prime them all this time, charge them with powder - I'm going for re-using the powder you just emptied, but if you want to discard that and use fresh, no lost points - and then re-seat the bullets.

Me, I'm pulling the bullets and dumping the powder. Why? Mostly because just in case I get that one in a million, or if my stats are off, and it really is one in ??two?? I don't want to be explaining the KABOOM of a loaded cartridge going off in a priming tool by saying "Just stupid, I guess!"
 
When I started I was instructed on this forum I should get ABC's of reloading so that was the first thing I bought and it remains the best book I've ever bought. I recomend it to everyone that wants to reload it goes through everything from selecting equipment to casting your own bullets. After reading that and alot of opinions on here I bought the equipment and I went on my way and have never had a problem. It is easy enough to learn on your own as long as your willing to take your time and do some reading.
 
Thanks everyone for all the great input, sorry for the delay in responding have been reading and cleaning out the storage room to make a reload room.
 
ykkid said:
Now you see, Mr. Moose points out an interesting scenario. Pearcetopher forgot the primer, and has a bucket full of charged cases with a bullet wedged in the case mouth. (Seated, for you nit-pickers.)

Now comes the test. Stupid, or reliable? You can, of course, just stuff a primer in the primer pocket as they sit, and I would venture that not one in a million would result in a KABOOM. Or, you can man up, pull all the bullets, dump all the powder, maybe bell the case mouths depending on cartridge, prime them all this time, charge them with powder - I'm going for re-using the powder you just emptied, but if you want to discard that and use fresh, no lost points - and then re-seat the bullets.

Me, I'm pulling the bullets and dumping the powder. Why? Mostly because just in case I get that one in a million, or if my stats are off, and it really is one in ??two?? I don't want to be explaining the KABOOM of a loaded cartridge going off in a priming tool by saying "Just stupid, I guess!"
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Personally I never load huge batches. I do own a Quinetics Corp Kinetic Bullet puller. Thankfully I have only had to use it a few times. My loading bench is in my basement and I get on one knee and beat that wretched instrument on a piece of carpet placed on the concrete floor. As anyone who has used these tools can attest it is a humbling experience, not nearly as humbling as explaining for the rest of life why you have only half a hand.
 
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