Getting started

[rpm07 0]

I would like to learn all I can before I start reloading. Does anyone know any classes I can take.

Thanks Mike

[NJGF 375]

Gun For Hire is giving the NRA Metallic Reloading class on January 31 and February 28.

http://gunforhire.com/nra-metallic-reloading/

[T Bill 649]

Get Lyman's 49th Reloading manual and begin reading.  Find someone to help show you the ropes, mentors are an invaluable resource for this activity.  Ask questions here, plenty on knowledge on this board.

[carl_g 568]

A ton of good information on YouTube also.

[Heavyopp 167]

Where are you?

 

What calibers? 

[bzer1 15]

Agreed! Remember! There are no stupid questions, only stupid mistakes made when you don't ask questions.

[rpm07 0]

I'm I'm Parsippany Morris County. I would like to start out with 223 and 9mm

[mikeyjones 88]

Gun For Hire is giving the NRA Metallic Reloading class on January 31 and February 28.

http://gunforhire.com/nra-metallic-reloading/

I think the nra classes are pretty useless personally.

 

I'd just find a mentor and start doing a ton of reading.

 

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[PeteF 1,044]

"ABC's of reloading." does a good job of explaining the concepts. Start with the 9mm. Straight wall pistol ammo is much easier to learn than bottleneck rifle.

[Golf battery 1,223]

Yeah so 9mm straightwall. Its probably the easiest way to start and less to go wrong. Rifle cartriges are a kinda whole different thing. Depending how accurate you want to be. Are you anywhere near central west jersey. Ill show you what i know. Limited. But ive got atleast some sort of grasp on it. Luckily. I was able to con pizza bob to come over and get me started. I owe him dearly for that. Once you get the basic knowledge of it that it transcendes to most cartridge reloading. Ill be available for about the next month or so. Past that im back to work and dont ask. Pm me if you want. What press and dies did you get?

 

 

Just saw where your from.

 

Youre about 1.25 hrs from me.

[carl_g 568]

Honestly reloading 223 isn't harder per say..it's just way more involved regarding brass prep and there are so any different ways to end up at the same place. Finding what works best for you within your budget and time is half the battle.

[Heavyopp 167]

9mm isn't straight either -- It's a tapered case -- 45acp is straight

 

9mm is ok to start with but it sticks a little in the sizing die -- a little lube works wonders 

 

.223 is easy too  just a little more involved in a bottleneck case

 

 

Ask questions,  Don't buy a kit, ask before you buy anything -- we'll save you money and time

 

I say start off with a rock chucker single stage press -- it will never go bad 

 

Start slow and learn what you are doing

[msokad 3]

Don't trust recipes that someone's uncle Bob used. It's best to use recipes from legitimate sources only for safety reasons.

[Pizza Bob 1,488]

9mm isn't straight either -- It's a tapered case 

 

9mm is ok to start with but it sticks a little in the sizing die -- a little lube works wonders 

 

Reloading 9 mm actually "converts" the case to a straight-walled configuration if you are using carbide dies - which preclude the use of lubrication. Often you will see the reloaded cartridge take on an hour-glass shape once the bullet is seated.

 

Don't trust recipes that someone's uncle Bob used. It's best to use recipes from legitimate sources only for safety reasons.

 

I would emphasize current legitimate sources. I have many reloading manuals from the 80's into the 90's in which the max load data was arrived at by dynamic means - examination of the case & primer, sticky extraction, etc. Wasn't until Speer #9 Loading manual that actual pressure transducers were used - and it was later than that before they were used exclusively. In later manuals you will likely find max loads reduced considerably over what was published 10 years prior because now they have actual empirical data upon which to formulate the loads.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob