Going to help out with a reloading class tomorrow.

[FROGO207]

We are putting on a reloading class at our range tomorrow. It is going to concentrate on the calibers for CAS as that is what most of the noobs wanted to learn. I will also take a couple 308's and a 223 single shot along. After the class I will load some up with anyone that stays to help and then we can shoot them up. One of the members has the NRA reloading class in a loose-leaf and we are going to follow that for the actual course with a lot of show and tell along the way. It seems like a great intro to reloading IMHO. Any of you others done this at your club/range to get new members into reloading safely??

 

[Oldgoat03]

FROG

Our range doesn't offer reloading classes but that sounds like a great idea!

I wish there were options like that so I would've had someone to learn from.

Bob

 

[PCCUSNRET]

Any of you others done this at your club/range to get new members into reloading safely??

I offered at the range I belong to, but was told that materials are so expensive now there is very little interest in reloading. I may still see if I can get access to the club house one night a week and offer a class just to see if anyone does have an interest. I think the fellow that stood up at the meeting complaining about cost only reloads for shotguns as he mentioned the cost of shot being so high.

 

[RustyFN]

They don't offer reloading classes at the club I belong to. Sounds like a lot of fun.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Our range doesn't offer reloading classes but that sounds like a great idea!

Don't tell anyone at my range about this. It sounds like a terrible idea. Then everyone would pick up their brass, and I couldn't get it.

Kidding. It does sound fun.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Unfortunately the range I shoot at is afraid of liability so they won't allow it.

The shooting club I belong to has a lot of reloaders so whenever a new guy wants to learn how to reload one of us mentors them. It usually takes only a few sessions for them to get going on their own.

 

[FROGO207]

This is not a setup that the range provides to reload at all. It is just a few of us that will teach the new potential reloaders what the in and outs are to safely do the reloading at their home with us demonstrating with our equipment at the class. There will be some hands on but mostly show and tell, handouts, Q&A, while using an outline following the NRA course.
Off to set up now.

 

[jmorris]

I have shown a few new guys how to reload using one of my old SD's. I'll take it to the range and after the match set it up for their combination, work up the load to meet PF and let them take it home for a while so they can decide if reloading is for them.

 

[rg1]

I think reloading classes are great but it makes them a lot more interesting if a couple presses can be set up, with scales, and tools. Plus bringing along some fired brass for loading. Having some "hands on" makes the class so much better than reading, pics, and videos. You don't have to even load live rounds. Just seating bullets in empty sized cases, and using spent primers, means more than watching how-to's. Much more fun getting behind the wheel than reading how to drive.

 

[Naterater]

Man! if I was a range owner that sold reloading supplies, I'd buy 10 cheap lee presses for $40 a piece and teach people how to reload. They would all enjoy it and get the actual hands on experience of the manual way of reloading, that way they can work up to progressive presses when they have both the knowledge and money to do so.

And you'd get a lot of business for selling the reloading supplies.

 

[jmorris]

Man! if I was a range owner that sold reloading supplies, I'd buy 10 cheap lee presses for $40 a piece and teach people how to reload.

They may look at it as another liability to take on or just short sighted thinking they will not have an endless supply of once fired brass to resell.

 

[FROGO207]

Well only a small group of students showed up. We went through a summary of safe reloading then each student got to assemble 10 rounds on 2 different types of press. Each one started with sizing fired brass, looking up the data, weighing bullets. Then preparing the brass, prime, load, seat, crimp. Went over why and what was needed to stay safe once again. How to set up, adjust, and read several types of scales/calipers. Handed out some reloading info from the propellant manufacturers for students to take home. Q&A about anything not covered enough and told them all to call and ask any of us if they had any reloading questions in the future. Everyone was happy in the end as far as I could see even though there was a lot of info given at once. We tried to make sure no one was overwhelmed or confused when they left. We are now discussing a reloading II class to add to the basic one and repeating both every 6 months if there is enough interest.

 

[Jaxondog]

I think it is a wonderful idea

 

[Hunter125]

I always thought it would be neat to run a shooting course, then a reloading class for those interested afterwards. Then shooters in the class could be learning to reload and reload ammo for the next shooting lesson while they learn reloading. Practical experience. I know it would be a lot to take on in one class, but it could be done. Of I would have to become a shooting instructor and learn how to reload first.

 

[pic1083]

"Man! if I was a range owner that sold reloading supplies, I'd buy 10 cheap lee presses for $40 a piece and teach people how to reload. They would all enjoy it and get the actual hands on experience of the manual way of reloading, that way they can work up to progressive presses when they have both the knowledge and money to do so.

And you'd get a lot of business for selling the reloading supplies."

You could rent the reloading station to Graduates.
It would pay for itself real quick.