Ok. Need advice from you experienced guys. I just ordered a hornady LNL ap, lyman scale, hornady 9mm dies and shell plate, lyman manual 49 and caliper. As you know everything is sold out, so I am basically on a waiting list.My question is, what else do I need to actually reload the day my order arrives? I know I need bullets, primer, powder.If I need other items, I would like to get them on order now. I have done a lot of reading on line , but I have never reloaded , so any advice or tips would be helpful. I also plan on getting dies and shell plates for 30 06 , 40 s&w , 308 win , and 35 rem.
New to reloading.. Need advice.
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redneck2
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Read the "sticky". Lays out pretty much everything.
I'd add dial calipers, and you should be good to go. If found some really good used ones at a pawn shop for $12.
You'll probably want a vibrating cleaner and media for the used brass.
I'd add dial calipers, and you should be good to go. If found some really good used ones at a pawn shop for $12.
You'll probably want a vibrating cleaner and media for the used brass.
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Required:
• Rifle reloading will require a case trimmer
• Rifle reloading requires case lube
• Some sort of bench, lighting, and chair
Nice to have:
• Some way to spread the case lube helps, even when using carbide handgun dies
• Log book to make notes in
• Different buckets to keep brass in
• Reloading blocks keep rifle shells organized, make inspection easy
• Cartridge case gauge makes checking finished rounds easy
• Rifle reloading will require a case trimmer
• Rifle reloading requires case lube
• Some sort of bench, lighting, and chair
Nice to have:
• Some way to spread the case lube helps, even when using carbide handgun dies
• Log book to make notes in
• Different buckets to keep brass in
• Reloading blocks keep rifle shells organized, make inspection easy
• Cartridge case gauge makes checking finished rounds easy
jfh
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You might want to consider the steps you'll be going through to learn to reload. For example, keep in mind that you are talking about loading both handgun and longgun. The procedures are similar for both cartridge types, but the workflows are generally quite different.
So, start out with reading an "overview" book such as The ABCs of Reloading.
1. Start with the straightwall pistol cartridge--from your post, 9mm.
(BTW, if you have a .45ACP pistol, I'd suggest you start there--it's a much-less-finicky round.)
2. After you have each of the (pistol) steps firmly in mind / on a written list, try doing each step--but in "single stage" fashion, NOT "progressive" style.
Work your way through the steps, and in doing so sort out the press setup.
3. For the moment, learn to set up the press and get it running reliably, while you familiarize yourself with learning what each stage of assembly is like.
As the others have mentioned, there are numerous items you can add to that initial purchase. But, at this stage in your education, learn those inidividual steps, then learn to integrate them, and start building some dummy rounds--i.e., without a primer or powder.
Above all, ask questions here on this forum; there is no such thing as a dumb question.
Jim H.
So, start out with reading an "overview" book such as The ABCs of Reloading.
1. Start with the straightwall pistol cartridge--from your post, 9mm.
(BTW, if you have a .45ACP pistol, I'd suggest you start there--it's a much-less-finicky round.)
2. After you have each of the (pistol) steps firmly in mind / on a written list, try doing each step--but in "single stage" fashion, NOT "progressive" style.
Work your way through the steps, and in doing so sort out the press setup.
3. For the moment, learn to set up the press and get it running reliably, while you familiarize yourself with learning what each stage of assembly is like.
As the others have mentioned, there are numerous items you can add to that initial purchase. But, at this stage in your education, learn those inidividual steps, then learn to integrate them, and start building some dummy rounds--i.e., without a primer or powder.
Above all, ask questions here on this forum; there is no such thing as a dumb question.
Jim H.
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