Trickam
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I started a couple years ago with Lyman, Hornady and Nosler manuals. Read all of them at least a couple times. That being said I'm still a visual learner. I had watched a friend reload in the past, but the internet was my true friend. I spent nearly a year reading the books and pouring over what could have been hundreds of hours of videos mostly on YouTube and crawling through reloading forums. It really was that blend of print and visual displays that culminated into my first load.
Not everything you read or see is going to be a good answer to a hurdle you need to jump, but getting that vast amount of knowledge up front before you start certainly helps.
We live in amazing times where you can successfully learn a hobby that decades ago you most likely would have needed a mentor to learn. A skilled mentor would still be preferred my me, but certainly far from necessary with the resources out there now.
Not everything you read or see is going to be a good answer to a hurdle you need to jump, but getting that vast amount of knowledge up front before you start certainly helps.
We live in amazing times where you can successfully learn a hobby that decades ago you most likely would have needed a mentor to learn. A skilled mentor would still be preferred my me, but certainly far from necessary with the resources out there now.