sdr7871

I have been following the threads in ammunition price increases.As I have never attempted to reload no do I own any such equipment, What advice would some of you with reloading experience offer? Is it something that will take allot of my time? Will it take an expensive outlay of cash to get me started? I have watched the process done by a fellow shooter once and it looked rather simple to do.However, I am sure it is a bit more complicated than it looked....

rocky

it is fairly simple. Yes it costs some for the loading supplies and loader. Best is to read a book(or several) on reloading before starting to reload.

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P95Carry

Good start for overall ''feel'' of the process might be Dean Grennell's ''ABC's of Reloading".

Also Richard Lee's 2nd Edition of "Modern Reloading".

Nothing very complex to learn but - just some things you gotta do right and understand. A search here on reloading should turn up some useful threads for you too.

If you can again ''use'' your fellow shooter's reloading to watch, that too is invaluable - see it done and ask questions.

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shooter1

Complicated? No. Expensive? Doesn't have to be. Around $250 should get you a Lee Turret Press Kit w/dies, and enough compotents to load 1000rds, assuming you already have the brass. That's pretty close to the cost of 1000rds of .45 ammo at your local gun store. The second thousand and subsiquent rounds will be much cheaper. Reloading equipment pays for it's self quickly. It can also be a great hobby. Using the turret, you can easily load 150-200rds per hour.Your call.
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edr9x23super

Do yourself a favor; Go buy a Dillon square deal progressive machine, they are not that expensive. 20 minutes after you unbox it, provided you have a location to mount it, you can be reloading ammunition. I can tell you from actual experience that Mike Dillon stands behind his product as no other company does, even if the equipment failure is your own fault. You want references? Check out front sight magazine, or the IDPA publication when they print the results of their national championship matches, you will see that Dillon machinies all but comletely dominate the ranks of the competitors who reload their own ammo for these matches. After you get a machine, just pick up everybody's brass when they leave it; within a month, I will guarantee you that you can collect 1,000 rounds of brass depending on the caliber you choose to load. If I were you, I would stay away from 9mm and tapered case rounds, becuase you can only load them a couple of time before the brass is useless. Straight-walled cases like the .45ACP, .40, .38 super and any revolver round are the way to travel. You can load thse cases till they won't chamber or crack, there are some .45ACP cases I have loaded at least 15 times before the cases cracked.

Hope this helps you.

Mtbiker

I second the Dillon. I would say get the 550 not the square deal in case you ever want to load rifle. I got the whole setup with dies, scale, case tumbler etc. for around $500.

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sdr7871

Alas, He died a year ago.Perhaps there may be a video out there somewhere......

ShadeAngel

Right before I my budget fell out from under me I was going to order a Dillon 550 package deal from here.

http://www.brianenos.com/store/dillon.ez.550.html

And probably still will when the funds become available again. But for now there are just to many guns on the list. :)

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houdini

look at a dillon it worth the money,you can fine turn you own ammo and you know who made it.

frankmako

read all you can. find someone close by that reloads and have them show you how it is done. start out small. nothing wrong with used equipment, i.e. single stage press, dies, etc... later on you can move up to a dillon. dillon makes one of the best, i got my first dillon in 1982 and am still using it to reload nine different cals. things/parts have broke and dillon replace them free. still use two single stage press for rifle cals, i use the dillon for pistol only.

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