hello I'm here browsing for reloading and shooting tips. fairly new to the sport. more of a mouth shut ears open apprentice. thanks
new guy browsing basics 101
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Have a search around, else look at online videos. Been done to death.
Summary: work out which cartridge, and make sure it's "common" so has lots of data (308, 223, 6.5cm, 300wm, etc)
Get quality gear. It is NOT cheap. Quality dies, press, scale, quality tools. You DONT need all the tools, just learn what they are and what they do).
Learn what tools are. Deprime, chamfer, bushing, neck Turner, etc.
Learn how to measure, and what you are measuring. Case volume, base or shoulder to ogive, seating depth, etc.
Learn what the limitations of your system is. Your "system" is your cartridge, (projectile and case) times your barrel length, divided by your twist rate and square rooted to your atmospherics. (I made this up, but you get the idea of where I'm point to).
Learn to read a case. Diagnose high pressure, ejector swipe, chamber scratches, learn what your case is telling you.
TL;DR - we can't teach you how to drive a car over the internet. We can't teach you how to reload. Use the resources here and ask specific questions when you get stuck. "I'm measuring 0.020' to 0.029' jump to lands on my cartridge, over 50 tested loads I made. Is this acceptable ?". Stuff like this. Or "I'm having trouble measuring X properly with tool Y, this is how I'm doing it [PIC GOES HERE] is this normal ?".
Summary: work out which cartridge, and make sure it's "common" so has lots of data (308, 223, 6.5cm, 300wm, etc)
Get quality gear. It is NOT cheap. Quality dies, press, scale, quality tools. You DONT need all the tools, just learn what they are and what they do).
Learn what tools are. Deprime, chamfer, bushing, neck Turner, etc.
Learn how to measure, and what you are measuring. Case volume, base or shoulder to ogive, seating depth, etc.
Learn what the limitations of your system is. Your "system" is your cartridge, (projectile and case) times your barrel length, divided by your twist rate and square rooted to your atmospherics. (I made this up, but you get the idea of where I'm point to).
Learn to read a case. Diagnose high pressure, ejector swipe, chamber scratches, learn what your case is telling you.
TL;DR - we can't teach you how to drive a car over the internet. We can't teach you how to reload. Use the resources here and ask specific questions when you get stuck. "I'm measuring 0.020' to 0.029' jump to lands on my cartridge, over 50 tested loads I made. Is this acceptable ?". Stuff like this. Or "I'm having trouble measuring X properly with tool Y, this is how I'm doing it [PIC GOES HERE] is this normal ?".
I will take all that into consideration. thank you for the followup as well. I'm on YouTube all day today before I ask the few questions I have.
