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Mali:

--- Quote from: LeeM on October 22, 2014, 08:44:32 AM ---A few suggestions for starting reloading.
1. Get a reloading manual, or 2 or 3, going to need it anyway, most all have beginner instruction at the start of the manual.
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Any suggestions on a quality book?

RLMoeller:
I like the Hornady and Speer books.  But when discussing how good a given book is, it depends on what you are looking for.  Initially you want a book that explains the process in good detail.  Then you want one that has load data you will find useful.   You can either go with the bullet manufacturers data, or the powder manufacturers data.  So you may end up with a couple different books. 

SemperFiGuy:

--- Quote ---Any suggestions on a quality book?
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My first response is to suggest Hornady's Manual of Cartridge Reloading, which is around $35Buck$ or so.  It covers pistol and rifle metallic cartridge reloading (shotgun hull reloading is a separate issue). 

I recommend Hornady's because it has an excellent discussion of interior ballistics; that is, what's going on in the firearm from the time the trigger is pulled until the bullet leaves the muzzle.  Read that section (with pictures) 3-4 times and you'll have a new appreciation for what happens hidden inside the action, chamber, and barrel.

As LeeM says above, later on you'll want to add another couple of manuals (Lee, Speer, Barnes, Lyman, Berger, etc.) because not all manuals contain workups for all cartridges at all bullet weights and all velocities with all powders.  Also, they rarely agree across the board, so it's nice to have a means to cross-check the reloading data and ensure that your reload is in the zone of safety.

YouTube videos are available.  Some are good; many are not.  The production quality often suffers, as might be expected, since the producers are usually amateurs, like all the rest of us.  And the narrators tend to drone on somewhat without providing any useful information.  You'll have to use your judgment on the videos by cross-checking with other videos, plus your own experience.

The various powder and bullet manufacturers post their reloading data on the web.  However, they usually offer little or nothing in the way of reloading process information.

sfg

SemperFiGuy:
But Wait, there's More (on Reloading):

Looks like we are developing some interest in the reloading class.

We will need:
>A place/space  (Handyman Joe's/Omaha)
>A date            (Open:  Let's work on it.)
>A day             (Was Monday evenings in the past.  But...FLEXIBLE.
                           Except for Thursdays.  Trap league on Thursdays 'til
                           Thanksgiving.  How'sabout
                           Monday evening, November 10?)
>Starting time   (Usually 6:30pm)
>Enrollees         (Five Wannabe Reloaders)
>Support           (Works better w/unfy.)
>Caliber            (Usually 9mm or .40S&W.  'Course, I'm known to like
                          .357Sig.)

Right now, for possible enrollment, we have:
jFade
mali

We'll need to work on the details from here.

sfg

Mudinyeri:

--- Quote from: SemperFiGuy on October 22, 2014, 10:34:27 AM ---YouTube videos are available.  Some are good; many are not. 

sfg
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That gives me an idea.  Would you be willing to allow me to shoot video during the clinic and add it to the NFOA's YouTube channel?

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