Hopefully, if all goes well, Im going to be starting the college stage of my life in August. Im 23, so Ive already went through my drinking/party stage of my life, and now Im more focused on spending my money and time on more important things. So my plan is to just reload in my down time. Im going to school for gunsmithing so I would imagine I wont have much homework.
BATFE just approved my paperwork for my M11/9 full auto, so I have a feeling Im going to be going through a lot of 9mm really fast. I also have a suppressor in the works, so I would like to shoot mostly subsonic. Subsonic 9mm can be kind of expensive, and Im gonna need a lot of it. So I would like to get a reloader and start reloading my own subsonic rounds. Ive never reloaded, and this will mostly be for 9mm and .223/5.56 only.
Since I would like to load as much as I possibly can and pretty fast, a single stage seems like it might be slow for what Im wanting. Is there any reason someone who is just beginning and doesnt know anything about reloading should not start out with a progressive? Im planning on buying the "ABC's of reloading" handbook to help get me started, is there any other books I should consider getting?
And with all the research Ive done, I still can not for the life of me, understand what all is needed to begin, and I have no idea what all these parts are, and what their purpose is. There seems to be so many different things that people have for reloading, and it looks like some things arent needed, but are nice to have, such as tumblers. All I know is I would like a tumbler because I can throw my suppressor baffles in it to clean them. Thats seriously the only thing I know about it.
Im know this gets asked alot, and I apologize for asking a recurring question, but I just can not understand it all. I know this was pretty long winded, and got a little off topic, but I figured Id just throw it all out there.
Thanks ahead time for any help or advice.
BATFE just approved my paperwork for my M11/9 full auto, so I have a feeling Im going to be going through a lot of 9mm really fast. I also have a suppressor in the works, so I would like to shoot mostly subsonic. Subsonic 9mm can be kind of expensive, and Im gonna need a lot of it. So I would like to get a reloader and start reloading my own subsonic rounds. Ive never reloaded, and this will mostly be for 9mm and .223/5.56 only.
Since I would like to load as much as I possibly can and pretty fast, a single stage seems like it might be slow for what Im wanting. Is there any reason someone who is just beginning and doesnt know anything about reloading should not start out with a progressive? Im planning on buying the "ABC's of reloading" handbook to help get me started, is there any other books I should consider getting?
And with all the research Ive done, I still can not for the life of me, understand what all is needed to begin, and I have no idea what all these parts are, and what their purpose is. There seems to be so many different things that people have for reloading, and it looks like some things arent needed, but are nice to have, such as tumblers. All I know is I would like a tumbler because I can throw my suppressor baffles in it to clean them. Thats seriously the only thing I know about it.
Im know this gets asked alot, and I apologize for asking a recurring question, but I just can not understand it all. I know this was pretty long winded, and got a little off topic, but I figured Id just throw it all out there.
Thanks ahead time for any help or advice.