JeepHammer
SHOOTER
Common Sense Advise...
1. Start with some kind of EDUCATION, particularly in safety!
2. DO NOT spend a ton of money on a top end press, all the 'Gadgets' until you learn the basics.
The first press I bought was a RCBS 'Rock Chucker' and they are still reasonable priced, do excellent, repeatable work.
A second choice would be something like a Lee Classic 'Turret' that allows you to keep dies set up.
*IF* you decide to do more laters that single or tool head press partners with the much more advanced and higher production presses as a tool/teardown/small batch press.
No 'Mystery' rounds on the bench EVER.
If something doesn't make the grade, is suspect, then tear it down immedately.
3. Don't believe ANYTHING you find on the random internet sites!
Between misprints, bad ideas and outright lying... If it doesn't come from the manufacturer, and you don't have 3 sources of load data to cross check, don't do it.
Every manufacturer has load data on their web sites, and every manufacturer has booklets they give away through retailers for free.
Just no excuse for not double/triple checking the load data.
4. Decide WHY you want to reload.
If it's to 'Save Money' on random ammo, that's never going to happen.
If it's to make random/crap ammo, that's dangerous.
If it's to make premium ammo (which takes quite a lot of education/time/attention to details) then you might be into something.
You *CAN* make premium ammo for 35¢-65¢ a round that you would normally pay up to $1-$3 each for, but the education is a big time consumer.
1. Start with some kind of EDUCATION, particularly in safety!
2. DO NOT spend a ton of money on a top end press, all the 'Gadgets' until you learn the basics.
The first press I bought was a RCBS 'Rock Chucker' and they are still reasonable priced, do excellent, repeatable work.
A second choice would be something like a Lee Classic 'Turret' that allows you to keep dies set up.
*IF* you decide to do more laters that single or tool head press partners with the much more advanced and higher production presses as a tool/teardown/small batch press.
No 'Mystery' rounds on the bench EVER.
If something doesn't make the grade, is suspect, then tear it down immedately.
3. Don't believe ANYTHING you find on the random internet sites!
Between misprints, bad ideas and outright lying... If it doesn't come from the manufacturer, and you don't have 3 sources of load data to cross check, don't do it.
Every manufacturer has load data on their web sites, and every manufacturer has booklets they give away through retailers for free.
Just no excuse for not double/triple checking the load data.
4. Decide WHY you want to reload.
If it's to 'Save Money' on random ammo, that's never going to happen.
If it's to make random/crap ammo, that's dangerous.
If it's to make premium ammo (which takes quite a lot of education/time/attention to details) then you might be into something.
You *CAN* make premium ammo for 35¢-65¢ a round that you would normally pay up to $1-$3 each for, but the education is a big time consumer.