Looking for a Reloading Coach around Pullman, WA?

[VariableRecall]

Now that I've got some equipment and primers, I'm in need of someone with additional reloading equipment and experience that I can learn from. Perhaps, even get some more equipment like the currently disappearing Small Pistol Primers.

My maximal preferred commuting distance would be Lewiston, ID, about a 40 min drive from where I live. Hopefully, I can also learn about the process of bullet casting and coating bullets in lubricant. Most importantly, I need experience with other types of reloading brands so that I can know which ones I should get in the future.

Is anyone in the Moscow/Lewiston area that can show me the ropes on reloading equipment that's actually bolted to something solid?

[dangitgriff]

You’re very wise in seeking a reloading mentor. I’m in Florida, sorry, can’t help...and I’m relatively new at it myself. I followed the same path, a good friend showed me the ropes and even took time off from working to do it; he felt it was that important.
Good luck to you, in both your reloading and school efforts.
R/Griff

[dverna]

If you can get a mentor, how do you know he knows what he is doing?

Even we "experts" here do not agree on everything. And I have seen some silly stuff posted here.

Spend time reading and use your common sense. Ask questions and get a cross section of opinions. You will learn in a very few months who to listen to if you spend some time here.

Failing that, get the Lyman and Lee books. You may not believe it, but most of us learned by reading....there were no personal computers even invented when I learned to reload 50+ years ago.

You are starting with a good caliber. 38Spl. Your main safety issue is to avoid a double charge. NEVER charge a case and put it down. Once a case is charged with powder, IMMEDIATELY seat the bullet. It is impossible to double charge it you do that. And it is more efficient!! Others will tell you charge every case, put it in a loading block, take a light and check for a double charge and then seat the bullets...and it only takes one mistake to have an issue. My way is idiot proof.

Good luck!!!!

[osteodoc08]

As usual dverna gives good advice. I have learned to load this way unless I’m on my progressive.

Given today’s climate, there may be some hesitation for someone to bring a complete stranger to visualize their reloading and consequently gun gear.

I’d recommend getting the current Lyman cast handbook, and read, learn and ask plenty of questions.

[VariableRecall]

As usual dverna gives good advice. I have learned to load this way unless I’m on my progressive.

Given today’s climate, there may be some hesitation for someone to bring a complete stranger to visualize their reloading and consequently gun gear.

I’d recommend getting the current Lyman cast handbook, and read, learn and ask plenty of questions.

Thank you for the recommendations! Is there an earlier version of that Lyman Casting Handbook that's in PDF Form? I've had great success looking through the Lyman 48th edition Reloading Handbook that someone provided me in that format.

[osteodoc08]

Thank you for the recommendations! Is there an earlier version of that Lyman Casting Handbook that's in PDF Form? I've had great success looking through the Lyman 48th edition Reloading Handbook that someone provided me in that format.

Unfortunately I know of none.

[VariableRecall]

Unfortunately I know of none.

That's OK. I think I'll go off the casting information in the Lyman manual for the time being, and do some research on equipment prices. that way, if someone's looking to part with some of theirs, I know what it is and how well it is liked.

[GregLaROCHE]

If there is a local store that sells reloading supplies, try posting a note asking there. Otherwise, the basics are not that complicated. Yes be careful not to double charge and use minimum starting loads to begin with. There’s lots available on YouTube and you can always ask questions here and/or search the data base.

[VariableRecall]

There’s lots available on YouTube and you can always ask questions here and/or search the data base.

I've been trawling through YouTube for reloading channels and I've found a good selection of friendly faces.
One of my favorites in that subject is FortuneCookie45LC. He's fairly small in terms of subscriber count but he's got plenty of great videos on the subject.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8m...FODu1QpedvpInA

[JM7.7x58]

Welcome from the wet side of our great state.

I wrote a big rant about how people are scared to meet other people. And keeping our hobby alive. Blah blah blah. But I deleted it.

Send Idaho45guy a PM. I think that he works for some tech company that has a facility near one of the universities, in Pullman or Moscow. You could go get a coffee and look at the empty shelves in the LGS. Or maybe he knows an “expert” who could show you the ropes there in Pullman.

JM

[JM7.7x58]

Lyman 3rd edition PDF.

http://marvinstuart.com/firearm/Manu...-%20Reduce.pdf

[VariableRecall]

Lyman 3rd edition PDF.

http://marvinstuart.com/firearm/Manu...-%20Reduce.pdf

Thank you man! This will really help!

It's probably going to be years before I actually start casting my own, but learning about it now's a good idea.

[gbrown]

Thank you for the recommendations! Is there an earlier version of that Lyman Casting Handbook that's in PDF Form? I've had great success looking through the Lyman 48th edition Reloading Handbook that someone provided me in that format.

Cornell Publishing has a large selection of Lyman manual reprints for sale.

[WILCO]

Richard Lee was my "mentor".
As I read his book and loaded my first cartridge, it was as if he was standing
right behind me.

[WILCO]

I've been trawling through YouTube for reloading channels and I've found a good selection of friendly faces.

I wouldn't watch any Youtube videos until you've read atleast one
complete reloading manual.
Everything you need to know is contained within those pages.
It'll keep you from blowing up a gun or two.
Believe me, it's a violent process when it occurs.

[VariableRecall]

I wouldn't watch any Youtube videos until you've read atleast one
complete reloading manual.
Everything you need to know is contained within those pages.
It'll keep you from blowing up a gun or two.
Believe me, it's a violent process when it occurs.

I'm not really trusting my life to these youtube videos, I'm putting a lot more trust into the reloading manuals that I've scrounged up. I'll be getting the most recent Lee reloading manual this upcoming week. It's very interesting seeing different content creators reloading for similar calibers but using different die sets and techniques to get it done. There's a lot of them out there.

[dangitgriff]

FortuneCookie45LC is a good YouTube channel...might learn some neat stuff from him.

[Bazoo]

Learning from a mentor is no substitute for read a manual yourself. I've been loading and casting a decade, and I still read everything I can on the subject. I wish I'd had a mentor, but also glad I didn't in that I didn't learn their bad habits before I understood reloading.

[quilbilly]

Too bad you aren't on the wet side of the mountains.

[RoyEllis]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...W1FR001OGcwTEk

Enough PDF copies of books to keep you reading for a loooong time.