Ex-Navy boy, nuclear sub engineering type. I'd taught him the essentials of reloading about a year ago just as primers were getting tight and he's been happily making 9mm ammo for himself.
Recently he's found boolits hard to acquire, so I suggested he get himself an MP mold, some WW lead and some 50/50 tin/solder, Lee sizer and to come on over so I could show him the ropes.
We had some discussions while the lead was melting - safety, the make-up of alloys and such - and he got it first time. Once we got to casting, his mold worked well - a 125gr 8-banger on Lee handles - and he'd cast himself about 300 boolits after all was done.
We then moved onto PC'ing and sizing - while his boolits were baking (Eastwood Blue) I drove a slug through his pistol barrel to size it and explained the relevance/importance of sizing correctly. Once his boolits were baked and cooled, I sized a few for him and he took the rest home to run through his own Lee sizing setup (he also took home my spare Lee 10-lb pot for which I charged him a pittance, just to get him started).
Kid's happy and he's safe - one more caster for us