ABC's of Reloading

[Land Owner]

RCBS online has its own reloading step-by-step methodology in pictures for visual learning, or what could be called Quick Start mode.

https://www.rcbs.com/rcbs-how-to-rel...reloading.html

[BrassMagnet]

Finding a good mentor is helpful too.

Very few people learn well from a book. Learning from a video is just slightly better.
Go with a coach and supervision for at least the first few sessions!

[Froogal]

Very few people learn well from a book. Learning from a video is just slightly better.
Go with a coach and supervision for at least the first few sessions!

I disagree. Printed material, if there is something you don't quite understand, you go back and read it again, and again, and if it still is bit cloudy, THEN find a video, but make sure the video is done by someone who KNOWS what they are doing, and not just someone who decided to make a video. There are many.

[elmacgyver0]

Very few people learn well from a book. Learning from a video is just slightly better.
Go with a coach and supervision for at least the first few sessions!

You must be young.

[Isaac]

I began loading with my father in 1969 and took over on my own in 1978. We began with the old Lyman manual that had the plastic spiral binder. Since then I've purchased most of the standard manuals from Lyman, Sierra, Speer, Hornady, etc. (there was a time when new reloading manuals were only revised every several years. Not like the yearly editions we find today). Each have very good step-by-step instructions. I bought the Lee 2nd edition a few years ago when it came out and was thoroughly impressed with the details and (as mentioned previously) the WHY of what is done than anything previous I've read.

I also agree with the suggestion of locating a How-to video on one of the web sites. There is a fellow on You Tube who is known as Fortune Cookie 45LC who does outstanding tutorials on reloading. I mostly follow him for his bullet casting knowledge and am not sure if he has a beginner video serious. I think if you were to check him out there would be links to others tutorials, especially the reloading companies.

Isaac

[contender1]

I think Wolfe Publishing carries the "ABC's of Reloading".

[gwpercle]

Very few people learn well from a book. Learning from a video is just slightly better.
Go with a coach and supervision for at least the first few sessions!

I would bet money the majority of us on this site learned just about all we know about reloading from books ... I know I learned from Books .
When I took up reloading and casting boolits ( 1967) there was no other person I knew that did it ... when I told my Dad what I was going to do ... he looked at me like I had lost my mind ... but he gave me $25 for the Lee Classic (Whack-A-Mole) Loader and told me
" Don't tell your Momma !"
My coach was Lyman , Hornady and Elmer Keith ...Books !

[725]

+1 on the Lee Modern Reloading. I'm w/ Froogal on this one. Good step by step explanation.

[BrassMagnet]

Quote Originally Posted by BrassMagnet View Post
Very few people learn well from a book. Learning from a video is just slightly better.
Go with a coach and supervision for at least the first few sessions!

You must be young.

Not at all!
I am an experienced technical instructor.

[clum553946]

BrassMagnet is highly regarded for his reloading knowledge! When you start out, reloading manuals are great for their informational knowledge, but if you hit a crossroads while starting out & in the process of actually reloading, a book is not going to answer your questions. They may have the answer somewhere within the pages, but you have to stop & look for it, lose the continuity of what you’re doing, & may not answer your exact question or give you an explanation you can understand!

I can also put it another way. If we could learn what we need to know from book, then why do we need teachers & professors?

[JRLesan]

To try and turn us all into democrats???

[clum553946]

To try and turn us all into democrats???

That’s the dangerous side of the equation, but when I was growing up, most teachers back then were genuinely interested in teaching their students the curriculum. Some still do but many have another agenda.