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<blockquote data-quote="trebark" data-source="post: 504525" data-attributes="member: 19172"><p>read, read, read. Get a reloading manual and read it.</p><p> </p><p>Jump on youtube and search for reloading videos (there are lots of them). Then after watching, read, read, read. Eventually you will begin to develop your own reloading philosophy/make decisions about what is important to you and what is BS to you.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of dies, I personally use Redding Competition dies. They are great dies and would be easy for a beginner to use.</p><p> </p><p>For your 300mag, here are my recommendations...</p><p> </p><p>Bullets: 210g VLD or 208g Amax</p><p>Powder: Retumbo or H1000</p><p>Primer: Fed215M</p><p>Brass: Winchester, Nosler, Norma (generally avoid Remington)</p><p> </p><p>my recommendations for reloading...</p><p> </p><p>Brass Prep</p><p>- uniform the primer pockets and flash holes (basic)</p><p>- turn necks (advanced)</p><p>- trim to length (basic and may not be necessary with brand new brass)</p><p>- chamfer and deburr (basic and your kit came with a tool)</p><p> </p><p>primer/powder</p><p>- seat primers firmly</p><p>- measure each powder charge and start low and work your way up</p><p> </p><p>bullet seating</p><p>- after seating each bullet, check the OAL length with a micrometer and a Hornady comparator. Bullets have a manufacturing tolerance of +/- .003 and it will be important that your finished cartridges are all the same length at the ogive.</p><p> </p><p>shooting</p><p>- shoot round-robin style shooting one round from each charge weight at a time (shooting each round at a different target). Then repeat until you you have shot all of your groups (five round groups are better than three)</p><p> </p><p>That's all I've got off the top of my head.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trebark, post: 504525, member: 19172"] read, read, read. Get a reloading manual and read it. Jump on youtube and search for reloading videos (there are lots of them). Then after watching, read, read, read. Eventually you will begin to develop your own reloading philosophy/make decisions about what is important to you and what is BS to you. In terms of dies, I personally use Redding Competition dies. They are great dies and would be easy for a beginner to use. For your 300mag, here are my recommendations... Bullets: 210g VLD or 208g Amax Powder: Retumbo or H1000 Primer: Fed215M Brass: Winchester, Nosler, Norma (generally avoid Remington) my recommendations for reloading... Brass Prep - uniform the primer pockets and flash holes (basic) - turn necks (advanced) - trim to length (basic and may not be necessary with brand new brass) - chamfer and deburr (basic and your kit came with a tool) primer/powder - seat primers firmly - measure each powder charge and start low and work your way up bullet seating - after seating each bullet, check the OAL length with a micrometer and a Hornady comparator. Bullets have a manufacturing tolerance of +/- .003 and it will be important that your finished cartridges are all the same length at the ogive. shooting - shoot round-robin style shooting one round from each charge weight at a time (shooting each round at a different target). Then repeat until you you have shot all of your groups (five round groups are better than three) That's all I've got off the top of my head. [/QUOTE]
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