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Reloading
How hard is it to learn to reload ?
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<blockquote data-quote="65WSM" data-source="post: 804185" data-attributes="member: 9551"><p>I have spent a ton of money buying reloading stuff that I abandoned. Learn from the benchrest boys at your local shooting range. Go to a match and ask questions. These are the guys that know the answers. Most of them hunt too. </p><p></p><p>The top tip I would tell you is that the venerable Wilson seating dies are designed for long range sharply pointed VLD bullets and are way ahead of the "benchrest" or "match" seaters that thread into reloading presses. The Wilson dies are half the cost of the threaded dies and will produce zeros in the runout. The seating stems on the threaded dies touch on the metplat with VLD bullets and have to be modified by a trained machinist. The machinist may throw away several stems before he modifies one that can rest on the ogive of the bullet and produce zero runout.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I own micrometer Redding and Forster seaters in several calibers but they do not produce the concentricity of the Wilson dies which cost much less.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Forster "Bonanza" Coax press is more concentric for sizing because it does not use the customary shell holders. It centers each case with self centering spring loaded jaws. If anyone tells you that this press is better than another press than ask the why? Ask them if they have tried the Forester. I was privilaged to see the reloading room at an unnamed elite forces sniper training facility. There were thirty Forster presses there. </p><p></p><p>My best grouping rifle at 500 yards is using Nosler brass sized with Forster bushing dies. All of my other rifles are using Redding full length bushing dies. </p><p></p><p>Buy the best scale you can find. I use two different "scientific" scales. A used scientific scale will get you to the hundredth of a grain. I have one that will read a thousandth of a grain. That is more accurate than the normal tenth of a grain "reloading" scale.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="65WSM, post: 804185, member: 9551"] I have spent a ton of money buying reloading stuff that I abandoned. Learn from the benchrest boys at your local shooting range. Go to a match and ask questions. These are the guys that know the answers. Most of them hunt too. The top tip I would tell you is that the venerable Wilson seating dies are designed for long range sharply pointed VLD bullets and are way ahead of the "benchrest" or "match" seaters that thread into reloading presses. The Wilson dies are half the cost of the threaded dies and will produce zeros in the runout. The seating stems on the threaded dies touch on the metplat with VLD bullets and have to be modified by a trained machinist. The machinist may throw away several stems before he modifies one that can rest on the ogive of the bullet and produce zero runout. I own micrometer Redding and Forster seaters in several calibers but they do not produce the concentricity of the Wilson dies which cost much less. The Forster "Bonanza" Coax press is more concentric for sizing because it does not use the customary shell holders. It centers each case with self centering spring loaded jaws. If anyone tells you that this press is better than another press than ask the why? Ask them if they have tried the Forester. I was privilaged to see the reloading room at an unnamed elite forces sniper training facility. There were thirty Forster presses there. My best grouping rifle at 500 yards is using Nosler brass sized with Forster bushing dies. All of my other rifles are using Redding full length bushing dies. Buy the best scale you can find. I use two different "scientific" scales. A used scientific scale will get you to the hundredth of a grain. I have one that will read a thousandth of a grain. That is more accurate than the normal tenth of a grain "reloading" scale. [/QUOTE]
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