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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1589878" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>Hello One-shot-wonder, hmmmm......that's a really unique handle? You seem to have the first requirement about reloading out of the way, you are asking for some advice and have found a reliable place to find it. You've already received some great information from some great forum members. Now, you wrote <u><em>"After much research and reading posts on forums I found that the<strong> hand tools it comes with can be replaced with motorized </strong>like the lyman caseprep express and the lyman case trimmer."</em></u> With that statement in mind you are correct, however.......<u>if you are just starting ou</u>t, you really ought to <em><u>learn the basics</u></em> first before going automation. If you automate and are making mistakes, automation is only going to allow you to make a "lot" of mistakes and make a lot of bad ammunition. If you use an automated case prep tool and do not know what you are doing, you can make a very expensive mistake if you are using quality brass. If you have a mentor, as suggested, and you want to go automated it may be okay, however I am sticking to getting the basics down before going any further because automation comes with its problems too. I've been reloading for 57+ years and still find there's always something to learn. I recently got a Dillion 650XL, that really pumps out reloads, and.....I really made a lot of BAD reloads. Stick with the basics, make ammunition that is consistent and doing what it is supposed to be doing and that you know that they are doing what they are supposed to be doing before trying to get fancy. As you've already experienced about setting dies up, there's a lot to learn when you start getting into tailoring custom loads; like setting up the resizing die. Learning case bump and bullet travel/jump and all that are not that difficult, however require more steps and a higher level of reloading than "basic" reloading.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1589878, member: 69192"] Hello One-shot-wonder, hmmmm......that's a really unique handle? You seem to have the first requirement about reloading out of the way, you are asking for some advice and have found a reliable place to find it. You've already received some great information from some great forum members. Now, you wrote [U][I]"After much research and reading posts on forums I found that the[B] hand tools it comes with can be replaced with motorized [/B]like the lyman caseprep express and the lyman case trimmer."[/I][/U] With that statement in mind you are correct, however.......[U]if you are just starting ou[/U]t, you really ought to [I][U]learn the basics[/U][/I] first before going automation. If you automate and are making mistakes, automation is only going to allow you to make a "lot" of mistakes and make a lot of bad ammunition. If you use an automated case prep tool and do not know what you are doing, you can make a very expensive mistake if you are using quality brass. If you have a mentor, as suggested, and you want to go automated it may be okay, however I am sticking to getting the basics down before going any further because automation comes with its problems too. I've been reloading for 57+ years and still find there's always something to learn. I recently got a Dillion 650XL, that really pumps out reloads, and.....I really made a lot of BAD reloads. Stick with the basics, make ammunition that is consistent and doing what it is supposed to be doing and that you know that they are doing what they are supposed to be doing before trying to get fancy. As you've already experienced about setting dies up, there's a lot to learn when you start getting into tailoring custom loads; like setting up the resizing die. Learning case bump and bullet travel/jump and all that are not that difficult, however require more steps and a higher level of reloading than "basic" reloading. [/QUOTE]
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