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Starting out on a budget
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<blockquote data-quote="aushunter1" data-source="post: 1917699" data-attributes="member: 57533"><p>Yes I forgot some items, my bad.</p><p></p><p>Hand primer, bullet puller(either kinetic or die mounted, kinetic is cheap!) case loading blocks(2 at least), flash hole deburrer, case lenght trimmer reloading manual</p><p></p><p>Each to their own what they think is important or should have, nice to have etc but what I have outlined is what I would call essential for making decent, consistent, repeatable accurate ammo that is capable of moa or better.</p><p></p><p>Even for hunting I'm of the opinion you need moa capable ammo!</p><p></p><p>I bought a RCBS rockchucker kit to start out & out of the kit there are 3 pieces I no longer use & sold them because I moved onto a better powder dispenser, they are the powder thrower, the 505 scale & trickler.</p><p>Yes they got me started but quickly found the thrower inaccurate so yes you needed the 505 scale to check pretty much every load & then the trickler to get it spot on in the scale.</p><p>This consumes a fair bit of time & really slows the process down, so I bought a RCBS chargemaster combo & that replaced 3 items.</p><p></p><p>Good luck & like I was saying, dont rush it, there are plenty of good informative youtubes out there to research each item & the processes.</p><p></p><p>This guy helped me when choosing things like dies & does comparison vids-</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ammosmith/videos" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/ammosmith/videos</a></p><p></p><p>This is one example on why I moved on pretty quickly from the powder thrower-</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]gElZEFmk48M[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Oh & get a good notebook & make sure you document everything you do for each load your working on, including range results for each load by charge weight etc.</p><p>You might want to shoot a variety of projectiles in different weights using different powder & a log book is just great to look back on what you have done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aushunter1, post: 1917699, member: 57533"] Yes I forgot some items, my bad. Hand primer, bullet puller(either kinetic or die mounted, kinetic is cheap!) case loading blocks(2 at least), flash hole deburrer, case lenght trimmer reloading manual Each to their own what they think is important or should have, nice to have etc but what I have outlined is what I would call essential for making decent, consistent, repeatable accurate ammo that is capable of moa or better. Even for hunting I'm of the opinion you need moa capable ammo! I bought a RCBS rockchucker kit to start out & out of the kit there are 3 pieces I no longer use & sold them because I moved onto a better powder dispenser, they are the powder thrower, the 505 scale & trickler. Yes they got me started but quickly found the thrower inaccurate so yes you needed the 505 scale to check pretty much every load & then the trickler to get it spot on in the scale. This consumes a fair bit of time & really slows the process down, so I bought a RCBS chargemaster combo & that replaced 3 items. Good luck & like I was saying, dont rush it, there are plenty of good informative youtubes out there to research each item & the processes. This guy helped me when choosing things like dies & does comparison vids- [URL]https://www.youtube.com/user/ammosmith/videos[/URL] This is one example on why I moved on pretty quickly from the powder thrower- [MEDIA=youtube]gElZEFmk48M[/MEDIA] Oh & get a good notebook & make sure you document everything you do for each load your working on, including range results for each load by charge weight etc. You might want to shoot a variety of projectiles in different weights using different powder & a log book is just great to look back on what you have done. [/QUOTE]
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