How did you learn how to reload

[dromia]

If you cannot see a difference 'tween pernicketyness and a confusing naming being a safety issue then you are more dangerous than I was lead to believe.

[Rab]

If you cannot see a difference 'tween pernicketyness and a confusing naming being a safety issue then you are more dangerous than I was lead to believe.

Head, Bullet, Boolit. WTF really cares? The fact that folks call them by different names doesn't make them dangerous.

[dromia]

I have seen new handloaders completely confused by bullet head as it gets them confused with case head. If your imagination cannot see the room for confusion 'tween one end of a cartridge and another then I can do nothing about that.

It is not different names that I object to it is confusing names.

[Rab]

There is nothing wrong with my imagination, I'm just not that easily confused to mix the two up. We were all new handloaders at one time but I have to say if someone is that easily confused then handloading might not be for them.

[Robert303]

Yes I still have the wamadet and still use it from time to time.

[Alpha1]

Any forum is the sum of its contributing members, think it weird?

Then first look within yourself for the source of the weirdness.

Kettle pot black springs to mind.

What's that got to do with you editing my posts.

[dromia]

There is nothing wrong with my imagination, I'm just not that easily confused to mix the two up. We were all new handloaders at one time but I have to say if someone is that easily confused then handloading might not be for them.

Unfortunately your imagination has let you down again, the reality is that many people come into handloading from reading bits and pieces on the internet, without support or reading a good manual. Not the best way to do it but such is the world today, therefore it is incumbent upon us to be as responsible as we can in what we put up here.

Learning from the internet is difficult and confusing enough without "knowledgeable" handloaders adding to that.

Obviously you and many others do not share that responsibility which is your choice but it does sadden me.

[Countryman]

Oopsy! There goes another thread. Thought mods generally tried to keep things on track.

I started reloading way before my cull targets had anything like the volume to demand it but I craved the satisfaction of building my own.

I bought a Rockchucker and a Nosler manual and started reloading 100gr partitions.

That Rockchucker still gets used for my heavier hitting rifle rounds but I know have a heap of other kit and reload another 10 calibre a besides.

I and a buddy have started to run show and tell type reloading evenings for the Newbies at our club. Not sure how official these will ever be given the potential liability issues of "teaching reloading"

[Rab]

Unfortunately your imagination has let you down again, the reality is that many people come into handloading from reading bits and pieces on the internet, without support or reading a good manual. Not the best way to do it but such is the world today, therefore it is incumbent upon us to be as responsible as we can in what we put up here.

Learning from the internet is difficult and confusing enough without "knowledgeable" handloaders adding to that.

Obviously you and many others do not share that responsibility which is your choice but it does sadden me.

Says the man that uses made up words from another internet forum to describe bullets. Might just be that you're the one that needs to take a look in the mirror and then afterwards practice what you preach.

[WelshShooter]

I got into reloading when I was 21 during University. I bought a Marlin 1894 for my 21st birthday and being the student I was, I found it too expensive to spend £25 per hundred on .38spl (how naive I was back then...). I learnt to reload from the smallbore club secretary who got me loading at his house using his set up. He showed me how to do it and explained each step. When it came to Christmas time "Santa Clause" brought me a reloading press kit and I then started to reload myself for close to £11 per hundred because I was using lead bullets (not boolits) in gallery loadings. The savings were brilliant!

Fast forward two years and I started handloading full bore centre-fire rifles. I found this a bit more of a learning curve as trim length was now on my mind since I was using "full power" loadings. My first calibre to handload was .303brit followed by .223rem a couple of months later. I had been working full-time for 6 months prior to this so I had enough funds saved up to buy a couple of rifles and the necessary dies etc.

That was almost 4 years ago, I now handload .357magnum/.38spl, .223rem, .303brit, .308win, 8x57IS and 6,5x47 Lapua. I've handloaded just short of 8,000 rounds with great success. There have been some stupid screw ups (for example, charging 50 x .308 cases without putting primers in...) but I've never made any serious mistakes as I've always followed procedures stated in reloading manuals. Being over-cautious will never do you any bad.

Since terminology is being discussed in this thread I've never been confused by this. Sure, people may use the wrong words which can be irritating but so long as you ask them to explain what they are referring to it doesn't matter too much to me. For example, most people use magazine or clips "synonymously" and the difference between boolits and bullets. Why is it so hard to call them "lead bullets" or "jacketed butllets" or is that just too simple? There's no point in being pedantic when you're talking amongst others but I am when it comes to written publications.