I have always wanted to get into reloading and got the chance last year when I had a family member give me his old reloading equipment. Press, scale, .223 brass,primers powder the whole works. The first thing I did was READ the manuals he provided, he wanted me to call if I had any questions. Well to make a long story short, my first attempts went along smoothly except..I did'nt have a caliper to measure the overall length, so just seated the bullet down till it was the same length as a factory round...doing this by sight alone..scary stuff now that I think back. After completeing each round I would chamber each round to make shur the bolt closed. I know some of you are shuddering reading this..myself included. I would HIGHLY recommend anyone thats getting into reloading to have a experienced mentor to take you threw those first couple of rounds. Lots of good info on this thread, Be Safe!!
