Pretty much self taught here too. I did lots of research and burned lots of powder. There wasn't Internet forums to hold my hand either.
I guess that's what kinda [beeep] me off the most. Everything a person needs to know to get started is all in the front of every loading manual printed but yet some choose to shortcut and ask the obvious on a forum such as this. Basic questions that can be answered by reading a loading manual tells me a lot about a persons attitude towards handloading and you can tell if some have ever cracked open a book too!
Asking for loads and people that give them is one of my biggest pet peeves, do your own friggin homework! The person asking is attempting to shortcut the process with someone else's information (dangerous?) The person giving the information is just feeding the problem. All it does is promote laziness and the person looking for a load learns nothing about the process of finding it for themselves. I'm willing to help in any way I can but you will never see me giving out a free lunch.
I've learned less from the Internet than I have from reading loading manuals and other sources of printed information coupled with quality time on the trigger. I can be done without the internet.
