The press, puller, funnel, lube pad and trickler, add in scales, dies and a couple of other bits you should be goodI am shooting a Tikka .223 and thinking of starting to reload. never do it before so clueless. I have been offered this. Question other than the die sets being the wrong size is there anything useful in the collection. thanks
David
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You can get a new Lee kit on Amazon for £140 the dies are around £50 a set.Ok thanks, now need to get a value. I thought it was expensive at £200 but as stated know nothing about the quality or level of the gear.
I agree re the Lee.You need to buy a #(*#(&($*$^@()*^% loading manual FIRST! I recommend the Lee.~Muir
enough stuff on manufacturers sites now, sierras load lists for thier pills is really good. I dont have a manual, havent had for years, too unpredictable in my opinion!You need to buy a #(*#(&($*$^@()*^% loading manual FIRST! I recommend the Lee.~Muir
The manual is not for the load data; it is to ensure the novice reloader learns safe practices.enough stuff on manufacturers sites now, sierras load lists for thier pills is really good. I dont have a manual, havent had for years, too unpredictable in my opinion!
There again, you won't learn safe practices from a book, find someone, ask questions get hands on with a person that knows and learn to read pressure signs and other problems, a book cannot teach you these things. A loading manual is full of data you'll never use and powder thats no longer available (REACH compliant in the EU). The only real way to learn anything is from someone that has experiance, I've never seen a loading manual thats able to do any of this, and just full of irrelevant tosh, 95% of which you'll never need or use!The manual is not for the load data; it is to ensure the novice reloader learns safe practices.
I'd dispute that, and endorse the view that reading and understanding a sensible manual (I'd agree that Lee is a good one) is by far the best way to start. Reloading is potentially a very dangerous practice, and a beginner will not come to any harm at all following a manual to the letter.There again, you won't learn safe practices from a book
The only real way to learn anything is from someone that has experience
I'd dispute that, and endorse the view that reading and understanding a sensible manual (I'd agree that Lee is a good one) is by far the best way to start. Reloading is potentially a very dangerous practice, and a beginner will not come to any harm at all following a manual to the letter.
I think it is perfectly reasonable to supplement the suggested book-learning with instruction from someone both experienced and competent.
To any beginner, I would say that it is impossible to overemphasise the fact that 'experienced' and 'competent' are not the same thing - and reloading is an area of human endeavour in which that really, really matters.
Reading, understanding and working through a manual will give a beginner the ability to produce safe, accurate cartridges - and a base-line from which to start to judge the soundness of other, 'more experienced', reloaders' undoubtedly well-intentioned, if not always sound or safe advice.
I speak as one who has been reloading for only six years or so, and who can recall a fair amount of advice I was given which I am delighted that I had the confidence, based on book-learning, to (if I may put it so gently) treat with scepticism.