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Hello peoples of the forum, I have come into some reloading supplies. A progressive press, primers, tons of brass and a gabillion dies. However, no projectiles and maybe only 2k various primers. I know things are a hot mess price wise, but was wondering where to start buying for further supplies.
These items belonged to my dad, thankfully he is still with us but he has a been diagnosed with with a neurological disorder. There for I may be asking for some advice in the future as well.
I just want to get into reloading and kinda further a hobby that my dad was really into for I know it won’t be long. I remember just sitting and watching him and seeing how peaceful it was for him, I need that.
Thank you in advance friends!
 
What caliber do you want to start with? And you didn't mention powder, do you have any?
 
Cape Fear said:
What caliber do you want to start with? And you didn't mention powder, do you have any?
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I think I’m going to start with .308, .405 and 45/70 mainly because I don’t burn thru as many rifle rounds as pistol, which I will definitely moved into. I have maybe 3lbs of powder as of now
 
The .308 and .458 bullets should be pretty easy to find, but the .411s are still OOS most places. Are your primers LRP, and what powder(s) do you have?
 
Sorry to hear about your dad. It is good to hear that you want to keep his equipment and continue the tradition.

Straight-walled calibers are easier to start with, either pistol or rifle. The bottle-neck cartridges have more prep work before you can load them (trim, chamfer, debur). The 45-70 might be a good place to start.
 
Cape Fear said:
The .308 and .458 bullets should be pretty easy to find, but the .411s are still OOS most places. Are your primers LRP, and what powder(s) do you have?
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I have SPP, LPP, SRP and LRP. The powders I’d have to pull out and check
 
Toprudder said:
Sorry to hear about your dad. It is good to hear that you want to keep his equipment and continue the tradition.

Straight-walled calibers are easier to start with, either pistol or rifle. The bottle-neck cartridges have more prep work before you can load them (trim, chamfer, debur). The 45-70 might be a good place to start.
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Thank you much! I’ll keep that in mind!
 
We want pictures! What kind of press? Sorry to hear about your dad. More sorry to your waller as you go down this path of reloading. Be careful, it's addictive. As far as buying, I would personally wait until everything dies down a bit before you drop a ton of $.
 
Nick Leduc said:
We want pictures! What kind of press? Sorry to hear about your dad. More sorry to your waller as you go down this path of reloading. Be careful, it's addictive. As far as buying, I would personally wait until everything dies down a bit before you drop a ton of $.
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I’ll get some pics up shortly, needs cleaning and such, but in great shape. It’s probably 20 years old. I think I have enough supplies to at least learn with, minus projectiles.
 
Good deal! The 450 is a little slower to change over from caliber to caliber. But still a good machine. I will say you should really learn on a single stage first before jumping into that particular progressive press.
The reason for that is that its not really a true progressive. You still have to manually rotate the press every pull. This means that it is easier to have a double charge if you forget rotate, especially with some of the larger calibers you listed.
One way to learn on that press is to treat it as a single stage until you have a full understanding of what's going on. This means load only one case at a time and don't load any more until you complete a full rotation, compared to loading a new case every stage, so you will have four cases going at once in unison.
 
Nick Leduc said:
Good deal! The 450 is a little slower to change over from caliber to caliber. But still a good machine. I will say you should really learn on a single stage first before jumping into that particular progressive press.
The reason for that is that its not really a true progressive. You still have to manually rotate the press every pull. This means that it is easier to have a double charge if you forget rotate, especially with some of the larger calibers you listed.
One way to learn on that press is to treat it as a single stage until you have a full understanding of what's going on. This means load only one case at a time and don't load any more until you complete a full rotation, compared to loading a new case every stage, so you will have four cases going at once in unison.
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Thank you friend, that sounds like a great way to start. Looking forward to getting started!!
 
That MEC shot shell loader has value as well. There are powders that can be used for pistol and shotshells. You are just getting started so probably best to stick with one discipline but something to hold onto for future use if you like shotguns. Enjoy your new hobby and take your time.
 
Bahamadon said:
That MEC shot shell loader has value as well. There are powders that can be used for pistol and shotshells. You are just getting started so probably best to stick with one discipline but something to hold onto for future use if you like shotguns. Enjoy your new hobby and take your time.
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Thank you much! I appreciate all the reply’s and will probably be a pain later down the road with questions!😳
 
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