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saudst · May 3, 2008, 05:23 AM

M1AFan, welcome to reloading. This forum is a great place to get some valuble information and I wish I found it long ago. I started reloading 26 years ago when I was 18 and found the first reloading manual a little technical for me and a guy gave me one called The ABC's of reloading and it helped a lot. Elkman is right though, you just can't beat a mentor who has been doing this for a long time, they should be able to set you up with all their checks and balances that you only get from experience, but this book will help, it explains everything more clearly to the beginer.

As for the cleaning, I use cracked walnut shells I got from Midway USA when I bought a tumbler there and it works fine. Some people don't like the redish dust it leaves on the inside of the case, but I think this is only asthetics as I've never had a problem with this. Never used corn cobs but I'll give them a try when I run out of what I have.

Have fun and be safe, Tim.

May 3, 2008, 05:23 AM	#3
saudst Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 2008 Location: Central Wisconsin Posts: 184	Welcome. M1AFan, welcome to reloading. This forum is a great place to get some valuble information and I wish I found it long ago. I started reloading 26 years ago when I was 18 and found the first reloading manual a little technical for me and a guy gave me one called The ABC's of reloading and it helped a lot. Elkman is right though, you just can't beat a mentor who has been doing this for a long time, they should be able to set you up with all their checks and balances that you only get from experience, but this book will help, it explains everything more clearly to the beginer. As for the cleaning, I use cracked walnut shells I got from Midway USA when I bought a tumbler there and it works fine. Some people don't like the redish dust it leaves on the inside of the case, but I think this is only asthetics as I've never had a problem with this. Never used corn cobs but I'll give them a try when I run out of what I have. Have fun and be safe, Tim. __________________ Tim. "Fear of death will not prevent dieing, but it may prevent living".