My best suggestion would be to find a mentor. Someone who has loaded a few thousand rounds of various cartridges and goes by the book. I was lucky enough to have had a friend in college who showed me how on his RCBS rockchucker. We loaded thousands of rounds of .38 Special and .357 Magnum together for several years, until I got my own press. When I bought my first centerfire rifle (a .243 Win), we also bought dies at the same time and he showed me how easy it was to load for that, too. (It just took a little less powder than his .270 Win.) He had studied on his own for a while, and then met a game warden who was an avid reloader. That was how he learned. I am teaching my oldest son, and also one of his buddies. It isn't difficult, but is serious stuff. It just is a lot less nerve wracking to have someone on board who can make sure you don't make a serious error.
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