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I have reload shotgun rounds for years. But i have never reloaded rifle rounds. I got the Hornady Lock N Load progressive press for christmas.
All i have is the press. I have no clue what dies i will need. I will only be reloading 223/5.56 rounds for now. Maybe some 45 acp later on but for now just 5.56
Can someone please recommend what i need? or i book i should get to help me get started. Im figuring i will need a tumbler, powder scale, dies...
Not sure what else.
Any help would be welcomed
Also is this press any good.. Like i said i dont know much about these
Thanks
Jon P
Sir, ditto what AeroE said! FWIW, I try to practice the old adage that goes something like: "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything".
Having said that, of all the books I have on the subject I've always thought that the Precision Shooting Reloading manual had a lot of helpful info for both beginners as well as the more experienced. Also the book by Glen Zediker entitled "Reloading for competition; making the target larger" is an excellent book particularly if you are interested in reloading .223 Rem. for an AR-15. Even though I have been an experienced high power competitor and reloader with both M1As and AR-15s for quite a few years I still found a lot of helpful information in the book and I do refer to it occasionally.
As you learn more by not only by reading but also by doing you'll probably want to consider other cartridges for other guns that you may own. As with anything new you'll have to experiment a bit on your own and most of us on this forum are more than willing to offer an opinion as you have seen. Don't let the "grumpy old Men" chase you off. HTH, 7zero1.