I had the good fortune of a cousin that showed me the ropes of reloading when I got started and we reloaded together off and on for years. If I have kept up with it right have loaded for 46 different rounds between shotgun, rifle and handgun. For some guns I take the time and effort to load for precision while others bang/bang range ammo is good to go.

There are lots of reloaders that do exactly what Regular Guy posted and I know a good many that fall into that group. Know some that have only loaded one load for one or two cartridges for years, without worrying about COAL, concentricity.... as long as those loads kill their deer every year they are happy.

Remember free advice is sometimes worth what you pay for it.

The Sticky at the top of this section has some good information for new and experienced reloaders alike. The Tips and tricks thread has some good tricks you will not find in a manual.

To the OP, I think you have seen good recommendations for a class (NTRP) and FiremanJG also expressed willingness to help. A buddy of mine and I learned on our own 30 years ago and I am just now getting back into it to tune long range loads. IMHO, having someone that knows their stuff (NTRP or FiremanJG) is invaluable and will help you come up the learning curve very quickly plus they will likely be able to teach you a few things not easily learned in a large group or on-line. Their time is worth the money and I would highly recommend this route since you don't already have a buddy that can show you the ropes. PM them and see where it takes you.

I would be willing to bet, there are a good number of experienced people that go to classes like these as well. Maybe learn a new trick or something, there's always somebody that knows something that you don't.

Good point. Long distance friends and experiments taught me the little I know.

Thanks Tim.

OP contacted me a couple of weeks ago. We tried to get our shcedules lined up and were back and forth communicating. It all stopped and I am left wondering what happened. I hope he is Ok.

He's probably just thinking about it, Jason. If people will do an honest ROI analysis, they will quickly see the benefits outweigh the perceived costs.

I've got my reloading room 90% set up. Once I get some mobility returned after my recent back surgery, I will get the process going again and will ping you on those small details and techniques.

I'll be glad to help.

Finally got to see Jason and get an overview of the reloading process. Gives me a big chunk of piece of mind to confirm the steps in person. Apparently I'm kind of overdoing some of it. Saved me some time and extra work.

Went ahead and had him help me better my technique and he guided me out to 800 yards with my hand loads for 300WM and my 308 with FGMM. He wrote my dope down as I shot so I can use it later on which was nice. I never shot past 200 before this and he makes it easy.

It probably helped that I like FFP Mil/Mil scopes like him.