Reloading: From Start To Complete – Part 11
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Choose what you are going to reload
I will be reloading 5.56×45, 9×19, and .45 ACP.
Acquire The Tools You Need
Get your reloading Bible(s)!!!!
Because this is my first time reloading, I chose the Lee Precision Anniversary Challenger Kit. This gets me a single stage press, powder scale, some brass prep tools, on press priming, powder throw, funnel and more.
To this, I add a pair of dial calibers, no name will do ok. A Deluxe Quick Trim Case Trimmer. The quick trim die for 5.56×45. And a Lee universal decapping die.
Finally, I pick up a wet tumbler, media, a set of sieves, and a trickler.
Because I read AWA’s articles, I purchase Redding dies for 5.56×45, 9mm, and .45ACP.
Picking Boom Stuff
Power is difficult to get at times, looking at the recipes and costs, I decide on Titegroup for my pistol calibers and Ramshot TAC for the 5.56×45.
The Titegroup seems to be an ok powder. There are many recipes for pistol calibers that use it.
NOTE: Powder choices are very personal. Please do your own research. This is not a recommendation for either of these powders.
The recipe that I’m using comes from Hodgdon’s.
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