[mod.rec.guns] mod.rec.guns: Reloading

jkh@jade.BERKELEY.EDU (Jordan K. Hubbard) (09/19/86)

Article: 9:28

I was very interested in the recent articles about reloading
equipment, but I know very little about even the basics.
A few years ago I reloaded some .38/.357 and 7mm Rem. Magnums
with a Lee Loader, the type that you pound on with a hammer.
I bought a balance type powder scale because it didn't seem
to me that the little scoop provided with the Lee Loader could
be very accurate.  Now I think I may be interested in reloading
mainly revolver and automatic handgun rounds.  I don't
really know what a "progressive reloader" is, although from
the articles is seems that it may reload faster than the
way I used to do it.  Could someone go into more on the basics
of reloading?  I live in a small apartment and don't have a
workbench.  Do these progressive reloaders require a bench?
Can one buy *small* stands to use them with for a reasonable
price?  It seems that in the pictures of reloaders
some show powder in a tube near the top.  Do these measure
by volume rather than by weight?  Thank you for any information
you can provide.


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Gary R. Thrapp
San Diego, CA

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