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This is in no way a definitive reloading process nor am I an expert by any means.
I put this together for a fellow on another forums but wanted to share here as well.


Hope you guys had as much fun watching as I did putting it together.

Good job! Regarding those big reloading manuals, I'd add don't just buy them for display on the bench, read 'em. There's a wealth of knowledge in those books and it will be worth the time.

My ears don't work too good anymore, and while I wear hearing aids, they don't help a whole lot. I think you said you mix white rice in your cleaning media? Where did you pick up that trick, and how is it supposed to improve the process?

I do indeed add long grain white rice.
I did some very extensive research into reloading before deciding I was truly interested in trying it.
The rice idea was on some forum some where. So old timer talking about how he never used polish just added rice.
I did some test batches with dirty brass and sure enough it did indeed shine the brass better than the walnut alone.
My best guess it that it has to do with the smooth nature of the grain and the starch content.

About the manuals I do indeed state that they are a wealth of knowledge.
The Nosler book was very well written and a good read.
The Lyman book is like reading a rocket manual, good in small doses, but great information.
I plan to expand the library as I can afford it but with my love of hard bound books I have to pace myself.

I can probably subtitle or maybe make a transcript of the video if you would be interested.
Admittedly the audio is rather low most of the time.
My camera is just that a camera but has a video mode and only gets good audio if you are directly behind or in front of it.
I want a real video recorder but guns and reloading supplies keep sucking up all my funds.

I liked how you showed the amaount of safety and awarness you should have when reloading and even just storing the equipment.

Very well done.

For whose intrested in getting walnut media, I get mine from pet stores. they sell it for the bottom of reptile cages. about 5lbs for $1. ASC2, I like your video. Im going to save it for a friend who is just starting to reload. thanks DR

Thanks for the comments guys.
DR, if I can be more specific for your friend just let me know what he needs covered and I'll see about doing up a vid for it.

I think that was a very good primer. Dr

Thankee-sai

Shoot (metaphorically speaking), now I gotta go buy some rice. I've been using corn cob media and to be honest, the brass is certainly shiny enough for me, but you got my curiosity riled. Do you use regular white rice like you can buy at Wally World in the plastic bags?

Ah. Ears again. Sorry.
What hurts is almost everything I've read about reloading says to always work from the latest version of a given manual. That amounts to a lot of money every year.

Thanks for the thought, but not necessary. I already reload (albeit just starting out), and I got the gist of it.

I'm hip.

/Hip?
//Ya already knew I was an old fart

My Lyman's guide was printed in the mid 80's and my Nosler book was only $19, I assume going out of print for a new edition.
I say screw it! New or old, unless the powder changes, your load data will be the same for what you run.
Maybe I could understand that logic if you were trying to load from books from the 20's or 30's.
However as long as the data is from a book written in the time of smokeless powders and computer verified ballistics I think you should be good.
My Nosler book was printed in 2007. That is 23 years after the 1984 print date of my Lyman's guide.
The only difference of note I have seen is that the older book has a different selection of bullets types, weights are still the same.
Your newer books will cover Moloy coated rounds and Balistic Tip rounds and the like where the older books will not.
You can pretty much bank on the fact that a classic 55grain FMJBT from now or 23 years ago is still going to call for about the same load.

That's a good point.

Do you really need an new, up to date book if you're only going to reload ball ammo at manufacture specs?

And therein lies the rub. It has happened in the past without any fanfare and may well happen in the future, hence the warning to work from the latest data. I like the Hodgdon manual because they don't print a 600-page hard cover edition every year for thirty bucks, they print it in magazine format and it only costs $8 or so for the latest info. IIRC, it was in an earlier Hodgdon manual I read about a subtle change in one powder that affected the load data enough to drive a reloader nuts working from an older data set though, in this particular case, not enough to render the loads dangerous. I'm not advocating buying new versions every time they come out, I'm jus' sayin' ....

I do have manuals from Speer, Hornady, and Lyman, and while they are valuable, the Hodgdon is the only one I'll update every year.

Not bad advice. I'll keep that in mind.