Product Description

Starting with the basics, this guide leads the reader through the

process of reloading with ease. Perfect for beginners and a

great refresher for experienced reloaders, the book first

discusses all the necessary tools and accessories needed to get

started, then goes through step-by-step instructions and safety

tips for loading your own metallic cartridges and shotshells.

Helpful illustrations guide readers through each step and make

the process easy to understand.

The ABC?s of Reloading covers all aspects of the hobby, from

benchrest loading techniques, to ballistic software, to

competition and hunting loads and more. It also includes a

comprehensive directory of reloading manufacturers. The

guide carefully pieces together steps and techniques for

reloading into an understandable process, outlining the basic

procedures and providing information on cartridge cases,

primers, powders, bullets, equipment and much more, putting

beginners on the road to becoming experts!

? Step-by-step instructions and illustrations guide readers

through the basics of reloading

? Provides important safety tips on the hobby

? Covers benchrest loading techniques, ballistic software,

competition and hunting loads, materials and equipment

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #486099 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

Great For The Beginner
This is an excellent book for the person who is considering reloading his (or her) own cartridges. Metallic cartridge reloading is covered in detail as is reloading of shot cartridges. Various types of equipment and tools are discussed as well as cases, bullets, primers and powders. The book places strong emphasis on safety and should be required reading for the person who is just getting started.

Want to get started reloading? A cover-to-cover must read.
This is the book I used when I got started reloading about a year ago, and this book gave me just what I needed. When I first got the itch to load my own ammunition, I was overwhelmed by the amount of information and terminology involved in this fascinating field/hobby. It was very difficult to take all the individual pieces of information that I had and form it into an understandable process. I was snowed in under a blizzard of data that I was piecing together through chat rooms and web sites. Everyone was very helpful - basically shooters are the most helpful people I know - but still I was just getting fragments without a solid, complete overview. Phrases like "roll crimp", "seating and sizer dies," and "headspace" came at me in a blizzard. I could look up each phrase, understand each one as a piece, but still the whole picture was fuzzy. In essence, that is what this book will do for you: turn it all into a coherent, linear whole. The writing is very solid and clear, the illustrations are well done and helpful, and the information is very complete. After reading this book, the entire process made sense to me, and more importantly, I was fully warned about the does and don'ts of the reloading world. The coverage is very complete. Primers, powders, bullets and cases are explained with regard to nomenclature and history. All necessary tools and accessories are discussed and explained. This is just a great book. It won't make you an expert, but it will put you on the right road if you wish to become one.

Great for the first time reloader
I used to reload years ago, and bought this book to refresh my memory. The book certainly filled that need, but sometimes had a very basic presentation more suited to the rank beginner. Given the title (it *IS* a beginner's book), I would think this a very good first time reloader primer. It covers the gamut of reloading in a broad brush sweep. This is not the book to buy for a something limited in scope, like a specific black powder reloading detail.

Augment this with GOOD reloading data manuals--more than one--before commencing your first reloading session.