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Resources for begginer reloader

Read manuals by Bullet manufacturers( Sierra,Hornady etc. ) Tool manufacturers,(Lyman, etc. ) Powder manufacturers (Hodgdon, Winchester, etc.); Read Top Grade Ammo by Glen Zediker. Very Simple and easy. This is a very good start!
 
Read Manuals. How many have said that ? Youtube has tons of BS by people that have no business getting out of bed more or less telling other people what and how they should put 50 grains of powder and 60,000 psi about 13 -inches from their eyeballs. Sierra, Hornady, Lyman, Speer, Lee and Berger.
 
OP asked about resources for a beginner reloader using production guns. A pile of load books has pretty limited load info for modern components compared to manufacturer's web sites. He's not loading obscure calibers with grandpa's old components.
He asked for opinions , I didn't... You do it your way I'll do it mine , that's how I still have both eyes all my fingers and no blown up guns...
 
I have little to add that has not already been mentioned.
I don’t encourage newbies to go full progressive. Understand what each die does and how it does it. Ya gotta walk before you can run.
Don’t get wound up in gadgets, plenty of folks here that would probably sell you some gadgets for cheap.
I am also of the thought of never too many books, no matter how old or how obsolete they seem. The basics have changed little in the last 100+ years. You want load data, powder and bullet makers have on line up to date info for free.
 

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