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JWR wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:19 pm How do people go about reloading multiple calibres? I am going to be reloading .44 mag and probably .357 mag too, but long term I would also like to get into longer range stuff and will want to reload .223 and .308. Is there a way I can buy one set-up now that with some basic readjusting and new dies will work for the rifle calibres too?

buy a press, then buy the corresponding dies to what you need. just about any press out there will do any caliber short of big boy stuff like 50 bmg.

a lee turret will load 308 as easily as 38.

You just need to buy a good single station press and a beam scale you can add dies in different calibers as you go.

Another probably stupid question. Are only primers and powder purchases restricted to people with a current FAC? I would like to start collecting old brass from the range, de-primer, and clean it up ready for reloading. I’m assuming I can buy reloading equipment without any problems?

Yes you can buy re loading equipment press, dies, bullets, cases etc. You need a certificate to purchase Powder and primers.

I would not start collecting old cases from a range. If they are guaranteed factory ammunition, once fired, then that's OK. If you can't guarantee this, leave them for some other brass monkey.They would HAVE to be full sized as the first stage for reloading to ensure they fit in your firearm.
You do not know what that case has been subjected during its life.
Starting with new cases is your safest way to start your reloading journey.

If you are new to reloading dont go any were near picked up cases from a range or any were else for that matter. As above new cases are the safest way to start your re loading journey.

Cool, ill only keep and reload the brass I have fired from new ammunition.
So, wet tumbling media, what size and type do I need? I got a cheap pack of stainless rod stuff but its way too small and awful to use. Is there any benefit to using one type of media over another?

shoppe wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 9:12 pm I would not start collecting old cases from a range. If they are guaranteed factory ammunition, once fired, then that's OK. If you can't guarantee this, leave them for some other brass monkey.They would HAVE to be full sized as the first stage for reloading to ensure they fit in your firearm.
You do not know what that case has been subjected during its life.
Starting with new cases is your safest way to start your reloading journey.

There's always an exception to this. The amount of once-fired brass and their store packaging dumped in bins at the range always astounds me.
I've zero shame and have plunged eagerly into dustbins and hauled out a fair few hundred quids' worth over the years.

Me to.
What shocks me is the amount of once fired .38 Special Brass that newbies chuck in the bin. I keep telling them keep it some were down the line you are going to want to start re loading .38 special. I have given up recovering it I have cuboards bursting at the seems with the stuff.
.303 is another one. After probationers shoots over lots of years I had that many cases that I resorted to crushing them and weighing them in for scrap. That is my current method of disposing of them. I have that many there is no way I will ever re load them.

I've never encountered that... I wish I could find a few dustbins to dive in

All the probationers in my club are required to store the spent ammo in the boxes (my guess is the owner/manager keeps them for himself)