Demonic69 wrote:I also think reloading could be a social thing, if clubs had the space and equipment I reckon several shooters could make a day of it, spread the effort, have a laugh and churn out some ammo.
Hmm... yes and no. Whilst I agree it is very handy to have someone available to talk with during the reloading learning process you would need to take great care not to get distracted or mix things up. Christel and I share the reloading however we both have very different tasks, I do the metallic side of things so case prep, priming and seating and she does all of the powder throwing and we seldom talk to each other during the process. This partly due to us being separated, I am in the workshop for my side of things and she throws the powder charges in the kitchen! One thing we both do is quick checks of the others work, I always peer into the top of the filled cases with a torch to visually check the levels even though I know she will have already done this and she looks for things like correctly seated primers and a visual check of the brass despite me already having done this.
It is not lack of trust, in fact far from it. These are just further checks to make sure everything is as intended.
Back to the reloading for a moment, there are many examples of the reloading process on Youtube which should be deleted and the users banned as they are so bad, bordering on dangerous on occasion. Plus so many examples of the extremes of equipment being used both correctly and badly. I would equally say reloading books although often very good do not tell you how a bullet should fell as it is seated or how much pressure is required to seat a primer, based on this I would always say try and find a reloading mentor, someone you trust and know well and sit down with them for a couple of sessions and see how they do things.
