{"id":204,"date":"2017-02-04T16:42:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T20:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.floridareloading.com\/?p=204"},"modified":"2017-02-04T21:39:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T01:39:04","slug":"what-do-i-need-to-start-reloading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.floridareloading.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/04\/what-do-i-need-to-start-reloading\/","title":{"rendered":"What do I need to start reloading?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I want to reload. \u00a0 What equipment do I need to get started?<\/h3>\n

This is – by far – the most frequently asked question by people that are thinking about getting into reloading.<\/p>\n

Ask this on any web forum or discussion board and you will get widely varying, strongly held opinions of which tools and equipment are really<\/i> needed to safely make good ammo.<\/p>\n

Here are my recommendations – The first list is for pistol reloading; the second list contains the additional things you’ll need to make rifle ammo.<\/p>\n

Tools and equipment you’ll need for reloading pistol calibers:<\/h5>\n
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A reloading press.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Reloading dies<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Reloading manuals<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A reloading scale<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A tumbler to clean your cases<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A dial or digital caliper<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A way to dispense powder<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A way to prime your cases<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A cartridge gage for each caliber (so you can check your work)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Additional tools and equipment you’ll need for reloading bottleneck rifle calibers:<\/h5>\n
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A single-stage “O\/D frame” press.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A case trimmer and case prep tools<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A way to measure case headspace length<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Case Lube<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I want to reload. \u00a0 What equipment do I need to get started? This is – by far – the most frequently asked question by people that are thinking about getting into reloading. Ask this on any web forum or discussion board and you will get widely varying, strongly held opinions of which tools and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridareloading.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridareloading.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridareloading.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridareloading.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridareloading.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridareloading.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridareloading.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204\/revisions\/205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridareloading.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.floridareloading.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridareloading.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.floridareloading.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}