Wanting to start reloading and was wondering if any old pros might know some good books for beginners mostly looking for terminology and detailed equipment setups
DittoFirst, I suggest the ABC's of Reloading, a great book for beginners, next, all of the major manuals have introduction to reloading in them (at least all I have do)... Choose a manual from one of the major bullet manufacturers whose product you intend to use... regardless, before all is said and done, you will turn around and have a hald dozen books to reference. I haven't bought a manual I have regretted buying... yet.
And welcome aboard.
The first edition came out in 1974 so it is possible (before my time though). Not everyone universally loves it, but it does a decent job of covering all of the bases without having a particular brand bias.I've never read....or even seen a copy of "The ABC's of Reloading". It's possible it came out long after I started and I never bothered with it.
Ouch!I kinda agree with jwdurf but it won't be all that long until you will buying a new gun in a different caliber just so you will having something different to load!
Basically agree with the above. I'm 4 years into this adventure and make no claims to any kind of advanced wisdom. I think the thing though is it depends on what the handloader intends to do. Speaking for myself, four years ago I would have told anyone listening that I intended to handload at first for 4 pistol calibers and 4 rifle calibers. But I knew that 9mm was going to be the starting point and that it would be quite some time before I got around to handloading anything for rifle. So my first piece of advice is pick one caliber to start and instead of buying all kinds of tools spend your money on a good press and scale, dies and so forth for that caliber.As others have said, the ABCs is a book I've never seen, but I've heard a lot of good things about it. My first was the Speer manual that came with my RCBS Turret kit. That provided and excellent explanation of the process. The Hornady manual was my next book, and it was as good, if not better, than the Speer manual. I picked up a copy of the Lyman book on recommendations from others and found it to be nearly useless. The Sierra manual is another excellent choice, and I really like the loose-leaf binder format. I can add pages to it, if I happen to find other load data I want to keep all in one reference book.
Since establishing a basic library, I now just order information from various bullet and powder makers to supplement my collection. Have fun, stick to published, tested loads (not Internet pet recipes ) from reputable sources, and be safe! Welcome to our addiction!