RELOADING - by Kevin Baker

One of the most prolific Gun authors on The Internet (and a man who is arguably more verbose than I) is Kevin Baker at "The Smallest Minority".

He recently published an article in response to a challenge from Kim Du Tuit, describing reloading techniques on a budget for a new reloader.

This is a daunting task, requiring years of experience and hours of research to do it right. I might take a stab at it, but my results would not be as well organized or as well written, and frankly Kevin is a better writer than I am.

If the article had been an attempt at 'technical writing', it would be unreadable. Fortunately, Kevin brings such a wealth of practical experience to the task, and such attention to IMPORTANT detail, that it is eminently readable.

Unfortunately, people who are new to a task and highly motivated tend to want a quick-and-dirty approach, which is not appropriate to reloading ammunition ... Kevin describes the process as "building little bombs that can blow up your gun and disfigure you for life (or kill you if you're REALLY unlucky)", and I think that's a fair description.

If you want the Real Skinny on reloading, read the article.

Also, read the comments ... a lot of decades of experience enhance the communal lore, and you can save yourself some money and a lot of heartbreak by forcing yourself to be open to accepting wisdom from a reliable source.

Kevin's article is full of exceptional wisdom, such as RTFM (Read The F**king Manual!). Again, to quote Kevin: "Read Everything!"

It's a long read, because it's difficult to cover the complex subject adequately to maintain the necessary margin of safety while reloading. If you could sit with an experienced reloader at his bench while he talked you through it, you would perhaps find it easier to digest but you wouldn't learn a lot more than is available from the article.

This is the kind of thing that Gun Magazines might have (but probably didn't) offer 20 years ago. Thanks to the Magic of The Internet, all of this Good Stuff is available to you for free, at the click of a button.

As Doctor Laura might say: "Go, Do The Right Thing"