RCBS Reloading 101
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- Watch this video as it walks you through the the rules to reloading, the reasons to reload, why people reload, and how to reload. Watch this video to learn the basics of reloading, which products we recommend and how to use them.
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I highly recommend this video for anyone getting into reloading. You really can work up some very accurate loads keeping things very simple and getting in nobody's hurry.
wish they had videos like this when i first began reloading in 1978, lol. my uncle that's just 5 years older than me taught me when i was 20. i am 62 now and have taught all three of my sons and both of my younger brothers along with their daughters and sons. now my 7 year old granddaughter likes to help her PAWPAW make bullets. i have a progressive press for me and she uses my single station press. it's just a wonderful bonding experience to have her help. and the best part is i can make reduced .223 loads with about the same power as a .22 magnum. many might ask why reduced .223? well she loves my " machine gun" and has a blast shooting it. now it doesn't actually cycle the action, that has to be done by hand but it gives her a thrill that money just can't buy. and makes PAWPAW AWFULLY PROUD. CAN'T WAIT FOR MY 2 YEAR OLD GRANDSON TO GET OLD ENOUGH TO JOIN ME.
Glad to hear reloading is a family tradition!
My wife bought me a RCBS kit for Christmas 2012, I love it, I really enjoy reloading, not only for custom rounds for my rifle but, it relaxes me, allows me to relax. It's very cool shooting your own rounds. Nice video, very well presented.
I know this is 3 yr old but this is the first I've seen where someone has basically step by step explained what,how and why to do certain things. It's really helped me and thank you a ton. I'm now confident I won't have any problems gutting started.
Reloaded my first 60 rounds and they all worked great thanks to your video and RCBS. Thanks for the great instruction!
Glad to hear it!
Probably the best video I've seen on reloading. He simplifies the process and his explanations are very easy to understand. It's a thought out explanation rather than a blabbering mess.
Fantastic teacher! Easy to follow.
I reloaded .270 and .243 hunting rounds for years back in the 80's for Dad and I on a RockChucker. I just bought the Supreme (wow is it heavy duty!) and am now reloading for Cowboy Action and for my Henry 45-70 as well. Had to get back into the swing of things and this video was perfect for me! Thank you
This is an excellent video. My dad reloaded for decades from about the time I was born until about 5 or 6 years ago when he was no longer capable. I'm running out of my current reloads that he made over 20 years ago, and am now taking over the reloading. I have all of his RCBS loading equipment, and while familiar with the overall process, I generally never saw it all done from start to finish, mainly for one of those rules you mention in the beginning about being distracted. I was usually not allowed in the room when certain steps were being done so he wasn't distracted. This is a great video that shows the basics from start to finish and has confirmed parts of the process I did know as well as some that I wasn't so familiar with. Thanks!
Excellent job. Both of my presses are RCBS and all the dies. Your presentation was clear and concise.
When I was new to reloading, I had a round with insufficient gun powder and got a squib stuck in my barrel. Lucky for me, I noticed that nothing had come out, so I caught it and took it to a gunsmith to remove, as I was too afraid of screwing up my barrel. Saved my beautiful CZ pistol from damage. I feel like I got off easy for a valuable lesson.
use a brass not bronze, or copper rod and a rubber mallet. Hard to damage steel with copper or brass. You can buy like 6 feet on mcmastercarr for cheap.
Insufficient powder! Try no powder and the primer did get the bullet into the barrel. Did that over 40 years ago so stopped reloading at midnight hours. Did pull some 44 mag apart after finding it was too hot and found the reloading manual was published in error! Newer addition was updated but they never corrected the old! I forget which powder formulation change for same powder number, maybe 231. That was a bad move.
If you get into Cowboy action shooting it is almost a must to reload your ammo!
I have been using RCBS since the mid 70's.
That's great to hear!
Bad thing now, no supplies.
Going to school for gunsmithing, and I'm taking a reloading course. This helped me a lot learning about this topic. Thanks RCBS!
Where are you going to school for gunsmithing ? What kind of job can you get with that degree?
@@jaytee2716 SDI. You can open your own shop, work at someone else's, working in manufacturing for a bigger corporation, etc. There's a lot more things than people really realize. You learn woodworking, metalworking, welding, and even art in certain avenues. It's where you feel you fit best with your own specialties and talents.
Found out about shooting someone's reload and never again. It surprised me how bad he was at reloading. Lucky no one got hurt with this reloading lesson. I'm slowly getting into this and I'm sick of the run on firearms in a crisis.
Just bought a reloading set from a gentleman who was retiring from the practice. Very excited to put it to good use.
I'm using the same RCBS set that my dad taught on on the early 60's. I also have the primer tub setup on mine.
Excellent video. I've been reloading postal rounds for some time now, just got into rifle rounds. Asked some of the large chain stores questions and got a different answers from each person I spoke to. This video has answered all my questions. Thank you.
Glad to hear it!
A good reloading manual or more than one is a must. Take the advice of manufacturers and not someone you don't know.
very helpful, thank you. i have been reloading for a long time, and yet it was the very beginning that helped me go back to basics. it is easy to get too confident, too comfortable, and then make small mistakes. and with firearms, even the small mistakes end up being catastrophic results
At 76, kinda old to start loading, but this video gives me confidence that even an old phart like me can do it! OUTSTANDING VIDEO!
Hey man think of it this way, Chuck Norris is 78 and he still does all kinds of activity much more difficult than reloading/handloading. You can definitely do it and shooting a 1/4" group with your handloads instead of a 2" group with the cheap factory stuff makes it all worth it.
Thanks Joe! Happy reloading!
Rcbs makes great equipment.
Been using there press since 1970.
Reliable and dependable gear.
I always double check my total weights with a electronic scale at the end and when charging powder i double check my electronic scale with a balance incase I mix the numbers up. Saved me from 1 uncharged round so far
What damage can an uncharged round cause?
@@internetcrap7 squib load. Bullet getting stuck in your barrel you fire another round after that and the pressure can't escape out the front of the barrel so it has nowhere to go and then the barrel goes BOOM or a weaker part of the gun.
When I start loading this is exactly what I was planning too! 👌🏽
I shake the rounds and listen and feel for powder before I put them in the ammo box.
Great video! Just getting into reloading myself and this is one of the most informative and straight forward I’ve found. I’d love to take a reloading class in person with this guy!
I’m new to reloading and I have got all our Rcbs equipment this video really help me get started simple instructions thank you for the great Presentation
Thanks JK!
EXCELLENT VIDEO. I've had my RCBS Kit sonce 1993. Started out as a hunter and now I shoot targets out to 1600 yards. This Video follows the tried and true " KISS " Formula. Something these younger pin heads refuse to follow. Excellent opening , follow the rules...Keep 'em in the 10 ring !
This is a fabulous basic instructional. Well done RCBS
Thanks Jared!
Excellent video. I subscribed after only watching the first couple minutes. 👍👍. (As a former customer service rep I could relate to the palpable hostility by the presenter toward the customers who call and complain about a faulty product when the issue is operator error. LOL. Hopefully this vid will help eliminate those issues.) Thanks again!
Just getting into this and have watched a ton of videos. This was by far the best one I've seen to date. Thank you.
I bought an RCBS Rock Chucker press. I previously had a couple of different Lee presses, which served me well, however, the quality of steel, weight and robustness of an RCBS Rock Chucker is hard to beat. If you only buy one press, get the Rock Chucker.
Thanks for the kind words Davo!
......same here, i started,with a Rock Chucker.
Later i purchased a second Rock Chucker, works with a Piggyback progressive System.
I own only 2 RCBS presses, since 30 years. Really good stuff.......👍
I like this guy. Great video! Simplified everything.
That’s how you can tell he really know what he’s talking about
Thank you! Easily the best video I have watched on this subject so far. There’s lots of videos available, but this looks like a good baseline. I am trying to learn what I can, and this is very helpful.
If you are easily distracted, don't like to follow or read instructions, cut corners because you think you might get away with it, don't have time or space, reloading may not be for you. Reloading can be safe or it can be dangerous. It is your choice.
If you are considering reloading to save money, know this, your first round may cost easily a thousand dollars for press, dies, scale, powder measure, book, caliper, trimmer, deburrer, reamer/swager, locking rings, cleaning equipment and materials, lighting, bench, powder, primers and bullets. And it can be very time consuming. With a single stage press I can make some nice cheap 9mm ammo at a rate of a hundred rounds in 1.5 hours with a material cost of under 20 cents a round. For rifle rounds it is about 2 hours per hundred. This time includes, time spent on set up, take down and clean up. It took me a few thousand rounds to pay off my equipment compared to buying ammo off the shelf. That's a lot of evenings sitting at the reloading bench.
PS : I check the first 5 trimmed sized empty brass into the rifle chamber to see if the SIZING dies is set correctly. At fianl seating I also insert the first 5 loaded pieces into the rifle chamber to see if I set the length properly. Correcting one size mistake is easier to remedy than X number on finished pieces of loaded ammunition. The rifle is set into a LEAD SLED and pointed out and down to the dirt in the back yard. Safety practices ,
It's been 30 years since I reloaded, man did I forget a LOT! This was very helpful, knocked the rust off my old RCBS and it works like a champ. I bought "Titanium" dies so don't have to "lube" anything. Is it the same way with rifle cartridges? Can you get carbide/titanium dies that don't need lubed? Thanks for the great step by step video!
Outstanding video.
YESS VERY GOOD STRAIGHTFORWARD TO THE POINT, RELOADING FOR DUMMIES LIKE MYSELF
Most comprehensive tutorial i have listen too.
Great video RCBS. I think for someone new to reloading you explained in a way that really gives purpose to each step. The safety information in the beginning is excellent I think, because you gave a personal experience. There was a lot of detail in the video without loosing flow or confusing a new reloader.
Thanks Squib!
@@rcbsreloading Care if I put a link to this video in the description on some of my reloading videos?
I started reloading during the last ammo shortage and found that I enjoy reloading. Having reloaded and shot tens of thousands of rounds I suggest always having and using a go, no go gauge. Also, like shooting alway watch and or attend safety instructions.
I’ve used rcbs rock chucker since 95.
Cry once or cry twice.
Rcbs will last you decades.
Just got my turret press today. Now to update my procedure and try it out.
I’m kinda eyeballing that rcbs stool you got there.
I am now getting into Long Distance Shooting with 6,5CM and 308. I have shot skeet for 40 years and lost my agility on follow through. Hell to get old. So why not try LDS on a bench. I sold my Spolar Gold progressive loader and now going to get into rifle loading.
Very informative video. Yes, I too blew up a Browning 12ga Upland Game Citori.
Kit has everything you need but consumables... step 1, use your brass cleaning machine (not included). After resizing, use your case trimming tool (not included)... just a heads up to someone about to order a kit, you should budget twice the cost of the kit to get started as I've recently learned. Clear instructions and great video. Thanks
He's very knowledgeable. However, most of my rifles are over 50 years old and trucking along pretty well. :) One of my favorite shotguns is now over 100 and still going. There are some exceptions, but there's a whole boatload of lever and bolts guns that fall into that category. 308 and 300 win mag are both over 50. :D
Excellent video. Thanks you for the person stories to sink in the dangers of using unknown sourced ammo.
Been reloading for 55 years RCBS is one of the BEST,PERIOD.
Thanks A.T!
Great video! Just getting into reloading myself and this is one of the most informative and straight forward I’ve found. RCBS makes great equipment. The quality of steel, weight and robustness of an RCBS Rock Chucker is hard to beat. If you only buy one press, get the Rock Chucker. I still need to buy some accessories but I am already a fan of this brand !
Excellent and informative video. Watched a few other videos on YT and were missing this level of detail.
Honest guy . Good speaker. Good video. Thank you.
Great video! Greetings from South Africa. Big RCBS fan!
Thanks Christiaan!
Still using my Rock Chucker II single stage press kit I bought back in the early 90s. I never load more than fifty rifle cartridges or a hundred pistol cartridges at a time. The seat/crimp step still results in a slightly deformed case to start with, even after all these years of doing it! 😂
I love that scale! Way better than the previous version I have.
They're pretty rubbish, extremely light and mine was incredibly variable
This has been one of the best informative video I've seen great job!! If I could only find RCBS 9mm dies !! Also 41 mag dies!
Best instructed video I’ve ever seen. You were clear, complete, concise and cogent.
Still using my Rockchucker and Piggyback II I bought in the early 90's. Very good reliable products.
This was an awesome video. Thank you for making it and showing the different steps and the equipment needed. I am looking at getting into the hobby of reloading so this was a good start for me.
Damn this is way more complicated than I ever expected. I always assumed the cartridge's were pre-measured. And the press was a 1 step process. I also thought the primer plugs were in the cartridges. Pour in the powder, put the bullet on and press. You learn something new everyday. :)
you really make it look simple, thanks a lot, helps me with my bachelor's thesis
Great presentation!
Great clear instructions, thanks very much......
Great Video! Thank you from a german RCBS Fan.
Thanks for the feedback!
I bought a RCBS Rock Chucker because of this Instructor. I am impressed on the way he taught handloading basics. What is this Instructor's name and e-mail?
Lubricate, size, then clean brass in a sonic cleaner, saves a lot of time not having to wipe lube off brass and also cleans primer pockets
This was really well done! Excellent presenter. The perfect amount of information. Thank you.
Excellent presentation. All of the rules here apply to any press/die combination.
I am not reloading - but i use reloads from a small company that have specialised in reloading - you come with your brass and collects reloaded ammo 2 weeks after. I think they reload better and more accurate than i could do. - And i still save money..
Really enjoyed this video being very new to the sport.
I will now go and buy one of your supreme kits. Thanks for taking the time, much appreciated 👍
thank you ,sir , reanly nice video , for new reloader ,it helps a lot , and RCBS make great reloading equipement . cheers
Thank u for awesome step by step on reloading. Been wanting to get a reloader cheers
Great video, very informative. How do we decide when we need to crimp, or not? I will be reloading for 300 wsm, for example.
I usually only crimp (lightly) on a heavy recoil caliber where the bullets in the magazine may be deeper seated due to recoil. Usually a tube magazine (30-30, 32 win, 45-70, and many others).
If you crimp, may I suggest a Lee factory crimp die, about 13.00 and much easier than setting a RCBS die. Better crimp too.
You shouldn't need to crimp a 300 wsm.
What is it about not showing the thing that is being described? This is the second video about reloading that I have tried to watch. In both, the instructors were knowledgeable, beyond question. I am sure that I could learn a great deal, if only I could see what they are talking about.
The first seven minutes, were great. Very informative and inviting, in a relatable delivery. Educational and established the orator with provenance.
But, it seems like the videographer was already skilled at reloading. To the point of not getting close-ups of specific instructional directions.
When the presenter, is calling attention to a specific labeling, or designating different tools, that need to be paid attention to specifically, the camera should be aimed directly at that item. Look at the label, not the instructor. He is pointing at the label directly, to show the designation I need to recognize. When tools are being named, specified and seperated, showing the tool itself, as opposed to the entire table top of tools all at the same time, would be more informative, for me.
Please thank the presenter, as he was a competent person for the job. Camera and editing is in need of redirection. IMO.
Excellent Intro, as well. Thanks for the video!
Great video on some quality products. I have had my rockchucker since 1985, still works like the day I bought it. One step that I feel was omitted: The cleaning of the cases I am curious why this was not covered?
From my experience and from extensive reading I have come to find that shiny brass does not discharge any better than a tarnished brass. I would say it is a personal choice.
@@russellkeeling9712 its no problem, with not shiny and new looking cases.
Grid, smoke, dust, and sand on a case can damage your reloading tools, especially the dies.
So it is a good idea, to clean the cases before any reloading operation.
I have seen some dies, with a stucking case inside, or dies with bad scratches of sand inside.
I use a cartridge gauge, just drop the cartridge into the gauge if it fits perfectly without binding you know the cartridge will chamber before going to the range.
The problem I have when I clean the brass, is that there is always some corn cob stuck in the flash hole. How do you deal with that problem? Why don’t you do a video about what happens when you reload a rifle round and tumbling media remains/lodged in the brass. How it effects pressure, accuracy, and how likely it is to blow up the gun. You make awesome videos and I'm most grateful for all the work you do.🙃
Tumble or vibrate before you press the old primer out. Solved.
While teaching a concealed carry class, an assistant furnished a student ammunition he had hand loaded. The gun (a S&W 38 Special) blew apart. Nobody was hurt, but it cast a pawl over the entire class. Nothing could be more embarrassing or dangerous. After that, if a student needed ammo, factory rounds were furnished or nothing at all.
What an awesome video and you are a great instructor! Thanks for sharing.
Attn RCBS, no one buying your product if components aren't available
Exactly. Can't hand load without primers, powder and ball.
50 year old gun is to old to bother reloading or shooting? So an early 70s rifle isn't safe to shoot anymore? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 thats hilarious. My grandfathers 1963 .284 Winchester model 88 is still as good or better than any new gun made. And drives tacks at 200 yards. Reloading is about the only way to keep shooting it as .284 ammo is almost nonexistent anymore. And my M1 Garand still works flawlessly and outshoots most newer guns. But still a great video on reloading, just don't agree at all with the "50 year old" part
I think he means an old rifle that wholly unknown to you.
Just like that old car in the back yard. Don't just get it started and then take it out on the highway.
A firearm is a mechanical device that can appear safe during a disassemble/clean/reassemble and dry fire session, but that doesn't mean is safe to fire live rounds. Especially not when reloading an obscure round with old brass and other critical components.
@@The10thManRules Then he should have said as much! We can only presume, he meant what he said, said what he meant. I myself thought that little smart ass comment was well…. a smart ass comment. Completely uncalled for. We can make assumptions all day long. All i know for sure is spouting off crap like that is a good way to get a busted lip.
My Dad's 1898 30-40 Krag agrees. It loves to be taken out and used.
Yeah I’ve used many different one that are more than 50 years old
Those ain't got nothing on Our Polymer lmao
Great video!, I don't even have a gun, but I find this video very educational and entertaining.
Outstanding video I learned allot watching you.Thank you
I have reloaded for forty years and never blown up a gun and the way I have done that is to go by the recipes in my many books and manuals. My moto is if a person won’t read or learn how to reload safely. Then it’s best they go to Walmart and buy their ammo.
This was such a good video, very well presented.
To me the main reason to reload is the problem purchasing ammunition for the firearms I own and enjoy. Cost does come to play but locating a factory loading for say a 35 Whelen with a 225 bullet loaded to a good velocity is difficult to find and if you do it is very expensive. And I enjoy it very much.
Awesome video
Fantastic video wish I cam across this 1st.
How do you know how far to screw the seat plug back downto the right adjustment after you set the crimp?😇🇺🇸🤠
Great presenter. I enjoyed watching this.
It's a shame that their no primers around anywhere so we the handler are not going to be handling any stimulus this year and don't know when we will get any primers not good .and have not been doing any shoot for the last 1 year and don't know when we will be able to get anything
I agree thoroughly with Howard S.
Such a great video and service. This helps fill in many of the gaps I had in my knowledge. I’m using your RockChucker series press in my reloading and it been a delight. It’s even helped in my new channel here on TH-cam. Thanks for everything
Outstanding. Sold me an RCBS
The most important rule you mentioned don't shoot other peoples reloads. Seen some nasty stuff happen due to people not following this rule.
Throw 3or 4 powder charges to start then do the reloading . if at anytime you think some things not right put it aside for later examination .
Some reloading videos say you should always FL size to create the correct '"Bump " in the shoulder . I'm still not completely understanding the Bump concept . I've been reloading for 35 years and only neck sized my cases but , I've only shot that brass out of that rifle and nothing different . I have 2 bolt actions and a Ruger # 1V falling block . Question ... should I keep doing what i'm doing or try to FL size and compare accuracy ?
I had to take down all my reloading videos due to youtubes new policy. What do you all think is the “instruction in the manufacturing of ammunition?
Will the case lube residue on the inside of the case neck from sizing affect the powder? I am just curious if it will cause the powder burn to change, or cause reliability issues
This guy reloads as easy as I can drink coffee!😇🇺🇸🤠
Great guide, thanks!
Great video 👍🏼
Thanks Jay!
I started with what I could afford, so it was a Lee reloading press to get into reloading 300 Weatherby.
"Watching them do their acrobatics" lol we all know what he meant. Flying woodchucks XD
Very very good, thanks a lot
Thanks for the good video! Lots of good information.