Angel, I believe with experience comes knowledge and wisdom. I recommend any new reloader stick to published recipes. I will admit I have deviated and experimented, especially with the 10ga. The important thing to realize is that changes in components can have an effect and to know what direction your change is likely to take you, up or down in pressure. Get to know your gun and your loads, if things don't feel or sound right stop shooting and take corrective action. Have fun, reloading is satisfying and really lets you custom tailor loads to these great old guns.

Thanks Pete!!!

Angel,

Go to any shop that sells powder. There should be free manuals there from IMR, Alliant, and DuPont. They will list the hulls by gauge and the loads. New manuals show pressure in psi. Choose the load you want, and go for it just like it is written and you cannot go wrong.

You will enjoy reloading, it is relaxing, until you are loading at midnight for the next day's hunt as I often find myself doing.

Thanks Jerry, that will be my first step. Getting the powder.

Or you can stay right at home and get the recipes for free off the powder company web sites.

http://www.alliantpowder.com/reloaders/default.aspx

http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp

I agree with Pete. This is good sound advice. Have fun Angel. A whole new world is about to open up for you. I enjoy reloading.

Angel, If you don't already have it, I would suggest Lyman's "Shotshell Reloading Handbook". It fully describes the tools, processes and components as well as loading data for the various guages and loads. I have the 4th edition and still use it regularly.

I knew I should have when with that one. I got the ABCs of reloading and its not what I really wanted. Thanks again for all the advice and encouragment. I took the first step. I got a reloader, a Ponsner-Warren 375C.

They say a picture is worth a 1000 words. A video is probably worth more. I could not find one using the P-W 375 but here is one covering the basics of shotshell reloading using a single stage MEC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zljerM8bMv0

Thanks Pete!!