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Have you considered buying used reloading equipment in the past? But did not because you are too leery as to whether it would work properly.
Do you want to buy used equipment to save additional money when reloading ammunition?
Well in this episode Mark Vanderberg talks about purchasing used reloading equipment and components and what you should look for and avoid.
Links:
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In this episode of Reloading Radio executive producer Mark Vanderberg gets behind the microphone and records an episode about a book he recently read.
Patrick Sweeney has a new book out called “Reloading for Handgunners” in which he 
goes a little further then you would get from a basic beginners reloading book. The book is geared towards handgun loads and for most of us that’s where were trying to save money because of the volume that a lot of us shoot from our modern semi automatic handguns.
Mr. Sweeney has some very good information that you could almost consider tips from experienced reloader. Things that are very valuable to someone who is just starting out. There is also a section on each of several very popular handgun cartridges with a little history and load workup about each one. I found the sections my favorite part of the book because I could pick and choose which information I wanted to read depending on the calibers that I load.
You can join us and other listeners to this podcast and talk about reloading at GRRN Discussion Forum & The Reloading Room on Facebook.
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Jim starts into a product review project for Gabriel Products Inc in this episode
Then he does a plug for The complete book of practical handloading
Then he drools over some advertising for Ft. Knox safes.
And Jim does his first shout out, for the Rimfire Podcast, and Ken Kowalski, who is on active duty in Afghanistan, literally listening to gunfire and impacting mortar rounds.
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In this episode Jim finishes the review on the Wikipedia article that he started the last time… He also goes into some considerable detail about case inspection, incipient head separation, decrimping military brass, and repriming brass. Jim finishes up with a bit of information about something called a Powley Computer, here below is the link for the online version of the Powley Computer: http://kwk.us/powley.html
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Jim Fleming has accepted the position of the new full-time host of Reloading Radio. Jim brings years of experience and know-how to help the beginner and intermediate handloader in this audio show.
In this episode Jim discusses equipment and talks about the information he found out about on Wikipedia for handloading.
A group “The Reloading Room” was set up on Facebook by Jim so that handloaders would have a place to discuss reloading. It is now the official Facebook group of the Reloading Radio show.
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Jim Fleming in this episode of Reloading Radio responds to questions from listeners from e-mail and from a Reloading Radios board on GRRN discussion forum.
Jim has also started “The Reloading Room” on Facebook if you’d like to discuss more reloading issues with him.
The following is a link to Jim’s personal shooting and reloading links that he is sharing with all of us using Google docs.
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In this episode Jim Fleming discusses the foundation of reloading which is a good reloading bench. Without that you may have problems and all other aspects of reloading.
Reloading Bench Plans (PDF file)
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In this episode, we have a newcomer to Podcasting…
Jim Fleming, a long time listener, and a long time contributor to Reloading Radio, and a long time Reloader, Bullet Caster, and a Bullet Swager, gives Podcasting a try. Pretty technical stuff for a guy that works with his hands. In the episode, Jim starts at the beginning of Reloading, with a bit of discussion about safety first, safety last, and safety always in Reloading.
Hope y’all enjoy!
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This episode is all about the history of gun powder both black and smokeless. How it is made and how it has evolved in to modern propellants.
I discuss the following:
Black powder
Pyrodex “gun cotton”
Nitroglycerine
Single base
Double base
Deterrent coating “burn rate”
Different shapes of powder, and how that affects burn rate
This episode is to give you a basic understanding of how, and why powder (propellant) works. Explain how burn rate is controlled by either with deterrent coating or shape of powder granules.
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This episode is all about brass and primers. I discuss everything from types of brass to different sizes of primers.
Brass:
History of brass:
Straight wall:
Bottle neck:
Steel case:
Alloy case:
Boxer vs. berdan cases:
Head stamps:
Trimming:
Primers:
What makes up a primer:
Boxer:
Berdan:
Sizes:
Misfires due to primers:
Conclusion: I tried to discuss what’s the importance of brass and primers in a ammunition. I started off with the history of brass and the different types of brass that is reloadable and non reloadable. Discuss how to tell the difference between boxer and berdan primers and how to tell which is what. I also discuss how to reload a head stamp and what info should be on a head stamp. I also did an intro on how to care for brass with cleaning and trimming.
I followed up with primers. With what are primers and the different make up of boxer and berdan primers. And I listed the different sizes of primers and the different uses of each primer. Then I talk about what can happened if a primer is not handle and seated correctly in the brass.