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This reminds me of a guy I used to work with. When reloading Mr. Knowitall would flip open the book mumble, "I have this powder", then run his finger over to the max load.

I knew a guy like that also Monty, he converted a beautiful Weatherby to ruble on the first reloads, and only 24 hours after purchasing only the best equipment, as he requested. I personally offered to help him through the learning curve, he bluntly responded "I'm not an idiot". Next day he came into the store with cuts and burns, and the bolt lugs had almost been completely sheared off. He was blaming everyone but himself, not even a hint of humility. Oh, and the Speer book I sold him hadn't even had the sealed broken.

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I would start with a loading manual from Speer, Nosler, or Hornady. Each of those will give you loads, but, in the front of each is a step by step tutorial on how to reload - what each step does, and why.
Pick the brand of bullets you think you will use, and buy that one.
You can get loading data on line at the powder manufacturers websites, and you can get books from the library, too, but the reloading manuals are where you get the step by step instructions on how to do it.

Initially, I cut my teeth on Speer, then a little later came Hornady and then Nosler. There have been others I've bought along the way, but all said there really hasn't been much that my old Speer manual didn't provide, and with a very easy to understand layout. There have been some things regarding how one book might explain certain steps in which I felt was some what contradictory to another publisher, but over all none of them will get you into trouble as long as the student takes their time and reads the material to it's entirety. All too often I've witnessed new reloaders taking short cuts, skipping through the pages, this doesn't usually work out too well.

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