Seems like a lot of folks are now dipping a toe into the reloading world…
You can flat drive yourself nuts if you haven’t done it before, or have a good guide…
This is an example of the difference in burn rates. Which is for rifles, and which is for pistols???
If you said pistol on the left and rifle on the right, you’d be correct…
Wideners provided the video above, and has a good primer of the various smokeless powders HERE.
And the next step is reloading manuals… Lots of choices out there, but THIS blog link to AmmoLand gives their opinion of the top five manuals.
You can go any number of places for brass, primers, your choice of bullets or cast your own (YMMV, and it CAN be dangerous playing with molten lead).
And then there is the cost of a good reloading bench… Dillon, Lyman and the list goes on. According to folks I know that reload (a lot), the ‘break even’ on paying for everything, plus brass, bullets, primers and powder is around 5000 rounds. This is regardless of the caliber one reloads.
Two side notes- Yes, you can reload shotgun shells and no, you can’t reload .22 (or any other rimfire shells. Apparently you CAN now reload .22s. Didn’t know that. Thanks to Jeremy for pointing out the capability, HERE.
When in doubt, ask someone who is experienced. Cast Boolits is one online reference for people who cast bullets and reload.
YMMV, I got nothin’ from nobody for this post… So there! 😛