I am often laughed at by my belief that every new handloader should begin with a single-stage press and charging each case manually, one-at-a-time. That's how one learns the basics of reloading safety, and hopefully those basics become well-enough ingrained that as the reloader steps up to more automated versions of the task he will still know to follow the individual steps and the cautions that apply to each stage of the process.

You should ALWAYS do a positive check of the charge, preferably a visual inspection of each round, before seating a bullet. And you should NEVER use minimum charges under a jacketed bullet.

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Pisgah