advice on how to reload and misc.

Very sorry for the loss of your Father.
Right now you need family time...................

the reloading stuff can wait but I would not sell the lead, since
it a "Gold Mine".

Get back to where you can go on living without a weight on your shoulders and be with family with a good feeling in your body again.

We are here to help but you need to get things squared away, right now.
 
Condolences on the loss of your dad. I know what you must be feeling right now having gone through it myself 15 years ago. Over time it will get better and easier.

I'll second what NevadaEd and growr said. Unless there is some urgent need to deal with it right now, the reloading stuff can probably wait until you've had some time to recover and adjust.

In regards to storage of the powder and primers, they should be fine just the way your dad stored them until you're ready to do something else with them. Sounds like they've been where they are for years and haven't posed a problem. Unless something else has changed or will be changing immediately about the use of the space where they're being stored, there should be no urgent need to change how or where they are stored.

If you can, take some time for yourself and your family. The job of sorting through all this will still be there waiting when you're ready, and you'll be much more clear headed about it and less likely to get rid of something you later wish you had kept.
 
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Sorry for your father's sudden death, that is truly a shock to everyone in the family. No one has time to prepare emotionally.

Selling your dad's stuff that you don't need is always difficult. Everything had value to him, it has emotional value to you because it was your Dad's work. At $1.80 a pound plus shipping costs, you will have a difficult time selling lead that has a market price today of $0.90 per pound. You might have better success selling the lead and other reloading supplies to local shooters directly without shipping costs.

I'm a victim of buying more shooting / reloading supplies than I might actually need. It gives me extra determination to go to the range and not leave it for the 'estate sale' by my widow. Another shooter came to the indoor range with 3 buckets of lead ingots totaling almost 180# that went home with me for only $85 -- another bargain I couldn't pass up.
 
Sorry to hear about your father.
The best thing I can suggest is you find someone local to mentor you on how it all works. Having someone show and talk you thru it is a lot better than trying to do it over the internet.
 
Sorry to hear of loss. My old grandmother used to tell me to have my fire insurance paid up.
On beginning reloading a mentor is good advice along with reloading manuals. Google and utube are your friends. Above all patience and safety.
 
@OP, my condolences at your loss.

Like many have suggested, take some time to heal before you sell your father's excess reloading gear. When you are ready, inventory the gear that you have, then decide what you want to keep and what you want to sell. With the bullet molds, you will need to know: mold number (i.e.: TL358-158-RN [Lee format], 38-158 [RCBS, Pacific format], 358155GC [LYMAN format]), the number of cavities, and whether the molds have handles or not. For molds, dies, and any other hardware, you could list it here.
 
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