Well I officially have all of the reloading components. I'm going to have some time in the middle of the week next week. That's when I'll likely get started. Since I haven't reloaded in over a year and I don't have much experience to boot I'd like to run a list of actions past you guys to make sure I'm doing things correctly. Here is a list of what I got: The brass is brand new winchester brass. I have Winchester standard large rifle primers. I have the lead heads 300 and 425 grain bullets. I'm going to start with IMR 3031 powder. I have the Lyman type M dies. Also a Lyman single stage press.

I have a Nosler reloading manual that I intend to use to make my first loads at the lowest powder setting and then two grains higher.

So here is a list of steps that I intend to take please let me know if I'm on the right track here.

1) Lube cases and full length resize them.

2) Use the Nosler book to find the length of the cases and trim the cases if necessary.

3) Place a primer in each case.

4) Add powder

5) Seat the bullet.

6) Check bullet for oal

7) Crimp the bullet. (I've never crimped a bullet before)

How does that sound?

Is the Nosler reloading manual what I should be using for my load data?

I intend on making 6 cartrides in the 300gr bullet at the lowest grains of powder setting and then 6 more at two grains higher. I want to do the same thing for the 400gr bullet. Any thoughts on this approach?

How much cleaning should I be doing? One cleaning between each three shot group?

Thanks

Tom