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Rowdyb. Sounds good. Just a shout out to see if anyone near Ahwatukee AZ is familiar with the Dillon RL550B and would be willing to show me the ropes the first few times around?

All, thanks for the advice. I will hang on to the Titegroup for a while. I went out and purchased 2 lbs of Alliant Power Pistol. Contacted Alliant in search of load data for those particular bullets as I will be using them as practice rounds in my XD-S & XD Sub-Compact. I purchased both the Lee 2nd Edition and Lyman 49th Edition Reloading Manuals and am waiting on their arrival. Once I have tried my luck with these two projectiles I will purchase either Berry's or Montana Gold projectiles in bulk or I will go to Powder Valley or Roze Dist. for Zero bullets or Precision Deltato develop loads for those. Any other suggestions or comments are welcome. Thanks again.

Is that decoding chart somewhere?

I am new to reloading. Purchased a RL550B. Starting out with 9mm. Guess I am doing things backward. Thinking that components, powder & primers were hard to get, I purchased 3 lbs of Titegroup as one of the employees at Dillon suggested Titegroup would be a decent powder as I plan on relading .380 ACP, 9mm Luger & .40 S&W. I purchased some remington 115 gn fmj rn and some Hornady124 gn fmj rn. I purchased an old Hornady reloading manual, a Lyman Pamphlet for load data covering .380 ACP, 9mm, .40 S&W & .45 ACP. I purchased the Hornady 124 gn as I received some 124 gn projectiles that are no longer produced and was hoping they'd be similar. Ended up not being similar. Upon researching load data for these I am having a hard time finding data. I guess I should have bought more load books up front. Such as new Hornady 9th edition Lyman 49th edition and maybe a Speer or Nosler. Then researched all the load data and bullet combinations prior to purchasing powder and bullets to load. This is getting way more confusing where and how to start than I imagined. I am not looking for load data here. I am looking for advice concerning most common bullet weights, styles & powders that have supporting load data for them and which manuals have similar information so I can make good informed choices prior to pulling the trigger.... LOL. Any advice would be appreciated. I have never reloaded before and just want safe good reference data to learn how to use the equipment and make safe loads.

Hello, I am new to this forum. Ran across this forum while researching the reloading scene. I've been shooting for 20yrs and have long thought about reloading and never took action until now. I recently purchased my first reloader. A Dillon 550. Needed a new hobby and thought this would be a good way to get out and shoot more often and become more consistent while learning something new. Will be focusing on reloading for handguns primarily and moving into rifle as I progress. Plan on reloading 9mm first. Once I've become familiar with 9mm, then on to .380 ACP then .40 S&W then on to .223 and other's. The one thing I am having a hard time selecting is a scale. I've read many pros and cons regarding precision. I am leaning towards the Gempro 250 as it reads to hundreths (.010) of a grain due to the light powder load required any input would be appreciated