In Part 2, we listed some video resources. If you are new to reloading, you will...at some point. But, let's assume you are an American. No one can make you watch educational videos that will save time, frustration, and grief. No one treads on you. You live free or die. Your wife is named Karen. Your children don't listen because you never have.
Go ahead, buy that press. Get the one that says, "everything you need to start reloading." Yes, that one. Now go set it up. You have space in the garage. On your work bench. You decide to mount it in just the right place. Damn. No mounting hardware. Oh well, just use those handy trigger clamps. Better yet, use those Bessey K-Body clamps...the $50 apiece clamps. Perfect.
Now you notice that you can't move the lever through its full cycle because the clamp is in the way. Maybe if you elevated the press a little. Ohhhh, that Inline Fabrication device would useful right now. I bet that was recommended in the videos somewhere.
No, time to bolt the thing to the work bench. You mark your holes. You drill. You use the bolts you got at the hardware store. You bolt it down nice and tight. Good thing everything is perfectly level. Good thing your shop table is self leveling. We know from the videos you didn't watch that having shims or other methods to level your press would be of great value later. Wait, where the hell is my level? Did I loan to someone? Oh well. Shim later. Shims happen.
Which press did you get? The one with the powder bottle above the press? Good thing you measured that height. Thank God the cabinets are high enough to ...dammit...you can't open the cabinet door now. And that's where you wanted to put your reloading supplies.
Now it's time to setup your brass station. Old MJB Coffee can? Excellent. Brass prep. The most hated part of reloading. But you knew that. You realized that you bought .308 brass from someone who collects from a military supplier. Excellent. Your 7.62x51 cases are all ready to be de-primed. Good thing you bought the .308 dies for your press. Because you knew everything you need to reload comes with this the press. And you already know what shell holder (number) should be on the press.
Should you fully resize them or just neck size them at this point? Well, you sure didn't need to watch any videos to discover that these cases won't let your bolt close on your rifle. So full resize it is.
Now that the ram is covered in carbon gunk on your press, and you have your 200 cases de-primed and resized, you re ready to clean your brass. Or do you anneal them now? I forget. Wait, should they have been annealed before you resized them? Yep. But hey, you just worked that NATO brass some extra without returning the metal to its ideal state. Who knew?
Wait, decap then wash/clean, then anneal then resize? Is that it...or do I have it out of order. And the press doesn't have a way to clean the brass. So of course you bought a tumbler. How to clean the primer pockets? Do you need to prep the flash hole before you tumble?
For your sake, your wallet's sake, watch GAVINTOOBE and at least Hornady Reloader.