Where do you even start

All my rifles get a box of Remington green box in the popular weights for the caliber. Whichever seems to shoot best is the first bullet weight I try.....generally that has worked well for me. I find the heavier weights are almost always the preferred load.
 
Start with your application. Hunting or target shooting? Then pick a bullet weight and type suitable for the application. Then start with the powder given for the accuracy load given in the Lyman manual you'll be buying. More versatile than any powder or bullet makers book. Stopped at the Accuracy load powder most of the time, myself.
"...I had both on hand..." That is a consideration too. Once you start reloading you'll have powders and might want to use the same one(s) as much as possible. Saves a lot of running around.
 
Where do you even start
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Where do I start? Always, I start with determining the length of the chamber from the shoulder to the bolt face. I started on a MARK-X 30/06 I have had for years. It was a bargain, no bolt, no stock, no trigger etc.. I sorted through a bucket of bolts rediscovered an old Western stock a friend split when fitting the receiver. AND THEN? I dug out 32 head space gages that measure from -.012" shorter than a go-gage to +.020", the +.020" is .006" longer than a field reject gage and .020" longer than a minimum length sized case.

The receiver and barrel are like new, no ideal what happened to cause someone to part out a perfectly good rifle.

F. Guffey
 
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