For whatever reason, I haven't been shooting as much as I used to. As a result, I also haven't been doing any reloading in quite a while.

I was thinking about that yesterday while I was messing around in my hobby room, and the first thing that popped in my head while I was looking at my press and all the various accessories is that I only vaguely remember what is what for some of the stuff.

As in, whenever I start back into things, I will most likely end up needing to relearn a lot, including needing to relearn how to set up and use the press itself. I'm kinda feeling like I will be essentially starting from scratch again

At least I was "smart" enough initially and labeled/marked things, but even with that, I was still looking at some stuff and struggling to remember exactly what parts and accessories were used for which caliber.

Anyone else ever run into this?

Not so much with reloading gear that I have bought. That said, I had the privilege of helping a buddy's widow divest of his reloading gear (and lots of other things) and that was a real head scratcher sometimes.

Organization was not my friends forte, and he was great at selling off old gear after upgrading but he didn't always have all the pieces when he moved things on. As a result, I spent a significant amount of time trying to figure out what all the mystery items I discovered were.

Some went with gear he still had at the end, but plenty of parts were found that were for things that either he disposed of previously or I never found in his "shop" or his garage.

To get going decide on what round(s) you want to get going again with. Say it’s, 9mm, 357, or 223. With that you can get supplies lined up, make sure you have everything for that one cartridge.

It may be you don’t have something, but if you were set up before it’s likely somewhere.

If needed, a refresher skimming a reloading manual is never a bad idea. I’m talking procedures not just the data sections.

As you ease back into reloading many of the what questions will be answered.

As for set up and parts related to it, YouTube can be incredibly helpful. Specific questions can always be posted here to help you out.

YouTube is your friend. There are likely overview videos using your specific equipment that will get you back up and running quickly. I had to refresh myself after a hiatus, too.

A Speer reloading manual can be a great resource. Nice book to have on the bench to refer back to.

I started reloading when I retired in 2012 and was cranking them out faster then I was shooting them.
Covid hit and I was still cranking out but not shooting hardly at all. Throw in 2 different heart attacks and the shooting stopped completely. So I finally figured to stop reloading as my heirs can sell the components easier (in stock) then a bunch of reloads. Also have a pretty fair supply of factory ammo.
Too bad as reloading was good therapy for me.