Good "starter kit" for loading?

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Got inspired to start reloading for my .204, I think I will enjoy the process of reloading.
What is a good starter kit to look for, if all goes well, and I am sure it will, I would like something I can upgrade on (more die sizes).
Any thoughts would be appreciated.

For what it is worth, I have a tumbler, picked it up at a garage sale years ago for $2, and it came with a bag of medium. Seeing it today is what got this ball rolling for me.
I have lots of brass.
 
Get onto Prophet River's site and order a RCBS Rockchucker kit before they run out! I think they have they have fixed shipping rate of $25 right now. I am in no way affiliated with PR, was just looking at their thread on them and they are running out of stock.
 
CheeseBurger said:
Get onto Prophet River's site and order a RCBS Rockchucker kit before they run out! I think they have they have fixed shipping rate of $25 right now. I am in no way affiliated with PR, was just looking at their thread on them and they are running out of stock.
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Agreed. This is an insanely good deal they are running right now. If I wasn't already set up, I would have jumped on this immediately.
 
+ RCBS Rockchucker

Good versatile unit and if, in the future, you decide to upgrade to something for more volume reloading, the Rockchucker holds its re-sale value well.
 
Get onto Prophet River's site and order a RCBS Rockchucker kit before they run out! I think they have they have fixed shipping rate of $25 right now. I am in no way affiliated with PR, was just looking at their thread on them and they are running out of stock.
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I was in the store yesterday, and their stock is almost gone.
 
stubblejumper said:
I was in the store yesterday, and their stock is almost gone.
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You can't go wrong with RCBS I have been using their products for 30 years without any complaint.Everything from product to price to how they stand behind it is fantastic.
 
another for the RCBS Rockchucker...try one of the lee,s then the rockchucker...you will know why so many agree with the rockchucker...
seeing i still owe you a favor from a few years back..
ill lend you my rockchucker for a few weeks to try it out
 
I will have to take a stand for the lee, I have used a friends rockchucker and cannot stand the spent primer tray for the unit. The hollow ram on the LEE "classic cast" cannot be beat for cleanliness and it is very well built. I emphasize the classic cast because the challenger doesn't even compare to the cast or the rockchucker. As an alternative to buying a whole kit I would look at what is in the kit, make a list of all the components, and look for some good deals on better components on the EE. You will find with reloading that you will usually end up upgrading most of your parts so you may as well get the press you want and then all the different accesories. The one accessory that you MUST get is a reloading manual. I would suggest the Lyman because they don't make bullets so you generally don't get biased reloading information, they sample from a variety of different bullet makers. my $.02

Evan
 
The spent primer management on the Rockchucker does suck but this weekend I've (no lie) loaded 400 38's and 16 270 on mine and I've only ended up with about a half dozen on the floor. Not a deal breaker as far as I'm concerned.
 
i bought the cheap lee kit, press works good, the balance scale that comes with it is awful, the powder thrower is okay, but doesnt seem very consistent, im looking to upgrade that now actully, already upgraded to a digital scale,

as someone already mentioned maybe just buy a rockchucker press and then buy a digital scale and deicde what power dispensing set-up you want, might save you haveing/wanting to upgrage cheap junk later on.
 
Rock chucker for sure.

The spent primer tray is easily modified to consistantly dispense into a garbage can.
All you need is a used plastic jug (powder, milk, etc.) and a hot glue gun -an easy fix that takes all of 20 min.
 
Handgun or rifle.

Rockchucker sounds good for rifles.

For handguns I like to load at least 500 rnds at a time for each caliber. Progressive like a Hornady LNL works great, everything is done on down stroke except primer that is the only action on end of upstroke. I can easily tell a large primer into small primer case (stop before it blows) or no primer. Not cheap but cry once. No problem doing 300WM.
 
I bought the rock chucker kit from prophet river Christmas and I couldn't be more happy with it. Added a few extra things but overall a great starter kit
 
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