I bought this kit, for $109, bought my dies for $48, got a case tumbler with media and cleaner for $58, got my reloading book for $25, haven't finished reading but I figure this kit and what I got is a good place to start from, I haven't forked out a lot of cash for this setup but should be all I need to get going, I don't plan on reloading a boat load of bullets so I think this kit is all I need. Reloading seems to be like anything else you can spend as much as you want, you can go in cheap and see how it goes or you can spend big, both result in the same thing Bullets!