Newbie to reloading.

[Cerendrad]

Please forgive me, I am sure this has been asked before but I did not have much luck with the search option.

I'm a total newcomer to reloading. I have been collecting my spent brass for 3 years now and have quite a load of it (mostly in pistol calibers). The reason I want to start reloading is I plan to build a precision rifle in .260 or .260 Ackley and I know I will have to reload to have the most enjoyment out of it.

Aside from the .260 I would also like to reload .223 (AR) and for my pistols
.45acp
9X19mm nato
.40
And possibly future rifles in different calibers.

That being said is there a good quality vs cost effective kit that can do all this or am I into many different tools? I'd rather go with quality and I don't mind doing things manually even though it's slower.

Maybe just some advice as to which company I should be looking at or resources to delve into.

Thanks

 

[cosmic]

Both Lee and RCBS make kits that include everything but the dies - the equipment is interchangable among brands of dies and presses. The Lee is the cheaper of the two.

 

[Al-Sway]

You have two slightly different requirements. While, at one time, people thought there was nothing wrong with reloading all of their pistol ammunition on a single stage press, these days some sort of progressive press is considered necessary for pistol.
Depends how much pistol you shoot. If only a box or two a month, then you could do all of your rifle and pistol on one setup. If you shoot more pistol, then a progressive would be useful.
Consider a single stage kit from Lee to do your rifle, and then look at a Lee 1000 for your pistol. You could practice loading pistol with your single stage for a while until you are really comfortable with the procedures.
You could get the single stage first, with the dies for all calibres, and then move up to the progressive for your pistol later.
A kit is recommended as it will come with all of the basic necessities.

 

[Canuck223]

Aside from the .260 I would also like to reload .223 (AR) and for my pistols
.45acp
9X19mm nato
.40
And possibly future rifles in different calibers.

That being said is there a good quality vs cost effective kit that can do all this or am I into many different tools? I'd rather go with quality and I don't mind doing things manually even though it's slower.

Maybe just some advice as to which company I should be looking at or resources to delve into.

Thanks

For what it's worth, a Dillon 550 with a conversion kit for .45 acp, and 9mm should cover most of the calibers you discuss, with the possible addition of the powder funnels for .260 and .223. I believe the 550 shellplate for 9mm will also do .40 and .223 Rem. At most you'll need to pick up a spare shellplate.