So I want to start reloading; but where do you start?

[The Hippie]

I figure it cost me about $200 or so to buy the anaversery kit and dies and what not.
i can load 45acp for $17 per 100 (thats the cost of the compontest excluding brass)
factory 45acp costs about $50 per 100 at the nearest store (ya, $22.50 a box before tax)
so i save a fair bit.
my 303 costs about $55 per 100 to load, so im saving alot there as well (factory is about $22.50 a box as well)

so i have more than paid for my loading equiptment.

 

[KDX]

I'm just getting into it for .223 and have been reading the Lyman manual which seems pretty informative. I went the cheap route with a hand loader because I won't be doing a lot of volume and I don't really have room in the house to set up a bench for a press.