Starting reloading

I am also new to reloading and am looking for a scale. When you say do not buy used do you mean electronic scales, manual scales or both?
 
CSI-WALLEYE said:
I am also new to reloading and am looking for a scale. When you say do not buy used do you mean electronic scales, manual scales or both?
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I dont recomend to buy either used, unless you can verrify its accuracy. last thing you want is a scale thats out so you put more powder in your case then you had planned.
 
Ced1942 said:
Hi everyone,

I was considering getting into reloading since im shooting many old caliber that are harder to find and obviously expensive given they are not common. I dont really want to buy a 2000$ dollar turret press since i am not really interested in quantities. I plan on reloading small quantities of many caliber (8mm mauser,8x56r, 6.5 carcano, .303 brit, 30-06 etc). Id like to know opinion on what to start with, maybe a good bible first to learn what ill need.
I also saw the Hornardy lock n load single press starter kit on Cabelas for 500$, would it be a good package to begin? Or should i search the EE for a used press? Let me know your opinion

Thanks
Ced
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Start with the bible(s), a couple or three of them. Hornady Tenth edition, Lee Modern, Sierra Fifth, Lyman 50th.

For small to medium batches of ammunition, you just can't beat the Lee Classic Turret. Awesome little press. Get extra turrets and set your dies up once then leave them and swap out the turrets as necessary. Turrets are inexpensive. Lee dies are inexpensive. Do NOT buy a Lee kit. The powder scale is disappointing. Get a better powder scale. RCBS M500 or M1000. I have used a Lee turret for many tens of thousands of rounds, both handgun and bottleneck rifle and I still use it for most.
 
rick357 said:
Start with the bible(s), a couple or three of them. Hornady Tenth edition, Lee Modern, Sierra Fifth, Lyman 50th.

For small to medium batches of ammunition, you just can't beat the Lee Classic Turret. Awesome little press. Get extra turrets and set your dies up once then leave them and swap out the turrets as necessary. Turrets are inexpensive. Lee dies are inexpensive. Do NOT buy a Lee kit. The powder scale is disappointing. Get a better powder scale. RCBS M500 or M1000. I have used a Lee turret for many tens of thousands of rounds, both handgun and bottleneck rifle and I still use it for most.
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Well still those kit carry other thing from what i saw, powder distributing hopper, priming tool etc. Even if the scale suck it still carry usefull stuff no? Cause startingo to buy everything separate become kinda complicated
 
Not to hijack this thread but to avoid starting a new one about basically the same thing.

I am also looking to start reloading, not volume, I see no point in reloading 9mm when I can get 1000 for $250 but I want to reload rifle.

I am going to reload 30.06, .270, .243 and .223.

I want to reload, especially the .223 so I can use premium bullets at a bit of a saving and also just as another hobby.

I was pretty much set on the Rockchucker single but is there really any reason to go to a turret? I am not concerned in the price difference, I would rather buy the better equipment from the start.

I am not going to be loading in bulk and am going to be taking my time so I don't really care about turning out hundreds of rounds a night.
 
I just started reloading a few months ago. Start by picking up a couple different reloading manuals. I have the current Hornady, Lyman, and Nosler books. Lots of info in them that will help guide you through shopping for equipment and the process of reloading.

I was going to spend more on "premium" stuff, but on the advice of some experts I got a Lee kit with the breech lock challenger press. I knew ahead of time that half of the kit was not very good and I never opened some of the small pieces. I ordered some stuff to supplement the kit right off the bat. It ended up being cheaper to replace what needed to be replaced, and end up with spares, than to buy individual everything. I do not have a premium set up but for a few hundred bucks it works great. I will probably upgrade to an expensive electronic scale and other nice-to-haves eventually.

I only have 308 rifles. For 308 there is lots of cheap factory and surplus ammo options out there so reloading isn't a cost savings for plinking ammo. I do save some money compared to higher quality factory ammo that is similar to my hand loads, though. With my single stage press, and taking my time to ensure safety and quality, I don't save enough to make it worth my time (few bucks an hour). I just enjoy it; it's relaxing. I also hope to get accuracy I can't get from factory loads by doing my own load development. If you're shooting rare or large, expensive cartridges cost savings can be a lot more significant.
 
Ced1942 said:
Well still those kit carry other thing from what i saw, powder distributing hopper, priming tool etc. Even if the scale suck it still carry usefull stuff no? Cause startingo to buy everything separate become kinda complicated
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Buy the kit and then spend a bunch of extra money buying the stuff you should have in the first place. Why ask about kits here then? I can only discuss the Lee kit since I bought one when I first started out reloading. Yes it comes with far different accessories than it did back then, but overall, pretty similar stuff. I wish someone had told me about all the stuff I found to be inadequate and what was good. Press and dies were good - the rest of the accessories are long gone.

The Lee Turret Press comes with the priming parts last time I looked. Don't know if it still does. I use a Lee Deluxe Powder Measure to rough measure my charge, setting it to throw a little underweight, then use a Lyman E-ZEE manual powder trickler (almost everyone makes something similar) to dribble it up to weight. It is a bit slow, but it works very well. If the OP wants to blow his budget, I would heartily recommend a Chargemaster powder trickler (1500 or Lite) right off the get-go. I would personally still have a manual balance like the RCBS M500 or Redding #2 to quickly confirm the weight it is throwing, but that's just me.
 
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