What Kind of $$ To Get Started?

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Hey CGN'ers, I just bought a 7mm Mag and I'm interested in getting into reloading in the future for this caliber, as well as a couple others. I'm waiting to move into my first house, which has an excellent area in the basement to have a gun/bow work station. Just wondering what kind of investment I have to make to get started. Thanks in advance.
 
As everything else the skies the limit for equipment price, lee products are the cheapest and they work just fine, I believe they offer a starter kit for around $200+ around $50 for correct dies
 
See this thread, been asked 1-2 weeks ago:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/959551-Reloading

To start, for cheap, I would get a lee classic turret kit. Might cost a bit more than their single stage kit, but in the end you will like the added options.
Maybe a few hundred without components to start, and then it will get to a few thousand when you buy more and more stuff, and more rifles and pistols and more calibers and a better press and then you will cast your bullets and then.....

Oh and lee stuff seems to be backorder everywhere.....
 
Did reload 10 years with a basic kit before upgrading to a Dillon but most of my learning was with the Lee kit, great and good way to get into it at a minimal cost... JP.
 
I bought used stuff for $150. A press, scales and dies. All I had to buy extra was bullets and powder. My trickler was a plastic spoon.
 
Lots of sound advice! I'm a brand new reloader myself and I got into it because I acquired a practically brand new Bonanza Coax (pre-Forster). From there I decided to stick with Forster dies and purchased everything separately, you'd probably save more money buying a kit. There are many different options available, I went decided to go in with the mindset of buying quality even if it meant spending more. Best of luck!
 
The Lee single stage kit has everything but the dies and a powder trickler for under $200. If you decide to stick with it you'll probably want to upgrade some of the small components and get a little bit better scale in a hurry.
 
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