Beginner in Reloading - What to purchase?

[streamerfish]

What you need....

A press

A priming tool of some kind ( on press, off press, something)

A die set (full length resize and bullet seating)

Some kind of scale to weigh powder charge ( I like beam, but beam, digital, whatever)

Some kind of way to dispense the powder (Powder drop like a RCBS uniflow, Lee dipper set, electronic powder dispenser/scale combo....something)

Calipers

Case Tray

Funnel

Case sizing lube of some kind

Probably a bullet puller of some kind as mistakes are going to be made.


I may be a bit against the grain on this. But I think a starter kit of some kind is fine. Sure, alot of people upgrade stuff. But that's a want, not a need.

 

[gerry35]

What you need....

A press

A priming tool of some kind ( on press, off press, something)

A die set (full length resize and bullet seating)

Some kind of scale to weigh powder charge ( I like beam, but beam, digital, whatever)

Some kind of way to dispense the powder (Powder drop like a RCBS uniflow, Lee dipper set, electronic powder dispenser/scale combo....something)

Calipers

Case Tray

Funnel

Case sizing lube of some kind

Probably a bullet puller of some kind as mistakes are going to be made.


I may be a bit against the grain on this. But I think a starter kit of some kind is fine. Sure, alot of people upgrade stuff. But that's a want, not a need.

I like this, the only thing I would change is instead of a powder measure the Lee dippers are nice for getting powder onto the scale. For trimming cases I used the Lee caliber specific trimmers but went to a Redding trimmer. If I had to do it again the Little Crow WTF trimmers are excellent.