Reccomend me a GOOD quality reloader
Guess I'd recommend unfy. He's Pretty Good.All right. Settle down. Actually, I'd recommend starting with a single stage press. Because it helps the Newby Reloader to get a feel for the reloading process, stage-by-stage, before going on strong with a progressive. Having made that statement, nevertheless I know that a number of guys on this Forum have bought progressives as their starter reloading devices and survived.
Single-Stage:Let's start here. You can reload a ton of ammo on a single stage press. Actually, a reloading press doesn't have to be a Monster to work well for you. For example, the dinky little aluminum body Lee #90045 Reloading Press ($27 @ Midway) will grind out a lot of reloads for you. Or you can go to the RCBS Rock Chucker Supreme for about $130. (I've owned and used both; prefer the latter. But it's nice to have the Lee press mounted at the end of the reloading table as an auxiliary device.)
And that's just the press. A new reloader needs a ton of other stuff to go with the press. And never quits buying just one more reloading thing because the market is always coming out with just One More Reloading Thing.
And which extras? Depends. For example, there are at least three major ways to polish brass. And if you use a vibratory tumbler for cleaning and polishing, should you use walnut or corncob media? Or a mixture of both? Or stainless steel rods? Should you use an additive in the media for supershine? Which one?
Progressives:Now there's a whole dissertation for you. Dillon 550s and 650s. Hornady Lock 'N Loads. Lee Progressive 1000s. On and on. Best thing when you are considering a progressive press is to spend 6 months Googling each press and reading the pros and cons. Plenty of pros and cons for each progressive press on the market. Good idea to buddy up to someone or several someones with progressive presses and watch them use theirs. And maybe load some of your own stuff on them.
Some folks swear by and most folks swear at some aspect of their progressive presses. All progressives require extensive tinkering and tweaking to keep them running smoothly.
In The EndYou will have at least $500-1000 or more invested in your never-ending reloading setup. And when you compute the cost of reloading you will ignore that equipment investment and also the cost of your time. Otherwise, you would realize that you don't really save money when you reload; you just shoot a whole lot more rounds downrange and make a lot more noise.
And learn a great deal about cartridge powders and reloading components.
And then you may take up trapshooting and shotshell reloading. Hardly any of your metallic cartridge equipment can be used for shotshell reloading. So you have to buy all new reloading stuff. Plus you can make some Really Big Messes with shot, which is round and spills in large quantities and rolls all over the reloading area into dark areas and under all the stuff that's Too Big to Move.
But Wait, There's More........... But you'll find all of that as you get into it. Please note that reloading is (a) science, (b) art, and (c) a practice. You'll have Great Times with all three.
{You asked about a reloading scale. That little MTM digital scale for about $35 Buck$ is just peachy. But...what if you need to cross-check it for accuracy? Gotta have a balance beam scale for about $60-80 Buck$. Hornady, RCBS, etc. all work fine.)
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