Worth it if you shoot alot and are really into accuracy. Good hobby. It can be dangerous if you a person who is absent minded. If you don't have a place to do it where you can put all your concentration, then its tough. I have had some scary moments. One was with a progressive Lee and one time it didnt throw much powder and put a bullet in the barrel. Forturately, I wasn't able to load another round. It could have been messy.