The lee challenger pres is not a 'great' press but it will work to get you started on. If you find that you don't like reloading, you aren't out too much money, if you stick with it, you can use the press as stand for your powder measure, or other light duty work like decapping or bullet seating. I currently have a Lee C-frame press as a 2nd press- not because its a good press, but because its cheaper than an RCBS powder measure stand and can do more things for me than the overpriced RCBS powder stand could do.