For my son and I, what it boiled down to is that I wanted him to get good and comforatable at shooting his rifles, which I couldnt afford to allow him to do too much at current ammo prices. I bought an old Lee Classic reloader in 270 caliber and went to banging away at 100 rounds of ammo and saw that I could reload, it isnt that hard and it is something that I enjoyed doing. So then I bought one in 30/30 and hammered out 60 rounds for my son and gave them to him for Xmas. Well I figured after all of that banging away on the kitchen table that it would be a wise investment to get a Lee Anniversary kit and I have been nickel and diming myself since then. So for the amount of ammo that I have shot since starting reloading, so far the money saved has went right back into equipment and I figured that I am about even now. So from here on out it should pay me back to load my own. Not to mention I have found some good loads for my rifles and pistols and my son has learned a lot about pressures, ballistics and overall knowledge about guns that he otherwise wouldnt have gotten if we hadnt started loading our own.