RE: Is reloading cost effective?
Like as has been mentioned, you don't have to buy the "best" reloading equipment to start with and you don't have to buy it all at once. Shop around and figure out what you need and what you want and then look for good deals to fit both your needs and wants.
As as was mentioned, the more you shoot the more you'll save. I'll be popping the primers on over 1000 rounds in the next two weekends on prairie dogs, not counting the rimfires. If I were to compare what that would cost me if I had to buy factory ammo. compared to what I can reload them for, it would become crystal clear as to the "cost savings" of reloading.