Like any hobby it cost money to do. That is the enitial investment for the basic reloading kit and some tools like calipers, trimers, and tumbler. But after that you can now afford to shoot more. Other than a die set, brass, powder, primers, and bullets for each cartridge.

So If you had only one cartridge and only load say 100 rounds a year a lee classic would be fine and pretty cost effective. But if you hada fewother cartridgesto load andyou loaded100 to 200 rounds for each of them. A RCBC or Honady reloading set would be better. The latter runs about $300 and in time another $150 for a tumbler, trimmerand more tools. After that other than a new dies for each new cartridge your set for life.