initial cost can bite. i have been doing it for about 12 years and probably have saved some . but i do it because i enjoy it. i get a kick out of shooting my own handloaded ammo. if i need some i just go do it. i call it therepy sometimes. i look at the price of a box of 7mm stw or 300 win mag and am glad i load. but again you have to remember the price of materials. loading 300's a pound of powder doesnt go as far as it does on lessor calibers. you can literally see the powder drop every time you throw a charge in a uniflow and i mean drop. i like rcbs and thats all i own except for a lee shell holder set for rcbs. midway tumbler . oh yeah got a lee posi primer need to sell it.