Best reloading kit
03-21-2008, 01:34 PM
#2
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Findlay, Ohio
Posts: 3,286
RE: Best reloading kit
For me the best starter kit was the lee kit that cost around 80 bucks or so. The only thing you need is a set of dies and you will need to get acaliper for measuring your cases. It is a cheap kit, but it helped me decide if reloading was something I was interested in. Since then though I have been upgrading everything to RCBS. The only thing I have to do yet is the press.
03-22-2008, 07:10 AM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location:
Posts: 692
RE: Best reloading kit
They all make good ammo .The only difference is how fast ,so if time is not of the essence get a hand tool or single stage press and a set of dies.Small base dies may be required for semi's,pumps and lever actions.Not always.......................Harold
03-22-2008, 09:58 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location:
Posts: 1,837
RE: Best reloading kit
The Lee anniversary kitcomes withthe challanger press (aluminum). I bought Lee's stuff at first but have found myself upgrading everything, mostly to RCBS (do use the Lyman universal trimmer and tumbler though). I did stay with Lee's press when I upgraded to the Classic press which I am soooooo glad I did as it is a great heavy duty press. If I had it to do over again I would have bought the RCBS kit to begin with.
03-22-2008, 04:29 PM
#8
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 321
RE: Best reloading kit
My opinion today is that it isn't worth my time to reload shells when I only shoot about 10 a year.
The cost of the press, die's, powder, brass, primers, bullets are all out of this world right now.
Even at $20 a box for factory loads. It will take me 200 years to recoop what I have in reloading supplies.
Right now I have close to 50 boxes of reloaded ammo and another 50 to 60 waiting to be reloaded and a dad that spends all day on the internet - that doesn't want to sit in a chair and polish brass and trim shells and pull on the lever.
2 reloading presses that he has abandoned and another 2 more sitting in a box.
My bedroom floor makes the empties rattle when I go to get into bed at night - because there is so many empty boxes of shells on the dresser in a box - waiting to be reloaded.
All that money gone to waste.
The cost of the press, die's, powder, brass, primers, bullets are all out of this world right now.
Even at $20 a box for factory loads. It will take me 200 years to recoop what I have in reloading supplies.
Right now I have close to 50 boxes of reloaded ammo and another 50 to 60 waiting to be reloaded and a dad that spends all day on the internet - that doesn't want to sit in a chair and polish brass and trim shells and pull on the lever.
2 reloading presses that he has abandoned and another 2 more sitting in a box.
My bedroom floor makes the empties rattle when I go to get into bed at night - because there is so many empty boxes of shells on the dresser in a box - waiting to be reloaded.
All that money gone to waste.
03-22-2008, 06:03 PM
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Columbia SC USA
Posts: 376
RE: Best reloading kit
ORIGINAL: The Rifleman
My opinion today is that it isn't worth my time to reload shells when I only shoot about 10 a year.
The cost of the press, die's, powder, brass, primers, bullets are all out of this world right now.
Even at $20 a box for factory loads. It will take me 200 years to recoop what I have in reloading supplies.
Right now I have close to 50 boxes of reloaded ammo and another 50 to 60 waiting to be reloaded and a dad that spends all day on the internet - that doesn't want to sit in a chair and polish brass and trim shells and pull on the lever.
2 reloading presses that he has abandoned and another 2 more sitting in a box.
My bedroom floor makes the empties rattle when I go to get into bed at night - because there is so many empty boxes of shells on the dresser in a box - waiting to be reloaded.
All that money gone to waste.
My opinion today is that it isn't worth my time to reload shells when I only shoot about 10 a year.
The cost of the press, die's, powder, brass, primers, bullets are all out of this world right now.
Even at $20 a box for factory loads. It will take me 200 years to recoop what I have in reloading supplies.
Right now I have close to 50 boxes of reloaded ammo and another 50 to 60 waiting to be reloaded and a dad that spends all day on the internet - that doesn't want to sit in a chair and polish brass and trim shells and pull on the lever.
2 reloading presses that he has abandoned and another 2 more sitting in a box.
My bedroom floor makes the empties rattle when I go to get into bed at night - because there is so many empty boxes of shells on the dresser in a box - waiting to be reloaded.
All that money gone to waste.
03-23-2008, 07:28 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Spokane Washington
Posts: 1,042
RE: Best reloading kit
LOL to the last post. But The Rifleman does bring up a good point. If you are not planning to shoot much, then it probably isnt worth the time or expense that it takes to reload good ammo. The real difference between good ammo and just run of the mill stuff is the time and preporation that goes into it. If all that you are after is the ability to make plinker ammo, or just good hunting ammo then the Lee kit will work very well and you wont be out too much $$$ to get started. If you are wanting or foreseeing yourself getting hooked on the hobby and wanting to make top notch ammo for extreme accuracy then the Lee Rockchucker kit is really the only way to go. Dont overlook Hornady or Lyman either though, they also make top notch reloading equipment. I have the Lee Anniversary kit with the Challenger press and dies and am glad that I took a chance and gave the Lee brand a shot. I have reloaded several hundred rounds of pistol and rifle rounds and the savings have more than payed for themselves by now since I can now shoot a whole lot more for a whole lot less.