Thread: Reloading: What to buy?

@kayneb, what cals are you reloading for and how many rounds per year do you think you'll use?

ie, 100 per year, 1000 per year etc.

If it's 100 or so, you can do it with some pretty basic lee stuff.

(Cue barrage of swearing from RCBS/ Hornady/ Redding/ Lyman owners)

Besides the press gear, I'd definitely get a case gauge for your cal /cals. This is an exact copy of the proper specs for the inside of your rifles's breech.

If you've run your brass through the sizing die and they fit into one of those sweetly, you know you've got the shape of it right.

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

@kayneb, what cals are you reloading for and how many rounds per year do you think you'll use?

ie, 100 per year, 1000 per year etc.

If it's 100 or so, you can do it with some pretty basic lee stuff.

(Cue barrage of swearing from RCBS/ Hornady/ Redding/ Lyman owners)

Besides the press gear, I'd definitely get a case gauge for your cal /cals. This is an exact copy of the proper specs for the inside of your rifles's breech.

If you've run your brass through the sizing die and they fit into one of those sweetly, you know you've got the shape of it right.

I own the Lee kit and wouldn't reccomend it to anyone (the lee press has a lot of flex in it making it hard to get consistent results especially if your learning) either the hornandy or rcbs kit would be more than sufficient, I would look at what case prep tools the kit comes with make sure it has decent case chamfer and pocket reamer tools and if like me you prefer digital scales then get a set of them (I use the hornandy lock and load bench set and found them to be great).
Also get some imperial sizing wax, no other case lube comes close, some cotton tips and green sctotchbrite for cleaning case mouths and bases.
That being said you can get great results with the lee kit with a bit of patience, I am getting my 270wsm shooting under 1/2 MOA, you really have to learn how to get the best of the lee press and work around its short comings.

Just my 2 cents....oh and definitely get a manual and see if anyone local to you can help.