Thread: Wannabe reloader - gear advice please

I am no guru but here is my advice probably best taken with a pinch of salt.

Buy a cast iron press....second hand if need be, cast alloy is just junk.

The larger cartridges like you intend loading are much more forgiving of a bit of powder weight variance than say a smaller cartridge like 223 where a grain difference can go from safe to really really not safe......so big dollars on weighing and dispensing powder not needed yet. Scoop and trickle onto a beam or electronic scale willl do ya fine.

Dies are dies....buy some second hand if you can. If not some lyman/hornady/lee will do fine...micrometer seating etc can wait.....I am still waiting.

Get the dies first, then with dies any other loader should be able to help you out and run you threw brass prep, sizing, loading etc.

Do not buy "one shot" sizing lubricant ..its called that for a reason, some imperial sizing wax or lyman case lube will see you right.

If ya get some dies I am happy to run you threw with my very basic setup.
Even have a chrony somewhere.....up at Pengys I think.