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<blockquote data-quote="britz" data-source="post: 166084" data-attributes="member: 7865"><p>Rookey,</p><p>there is more than one way to skin a dead cat, so to speak.</p><p>The easiest way to get started is to purchase a kit and read a good loading manual like nosler, RCBS, Speer. I started with the Lee Anaversary special back in 93 and loaded for a few years before upgrading. The kit is only a couple hundred dollars comes w/ press, dump, cheap scale, cheap but supprisingly OK priming tool.</p><p></p><p>I will tell you what I use and what I load: I load only 2-4 hundred rounds per year on average (every couple years I get a friend who wants about 400 rounds for varmint). I load for one rifle primarily and sometimes will switch to a second or third cal.</p><p></p><p>I still use the Lee challenger press (cheap lee aniversery special kit), I use a drop tube funnel for all my powder dumping. Lee powder dispenser (cheap from the anniversary kit yet). Lyman LE 1000 didgital scale. RCBS trimmer. RCBS prep center; VLD case deburing tool, primer pocked cutter, flash hole deburing tool. RCBS hand universal priming tool. $25 dial caliper accurate to .001". I have switched to Redding standard dies (neck and fl and standard seater). Lyman case cleaning tumbler.</p><p></p><p>You can load with a press powder dump and a set of dies, everything else is for comfort and accuracy.</p><p></p><p>Here is a list of suggestions if you plan on loading approximately the same way I do - only my opinion of course.</p><p>I would get a single stage (O)press again either a Lee for cost or a Redding Big boss for being one of the better ones out there (35 for the lee and 110 for the redding)</p><p>Hand priming tool, Lee or RCBS, I never liked using a press to prime with.</p><p>500 grain ballence scale for about $40 </p><p>dies </p><p>hand case deburing tool and primer pocket cleaning tool. </p><p>Lee hand powder dispenser- used to get close to the right weight of powder.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="britz, post: 166084, member: 7865"] Rookey, there is more than one way to skin a dead cat, so to speak. The easiest way to get started is to purchase a kit and read a good loading manual like nosler, RCBS, Speer. I started with the Lee Anaversary special back in 93 and loaded for a few years before upgrading. The kit is only a couple hundred dollars comes w/ press, dump, cheap scale, cheap but supprisingly OK priming tool. I will tell you what I use and what I load: I load only 2-4 hundred rounds per year on average (every couple years I get a friend who wants about 400 rounds for varmint). I load for one rifle primarily and sometimes will switch to a second or third cal. I still use the Lee challenger press (cheap lee aniversery special kit), I use a drop tube funnel for all my powder dumping. Lee powder dispenser (cheap from the anniversary kit yet). Lyman LE 1000 didgital scale. RCBS trimmer. RCBS prep center; VLD case deburing tool, primer pocked cutter, flash hole deburing tool. RCBS hand universal priming tool. $25 dial caliper accurate to .001". I have switched to Redding standard dies (neck and fl and standard seater). Lyman case cleaning tumbler. You can load with a press powder dump and a set of dies, everything else is for comfort and accuracy. Here is a list of suggestions if you plan on loading approximately the same way I do - only my opinion of course. I would get a single stage (O)press again either a Lee for cost or a Redding Big boss for being one of the better ones out there (35 for the lee and 110 for the redding) Hand priming tool, Lee or RCBS, I never liked using a press to prime with. 500 grain ballence scale for about $40 dies hand case deburing tool and primer pocket cleaning tool. Lee hand powder dispenser- used to get close to the right weight of powder. [/QUOTE]
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