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I decided to start reloading for my 308 win. I know I need a press, but what else is needed? to clean the casings? weight the powder? etc. I want to buy stuff little by little, so I don't have to drop 1K at one time. What should I buy first? I want a quality equipment that I can go to other calibers later on. Like they say, buy once cry once. Another thing that confused me is, I see the Dillon presses been sold on Ebay, but , the same press by caliber. Any advice will be appreciated.
If you already have your dies, a good digital scale, and a nice reliable caliper your good to go. I use a Lee single stage and hand load one at a time. I use a sharpie to find my lands and go from there depending on my bullet selection. I did order a seater for my 7mag and 270 that seats from the ogive. But it will only work with Sierra game kings. Once you figure out what bullet you want to run I would suggest doing the same.
If you buy a Lee single stage $130, a die set $30, scale $45 & a caliper $40 you can get set up and running for under $250. I wash my casings in dawn dishwashing liquid and dry them in the oven. Add in a pound of powder $34 and a box of bullets $30 + - and your set. All reload date is available free .99 on the internet.
Go by DSH and ask them to explain reloading to you. They have a reloading room, several presses and can give you a good overview of the process.
http://www.dshfirearms.com/
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Just for my own curiosity, as far as precision hand loading for a rifle, can anyone see anything to gain by buying an expensive press instead of using a simple single stage press? I understand for large quantities for pistol it would be to time consuming, but is there any advantage over a Lee buy spending more?
You want the press to have the leverage to whip the brass, not have the brass whip the press.
Additionally you want the press to have a large enough opening so you don't have to do gymnastics when seating long bullets.
I have a old lyman all american that cams over, but I haven't found the need to use it over the lee classic cast turret I do most of my loading on.
But that said, if I run across a good deal on a rock chucker, id be tempted to pick it up.
Last edited by mapper; November 7th, 2016 at 07:20 PM.
Nope, I have a single stage RCBS for hunting rounds and weigh every charge of powder before I pour it into the brass.
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Been using an old rcbs rocker chucker for over 40 yrs no wear as good as the day I bought it.No telling how many thousands of rounds has been loaded with it.
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I got nothing!!!!Lol. starting from scratch.
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