I finally decided that I am going to get into reloading. I've been reading and learning along the way, and I thought I'd go look at kits and see what I came up with. I think I already missed something though.
I didn't want to go full cheap, so I bought an RCBS Partner Press reloading kit, figuring on starting off single stage and decent quality.
Apparently I missed the part about it not having a set of shell holders though. Kind of a cruddy beginning to the setup, but oh well. I'm still not set on it though anyway. I mainly bought it because it had the Speer manual as well, and I could add that to the Lyman 49th I had already picked up. I'm seriously thinking about taking it back and starting over with the Lee.
The biggest issue I had with these to start is I really like the idea of Hornady's LNL, but wanted to start out cheaper. I plan on taking my time getting up and running anyway, but I enjoy better machined products. The RCBS still had machining and drill chips in the ram.
One noob question to ask here, which is also another reason I like the LNL. Can you lock your dies at the height required for the step, and remove them without having to reset them each time? If that is the case I would seriously downgrade totally to a Lee just to learn on and save the money.
If not, at this stage of having the RCBS box in hand and seeing what I get, I'm really considering backing up and chunking the extra for the LNL kit. Either way I have to get a shell plate.
Any additional thoughts some of you experienced guys want to toss in for a noob? I have no problems taking criticism either. I completely threw away my ideas of starting off with a Dillon-550, and decided to go with the basics, it's just how basic now. . .I'm not planning on reloading a buttload, but I don't want to totally hand load either.
I didn't want to go full cheap, so I bought an RCBS Partner Press reloading kit, figuring on starting off single stage and decent quality.
Apparently I missed the part about it not having a set of shell holders though. Kind of a cruddy beginning to the setup, but oh well. I'm still not set on it though anyway. I mainly bought it because it had the Speer manual as well, and I could add that to the Lyman 49th I had already picked up. I'm seriously thinking about taking it back and starting over with the Lee.
The biggest issue I had with these to start is I really like the idea of Hornady's LNL, but wanted to start out cheaper. I plan on taking my time getting up and running anyway, but I enjoy better machined products. The RCBS still had machining and drill chips in the ram.
One noob question to ask here, which is also another reason I like the LNL. Can you lock your dies at the height required for the step, and remove them without having to reset them each time? If that is the case I would seriously downgrade totally to a Lee just to learn on and save the money.
If not, at this stage of having the RCBS box in hand and seeing what I get, I'm really considering backing up and chunking the extra for the LNL kit. Either way I have to get a shell plate.
Any additional thoughts some of you experienced guys want to toss in for a noob? I have no problems taking criticism either. I completely threw away my ideas of starting off with a Dillon-550, and decided to go with the basics, it's just how basic now. . .I'm not planning on reloading a buttload, but I don't want to totally hand load either.