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Posted: 4/27/2009 8:06:46 PM EDT
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i would like to get into reloading ,what are some good preses that come in kits ?i will be reloading rifle & pistol
in a .223 & a .40 s&w |
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Check out the reloading forum, here: http://www.ar15.com/forums/forum.html?b=6&f=42
It is a wealth of information. |
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Hornady LnL is a good compromise between speed and price. Dillion is top of the line, but higher priced. Some folks will advise you to start off with a single stage press before going to a progressive, but money and space was an issue with me. So, I got a progressive and used it as a single stage press until I gained experience. Then started using it at full capacity.
I'm sure you're aware that components are hard to get right now, especially small rifle primers. There's a reloading calculator on the web that'll let you put in component and equipment prices and then tell you how many rounds you have to load to pay for the equipment., Kind of interesting if you're mostly interested in saving money because the number will be in the tens of thousands. Please read everything you can before taking the plunge, knowledge is power and will save you time and money and keep you safe. Buy the very best quality equipment you can afford up front, your investment will be repaid in convience, speed, and durability. Once you have some experience and find some loads you gun's like, buy components in bulk to save even more money. Reloading is a great and addictive hobby. You can taylor your loads for each of your guns. Just be very careful. Don't force your equipment, if it doesn't work smoothly, something's not right. Get several reloading manual and follow the load data carefully, otherwise, you can get hurt. Check you settings frequently. Having total control of you loads is the best and the worst thing about reloading. If you can, find a mentor that reloads. If you can't, try to find a reloading class like the NRA ones. Anyway, I ramble. Hope this helps. Good luck. |
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Hornady LnL is a good compromise between speed and price. Dillion is top of the line, but higher priced. Some folks will advise you to start off with a single stage press before going to a progressive, but money and space was an issue with me. So, I got a progressive and used it as a single stage press until I gained experience. Then started using it at full capacity. I'm sure you're aware that components are hard to get right now, especially small rifle primers. There's a reloading calculator on the web that'll let you put in component and equipment prices and then tell you how many rounds you have to load to pay for the equipment., Kind of interesting if you're mostly interested in saving money because the number will be in the tens of thousands. Please read everything you can before taking the plunge, knowledge is power and will save you time and money and keep you safe. Buy the very best quality equipment you can afford up front, your investment will be repaid in convience, speed, and durability. Once you have some experience and find some loads you gun's like, buy components in bulk to save even more money. Reloading is a great and addictive hobby. You can taylor your loads for each of your guns. Just be very careful. Don't force your equipment, if it doesn't work smoothly, something's not right. Get several reloading manual and follow the load data carefully, otherwise, you can get hurt. Check yohttp://www.ar15.com/forums/myBoard.htmlu settings frequently. Having total control of you loads is the best and the worst thing about reloading. If you can, find a mentor that reloads. If you can't, try to find a reloading class like the NRA ones. Anyway, I ramble. Hope this helps. Good luck. LOL WUT? 
Factory .357 mag/.44 mag/.45 Colt are all ~$40/50 rounds right now. I can load all of them for under $12/50 rounds each(excluding brass). So... $28/50 rounds savings Dillon XL650+conversion and case feeder =$730 730/28=26 26 x 50 = 1300 rounds total to pay for press. Throwing in the cost of brass on .45 Colt ammo the price per 50 goes up to 17.81 per 50 rounds, still under half the cost of factory. 730/22.19=32.9 32.9 x 50 = 1645 rounds to total to pay for press. FGMM .308 Win = ~$34/20 rounds I can load equivalent ammo for $9.50/20 rounds(excluding brass), so $24.50/20 rounds savings. 730/24.50=29.8 29.8 x 20 = 596 rounds total to pay for press. Throwing in the cost of brass on the .308 ammo, the price per 20 goes up to $17.26, but it's still 50% cheaper than factory...so 730/16.74=43.61 43.61 x 20 = 872.2 rounds to pay for press. I don't know what you're loading, but you're doing it wrong. 
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