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I want to start reloading 357 what do I need?
- Thread starter Bgolden84
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Lol its a strong possibility.
$379 get the Dillon Square Deal B with a die set and order the other die set ($86) total $465. They are proprietary dies but the no BS guarantee is what is says it is and if you wear them out (doubtful) break a pin etc. they will replace it free of charge.
http://www.dillonprecision.com/#/content/p/9/pid/25237/catid/1/Dillon_Square_Deal___039_B__039_
Use your other press for rifle. The Square Deal B will not do rifle but I prefer to load rifle on a single stage. You have a $130 or so to buy primer, powder and bullets. If you have the brass another $30 and you could load a 1000 rounds for +/-$160. The start up cost is around $625 if you have your own brass.
The cheapest Slickguns has ammo is 0.64 cents a round. so $640/1000 http://www.slickguns.com/category/ammo?caliber=16
So if not buying brass you will save on the first 1000 rounds pressed. If buying your 1K of brass then the next round and within the next few hundred or so.
I wanted to load 223 and 10mm, so I bought a mishmash of different things.
Lee Breechlock press and die sets
Hornady dial caliper
Lyman tumbler, case trimmer, and deburr/chamfer tools
Frankford Arsenal digital powder scale and intertia bullet puller
Probably a bunch of other stuff I'm forgetting
It all works pretty well. I think the next thing on my shopping list is a powder trickler. Not necessary, but could result in more consistent and accurate charges.
Primers are plentiful.. Bullets are fairly easy to find in most calibers. Brass is a mixed bag. Powder is by far the hardest thing to come by for me. You might have better luck on your side of town.
Lee Breechlock press and die sets
Hornady dial caliper
Lyman tumbler, case trimmer, and deburr/chamfer tools
Frankford Arsenal digital powder scale and intertia bullet puller
Probably a bunch of other stuff I'm forgetting
It all works pretty well. I think the next thing on my shopping list is a powder trickler. Not necessary, but could result in more consistent and accurate charges.
Primers are plentiful.. Bullets are fairly easy to find in most calibers. Brass is a mixed bag. Powder is by far the hardest thing to come by for me. You might have better luck on your side of town.
What about all the Lee 1000 's I see that come with dies and a bunch of other stuff. I don't shoot alot. I'm sure I will once it's not $32 per 50 rounds lol
Don't that kind of defeat the purpose. I have limited experience reloading but I have reloaded 308. I haven't loaded thousands of rounds but I understand the general principles. I'm just trying to get some info on a good start up set strictly for pistol caliber reloading. Thanks for the encouraging words
There are liability issues on both ends to pay some dude to load your own. However, I have friends and know of others that you bring your chit and use a reloaders equipment to load your own on.
You have the budget. You could stay single stage with pistol ammo and save a large amount of initial cost, since you already have everything except the dies. I assumed since you didn't just buy the dies, you wanted to move onward, logically a progressive press.
For a new reloader wanting to go progressive the Dillon is probably the easiest to learn, has awesome product support and a no BS warranty-it breaks, you call, they send it and no charge. The Lee you mention and others have a history of being tedious to setup and run right but once you set them up right I hear do a fine job. The lee takes standard dies and you can run rifle with it.
I cannot recall anyone complaining that they can't get their Dillon up and running, doesn't mean it doesn't happen, I just don't ever hear about it. The same cannot be said for the others.
You have the budget. You could stay single stage with pistol ammo and save a large amount of initial cost, since you already have everything except the dies. I assumed since you didn't just buy the dies, you wanted to move onward, logically a progressive press.
For a new reloader wanting to go progressive the Dillon is probably the easiest to learn, has awesome product support and a no BS warranty-it breaks, you call, they send it and no charge. The Lee you mention and others have a history of being tedious to setup and run right but once you set them up right I hear do a fine job. The lee takes standard dies and you can run rifle with it.
I cannot recall anyone complaining that they can't get their Dillon up and running, doesn't mean it doesn't happen, I just don't ever hear about it. The same cannot be said for the others.
RamRoddoc I appreciate your honesty. I was using a press my father had to reload rifle. I have absolutely zero reloading equipment and I'm looking to start and be able to load with the out to much hassle and with out spending the cost of a new 1911 lol. I've got a Smith and Wesson 329 night guard and 327 night guard to feed. If I could get set up with the reloading equipment and componets for 357 under 600 I'd be happy happy happy. I don't necessarily need a progressive. But that would be sweet
You could start with a Lee Classic Turret press. It does auto indexing so it's kind of a mix between progressive and single stage but only one thing is happening at a time so it's easy to use. I use this for .357 mag, .44 spcl, and .44 mag. You set up an extra turret head and switching between calibers is a snap. You can disable the auto indexing and manually index it if that's how you want to work. Get the 4 die sets from Lee with the factory crimp die and you'll be able to crank out some quality ammo. This is a good place to get Lee reloading stuff.
http://www.titanreloading.com/
http://www.titanreloading.com/
