Any deals on a Reloading complete Kit

[bigchelis]

I never reloaded before, but with my current caliber choices it only makes sense to start.
I read up reviews on Dillon that are pretty favorable. I want to keep the the price under $500 if possible.
I want to reload 45acp, 357mag, 357sig, and eventually 38super.

My next gun purchase is going to be a Glock in 10mm caliber.
So, by then I definitely want to reload.

FYI: 10mm Glocks can shoot:
40 S&W
357 Sig
9x25 Dillon

Any recomendations on good deals?
Any experience shooting the Dillon rounds?
9x25 Dillon---This is a must!!!
Same Mags, just put in a barrel.

[Glock22Fan]

I've heard that Dillon are excellent. I've also heard of other excellent makes.

However, if you are looking for a good deal, consider Lee. It's far less expensive and, perfectly adequate.

I use almost all Lee and never had any problems. No-one has ever told me why or how my ammo would be better made with any other equipment.

I reload .40S&W, .44SPL & MAG, .45ACP and 30-06

[robbor]

progressive

I would look for a good progressive press. I want to say dillons are expensive.
I would not touch Lee with a 10' pole.

[skale240]

I would look for a good progressive press. I want to say dillons are expensive.
I would not touch Lee with a 10' pole.

Instead of just saying you won't use Lee, advise us on why you don't. The poster above you says he uses Lee and everything works fine and he's never really had any problems. I'm curious to why you have the opposite opinion.

bigchelis,

If your looking for a good progressive the only one I can speak for is the Dillon 550. Check out one of our site sponsors (eguns) site and he has some prices on these presses and accessories. Theres not much of a discount with dillon stuff but their resale value is almost like if it was new, which speaks a lot about a product. You also pay for the no BS warranty and their tech support is great. whenever i have question they are only a phone call away.

Besides your press your going to need a lot of other stuff. Check out the Reloading 101 thread.

Hope this helps!

[ar15barrels]

Lee is kinda like a chinese hand tool.
It will work for a while for most people, but anyone who uses it seriously will see the shortcomings and want to get a better tool.
Dillon is a Snap-On.
Not everyone needs a press that good, but why waste money on a crappy tool that you will most likely replace at a later date when you can just buy the good one to start?

A few hundred dollars extra at the start ends up being almost nothing when you spread it over how long a quality tool lasts you.
Spread the cost of the cheap tool over the time it lasts before you replace it and you find that cheap tools actually cost more to use.

[Rudolf the Red]

I bought a RCBS Master Reloading Kit in 1993. Everything still works great and I use it all. Even the balance scale and the press mounted primer seater.

The new kit is the same price as 15 years ago and even better stuff.

Go green!!

Starting out on a progressive press might not be the best idea. If you like the single stage, you can move up to a progressive later. You'll still use the single stage anyway. Small handgun batches for testing or rifle rounds at the range are easier on a single stage.

Lee dies are an EXCELLENT deal, BTW.

[jandmtv]

Sooner or later you will drink the blue kool-aid, so save yourself money and time and buy a Dillon now, rather than upgrading later. Get a XL650 and dont look back.

[Sunwolf]

Spend the money

and get the XL650 ; save yourself the time and aggravation.Buying a Lee is like buying a VW bug,ya work on it constantly trying to get it to work and ya never know when the next breakdown is coming.Dillon is like buying a Lexus,if it does ever break down the dealer will fix it for you.

[Franksremote]

For a sub $500 pistol only press, the Square Deal B is the way to go. Check it out at www.dillonprecision.com

[gottarollwithit]

Randall and Frank are giving you great advice.

Ask yourself how much you really are going to reload though. If it's going to be a lot and often, a Dillon progressive is in order. If it's only a few hundred rds a year, you can get away with a Lee of various types.

I still like my cheap crappy Chinese tools.

[Sailormilan2]

I have the Hornady, which pretty much does everything a Dillon 650 does, and is about $100 cheaper. Plus, Hornady has a special going on that with each purchase of their press, one gets a 1000 free bullets.

[CSACANNONEER]

If you are only going to own one progressive press, I think the 550 is a better choice than the square deal or the 650. The square deal is almost as much as the 550 and the 650 is a liitle more than the 550 but, the 550 offers more choices of caliber conversions and the caliber conversions are cheaper for the 550 than the other two. IIRC, you need to use proprietary die sets for the square deal whereas the 550 and 650 both use standard dies.

[gte674n]

+1 for the Hornady Lock-n-Load. It's an excellent progressive press and with 1000 free bullets, hard to beat the deal.

[hill billy]

500 bucks will buy you a Lee classic turret press, a few die sets, 1000 bullets and powder and primers to load them, a tumbler, a scale, and a powder thrower. That Dillon may cost you only 500 or so, but add in all the other stuff and now you are up over $800 or more. I think my lee press works fine. I've not had to adjust it at all. I guess if you have the cash to spend get whatever you like, but saying a lee is a chinese hand tool is silly. I think you should concentrate on learning what you are doing first and figuring out how much you are going to be loading second. Then drop a bunch of coin on a nice press.

[packnrat]

start with a rcbs rock chucker. and all the goodies.
sure it is a single stage, but better to start slow and see how it works for you. and the rcbs will last a life time, you can also up to the piggyback for getting in to a progressive loader.

lee has a very good starter kit, has most all you need, lowest price on the market for getting started.

i do not know if rcbs has a starter kit.

forget dillon for a starter kit, they do not cater to nubies

and i have a lee for just depriming, a piggy back for mass loading, and another lee for working up loads.

but for the money a dillon is best but only for a progressive loader.

if i had the money i would buy a dillon...but then again i would need a bigger area just to mount it.

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