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<blockquote data-quote="Will Mathieson" data-source="post: 1529938" data-attributes="member: 107608"><p>You can find a Rock crusher press at auctions as with other items but some you want new.</p><p>RCBS or Redding products are good, RCBS hand primer that needs no shell holder will prevent a lot of frustration.</p><p>Buy new brass to start and remember very clean (dirt free) brass is important not to score your reloading dies. Digital scale a must as is a quality powder dispenser.</p><p>Lee has inexpensive products but their hand primer and powder dispenser, the type from their anniversary kit best to stay away from. Powder gets caught in the plastic drum surfaces and makes it difficult to use. Avoid the things that add work to the reloading process. If planning on doing any volume reloading buy the items that can handle it quicker. Get a good case trimmer that can do all calibers, the Lee stuff is one per caliber and gets more expensive than a say a Hornady trimmer that does them all.</p><p>Even if you think you will only reload one caliber the odds are you will buy other guns in different calibers and reload for them too. I wound up replacing all my Lee reloading items with RCBS and Hornady. Had I not bought a bunch of Lee I would have saved all that $$. Lee is ok if reloading one or two calibers at low volume only. Lee shell holders etc do not fit Hornady case trimmer. Best to start with Hornady or RCBS, you only get what you pay for. In time the better products do pay for themselves and more, there is no quick savings with reloading.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Will Mathieson, post: 1529938, member: 107608"] You can find a Rock crusher press at auctions as with other items but some you want new. RCBS or Redding products are good, RCBS hand primer that needs no shell holder will prevent a lot of frustration. Buy new brass to start and remember very clean (dirt free) brass is important not to score your reloading dies. Digital scale a must as is a quality powder dispenser. Lee has inexpensive products but their hand primer and powder dispenser, the type from their anniversary kit best to stay away from. Powder gets caught in the plastic drum surfaces and makes it difficult to use. Avoid the things that add work to the reloading process. If planning on doing any volume reloading buy the items that can handle it quicker. Get a good case trimmer that can do all calibers, the Lee stuff is one per caliber and gets more expensive than a say a Hornady trimmer that does them all. Even if you think you will only reload one caliber the odds are you will buy other guns in different calibers and reload for them too. I wound up replacing all my Lee reloading items with RCBS and Hornady. Had I not bought a bunch of Lee I would have saved all that $$. Lee is ok if reloading one or two calibers at low volume only. Lee shell holders etc do not fit Hornady case trimmer. Best to start with Hornady or RCBS, you only get what you pay for. In time the better products do pay for themselves and more, there is no quick savings with reloading. [/QUOTE]
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