[afasouthernbelle]

Eagle Eye - you're a reloader? Awesome!! I just started getting into it, and I love it... What do you think of the Dillon Reloaders? .45 has been my favorite since I was big enough to handle the kick, and I don't think that will ever change... but reloading has saved me a bunch.... .45 ammo is so freakin expensive sometimes.... any pointers?
-PTBAA

[Eagle Eye]

First off, there are some serious shooting and reloading pros on FR so I’m a bit shy of offering advice.

Your first reloaded round is the most expensive, they all get cheaper after that!

I’ve got a single stage press that works fine. I’ve also got a turret that I’ve never set up and don’t know if I will.

I wish I had a progressive press having once used a friends but I don’t. However I have learned how to do batches of hundreds by doing each step by the hundreds instead of all at one time. Also, at any given time I may have hundreds of cleaned and primed brass just waiting for powder and lead and if all I want is 50 or so, great.

Do yourself a favor and get your primers now. I buy by the 1000 and I’m still small time compared to some on FR and others I know. There’s talk of expiring primers someday so you’d want regular ones now. This is also another reason I’m trimming down to just a couple calibers instead of many. I’m just not skilled enough to do 9 mm and .40 justice on reloading. .38/357 and .45 is much more forgiving.

No tv while reloading. No smoking. No drinking. Care on visitors. Radio only, if that. No room for distractions when loading powder. None.

Oh yeah...carbide dies. More expensive but worth every penny more.

[Shooter 2.5]

Buy the Dillon and then we can talk. There’s a lot of little tips for reloading a beginner just doesn’t know.