Best reloading starter kit?

[carpsniperg2]

RCBS ALL THE WAY!!! Great company and great products

[Jamieb]

I use and recomend RCBS. The equipment will work well and last a lifetime. RCBS's customer service cant be beat. The kit in your link would work well but need a couple of things, right off, calipers, I like a hand primer over primming on the press. You'll need a case trimmer, but you dont need that to get started.
I dont load any speer bullets anymore but still use the speer book often, the trim to and max case lengths, along with Ken Howells case drawings in there are very usefull.

[addicted]

would it be beneficial to have mulitiple reloading manuals

[Bigshooter]

would it be beneficial to have mulitiple reloading manuals

Manuals are things you can buy over time, I wouldn't buy a bunch of them right at the start.  I like to look at different manuals thou.  But you can find just about everthing for reloading data on the internet.

[Skyvalhunter]

RCBS and look at Midway prices.

[addicted]

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this takes 4 dies right?

[cwuwildcat]

would it be beneficial to have mulitiple reloading manuals

Over time, yes.  I've got 6 or 7, and none of them cover all of loads and types of bullets I use.  They're like cook books, a good cook has more than one.  Also, the powder sites are great for this info.  It wouldn't hurt to print out what you need and keep them in a three ring binder.

[C-Money]

RCBS! Rockchucker.

[NRA4LIFE]

RCBS Rockcucker kit.  I also have been loading with it for nearly 25 years.  Good solid, hard working press, have never had a problem with it.  And yes, you'll definitely find yourself needing multiple manuals.  I have 4 or 5 myself.

[spookgus]

RCBS
Assuming your loading bottleneck cartridges and don't have a tubular magazine, a normal two piece die set is all you need. The sizing die will size and de-cap the casing. The seating die will seat the bullet. You will need calipers or a length gage, a powder trickler, and a method for seating primers. You will need a case trimmer shortly if you shoot often. A tumbler is nice but not mandatory.

[TheHunt]

Most my friends have RCBS.  I have my Dad's Hornady and it is red.  I have never seen one like it as I think he picked it up in the early 50's.  I have two buddies that have Dillon pregressive reloader and they love them.   But those are not beginners kits.

[brokenvet]

My original press was an RCBS Rock Chucker back in 1972 .  I got tired of the de-capping pins breaking all the time.  I switched to the Lee Turret press in 1973 and I still use the same press today, however a part of the press broke on me in February this year, the part cost me $5 and $4 to ship from Lee.   I have loaded at least  15,000 rounds on my press.

Been using Lee press and dies ever since I switched and up to today I have not broken any de-capping pins even when sizing brass that has military crimps.  I have sized 3,000 military brass for my 223 not a broken pin. 1,000 military brass for my 308win no broken pins.

I like the turret press because of the quickness you can change caliber. 

I say buy the Lee press for now; once you have learned enough then you can up qade if you desire

[AWS]

Sold my Rockchucker 30yrs ago and haven'tt missed it once.  I've loaded on presses by Lyman(3 turrets and a Crusher II) Hornady (007) a Pacific C press C&H(3 H presses) a Bair press and a couple of big Herters presses.  Just sold my T-Mag and am replacing it with a Lee Cast Classic Turret because I can change out the 16 sets of dies I use without having to adjust anything.  I'll be down to three presses the Lee a 50yr old Lyman TruLine turret and a Lyman Crusher II for heavy case forming and bullet swaging.

I like Lee stuff, their trimmers are fool proof and their dies make good ammo, just orderred a set of their 223AI dies.  I'm going to fool around AIing my 22-204. Should end up with a Super Duece Improved.

AWS

[Jamieb]

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this takes 4 dies right?

Thats for strait wall cartridges like pistol cartridges. 3-dies, the bullet seater can be adjusted to crimp. I use a crimp die so I dont have to readjust the seater so I load pistol with 4 dies.
Bottelneck cartrides dont need flaired or crimped so most rifle dies come as a 2 die set ( sizer and seater)

[Jamieb]

would it be beneficial to have mulitiple reloading manuals

As has already been said, all the powder como=panies have load data online, some bullet companies put some data online.
Load data is not interchangable from bullets of the same weight but diffrent brand so I like to use data from the manufacturer of the bullets I'm loading.