I want to get into reloading one step at a time....

[Artyboy]

What should I get first? I've got a ton of brass lying around and I want to get it cleaned up, sorted and get the primers out of it. I assume I need a tumbler. What else would I need to get to prep it? If it matters I plan on loading 9mm, .45 and possibly 7.62x39 and .308 down the road.

[HunterCO]

I would buy a starter kit RCBS, Lee ect. make them. That will be cheaper than buying all of it seperate you will get everything you need except a tumbler and dies.

Minimum you need to decap and clean is a press dies and a tumbler. For the 7.62 you will also need a lube pad and case lube. If you buy carbide dies for 9mm and .45 you don't need to lube them. The die that decaps them also resizes them.

[michael_aos]

My first purchase was a CV-2001 case-cleaner and CM-2000 media separator.

http://dillonprecision.com/content/image/200/i_0449.jpg
http://dillonprecision.com/content/image/200/i_0041.jpg

[michael_aos]

I really like the RL550B. Especially since I load a lot of different calibers.

If I were just going to load lots and lots of a single caliber / load, I might be more drawn to a different model.

http://dillonprecision.com/content/image/200/i_0900.jpg

[KarlPMann]

Ummm, how about a manual or two on how to reload? :roll: Karl. [poke]

[Marlin]

Ummm, how about a manual or two on how to reload? :roll: Karl. [poke]

Might be fairly important, Don't want to make things go Ka Boom instead of bang

[Artyboy]

So if I start with a kit like this then all I'll need are dies and a tumbler? http://www.rcbs.com/default.asp?menu=1&s1=5&s2=13

I also found this setup. How would this work if I stuck with 9mm, .38 and .380 for now?

It's the RCBS partner reloading kit

http://www.outdoorsuperstore.com/product.asp?prod=297459

Are there any better beginner kits out there? I don't want something that I'll grow out of. I don't want to spend a grand getting set up either, though. Are there any other brands of kits that I should be looking at? For now I'm looking for something cheap and easy to get started on. I already picked up a Speer reloading manual and I've been reading it whenever I have time.

[Artyboy]

I won't have any trouble fitting other brands of dies on the Lyman press?

[car-15]

for the most part they are all interchangeable, most of my dies are rcbs. there is a couple that wont work but they are pretty universal, I have lyman, rcbs, and lee they all work great and I belive redding dies will also work.