New guy to get into reloading

[TRnCO]

Like is a Chronograph truely a NEEDED tool?

No, UNLESS you're planning on finding the very edge of the upper pressure limits of the round/s that you're loading for or planning on loading for long range shooting where you will need to know the fps to figure out bullet drop on charts.
If you load for accuracy and stay well within published lower and upper limits of powder for each given load, you don't really need a chorny.

[ray1970]

A chronograph is also useful for determining which load yields the least deviation in velocity which should yield the the best accuracy. Not a necessary tool but a handy tool to have at times.

[fly boy]

Sorry all for the obvious lack of miss info. I have updated my first post with some more general info.

[Zombie Steve]

Read your edit... I'm back to the Rockchucker kit. $319. You'll still need die sets, calipers and consumables.

http://www.midwayusa.com/Product/646...ess-master-kit

I started with this kit and still use all of it except for the powder measure (wound up buying an electronic dispenser).

Despite popular opinion, loading on a single stage won't kill you. As I said before, you might get a progressive later for pistol rounds if you're doing a good amount of volume, but I will always load precision rifle and hunting loads on a single stage. It won't take any time at all to build up a stash of handloads.

[fly boy]

Should I consider digital equipment such as Dig. Calipers and scale?

[ray1970]

Should I consider digital equipment such as Dig. Calipers and scale?

The digital stuff is nice but I'm smart enough to use the old manual stuff just fine. I do have an electronic scale though and really like the simplicity of use.

[Zombie Steve]

A $30 set of dial calipers will serve you just fine. There are nice digital calipers, but not in that price range.

And as far as a chronograph goes, I'll stop just short of calling it absolutely necessary. It will very much help your understanding of what's happening with your loads, but you don't necessarily need one. I went for about a year without and did just fine. When I got one, some loads were doing what I thought, others were quite a bit off from where I thought I was.

[Hoser]

Should I consider digital equipment such as Dig. Calipers and scale?

Digital calipers are nice, but not mandatory.

I use beam scales more than digital.

A good Chrono will help down the road, but not mandatory for a new reloader. Invest in good equipment elsewhere with those $$$.

[Great-Kazoo]

Sorry all for the obvious lack of miss info. I have updated my first post with some more general info.

Having more info for what you want, a single stage will do just fine. Some stuff i do on a single stage, others 1 pull= 1 round.

[fly boy]

I have a nice pair of Calipers right now and actually know how to read them I work with both digital and non digital tools, but didn't know how accurate you have to be with reloading.... we have to be withen .001 with measurements. So I was more concerned with a digital scale.

Also, I think for right now, a single reloader would work.

So the new edit: Single reloader - best bang for the buck?