Getting into reloading and have questions.

.45 acp's are soooo easy to reload.

If you are getting into reloading and plan on loading a good bit. I would get a progressive press. I can load about 500 rounds an hours with a dillon 550.

Are you looking to load precision rifle rounds or lean more toward large quantity? A progressive can load fast as well as very accurately.

On a dillon, you can setup different tool heads. You literally can be loading 9mm then within a couple minutes be loading 45 or whatever with a simple tool head change

I'm bookmarking this bc I'll be purchasing some reloading equipment within the next year. I'm starting to save brass

I'll need some 30-06, 7mm rem mag, 223, 7.62, 30-30, and 44 Mag. Thanks.

Looks like a good kit. There are a few other things you'll need:
1.Something to trim brass w/. Each time it's shot, the brass will lengthen slightly. Eventually, it will need to be trimmed or chamber pressures will become high (potentially dangerous). The type trimmers are really nice, but for commonly available calibers (like the ones you mentioned), I'd use a Lee Case Gauge Trimmer. These cost $5 or so/caliber. They're faster and easier to use than a lathe, especially if you chuck them in your drill. I use my lathe only for calibers that don't have the Lee trimmer available. A single cutter fits each gauge.
Case length gauge
Cutter
2.Calipers. Just buy an electronic digital 6" caliper from Harbour Freight, or the equivalent.
3.Shell holder to hold the case in the press. The Lee shell holders are what's most commonly used. If the Hornady press uses the Lee shell holders, buy the pack that has all 11 or 12 shell holders at once. That single pack will cover all cartridges that reloaded.
Lee press shell holder kit
4. Likewise, you'll need a shell holder for the priming tool. Again, get the Lee pack if they can be used w/ your priming tool. Lee priming tool shell holder
5. These tools are optional, especially at the beginning. If you don't mind doing a little extra work on the brass to maximize accuracy, I'd also suggest a few, less common tools.
To uniform the primer pocket, I'd suggest a tool like this. Large is for brass using large primers; small obviously for small primers. Primer Pocket Uniformer Be sure the one you buy can be used in a drill. If you get this tool, you won't need a primer pocket cleaner.
Sinclair Flashhole Deburring Tool
Looks like it's out of print so is expensive, but VERY good book.
Sinclair Precison Loading Book
6. Lubricant for the brass (you do NOT want to get a piece of brass stuck in your die…) I use this. I've hand loaded a lot, but my first tin of this product lasted probably 20 years! https://www.midwayusa.com/product/519525/imperial-case-sizing-wax-2-oz
Lubricant for inside of brass neck. Imperial Dry Neck Lube My first tin of this lasted prob 15 years.
7. Really useful to speed loading if using a single stage press (like yours). Lee Measure Kit
8. Dies, a different set for each caliber you load for. Redding are the best looking and most expensive dies and Lee are the cheapest and not as good looking; in no particular order, Forster, RCBS, Hornady, Lyman and others are somewhere in between.

Handloading can be a very rewarding and fun hobby. But remember the single MOST important part of handloading….BE SAFE.

Ok y'all, so I got this thing and loaded up my first cartridges yesterday. 45ACP of course.



My next question is about tumblers and media. bapple recommend stainless. My uncle told me that he uses a normal tumbler with plain long grain rice. I'm torn on what to do!