re: Getting into reloading and have questions.

It's not necessary. If you shoot a lot and are shooting your reloads it's worth it. Spending an hour loading up 400-500 rds is nothing but on a single stage it's gonna take all day.

I shoot about 500-600rds of 45 a month now, loading it up in a hour or so makes it worth it to me. It all depends on what you want out of it.