re: 6.5-300 Weatherby Mag ammo?

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How much does it cost to get into reloading from scratch? You're quite right and this I think may be the straw that breaks the camel's back. I absolutely need to be reloading my own. I have a 25-35 WCF that's hard to find ammo for, my great granddad's gun (1894 Winchester with half a buffalo nickel he hand hammered in to replace a broken front sight). And a number of other obscure calibers I want easier access to.

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depends so much lol. for just precision rifle or odd caliber reloading a Rock chucker rcbs press is hard to beat. then its just shellholders, powder scale, hand primer, die sets, way to trim brass for rifle calibers, I encourage wet tumbling. A couple reloading manuals (I also use Hodgdon website) and then its just components. Thats how I got the ball rolling and added a few things here and there until I got my Dillon 650 for 223/556 and 9mm bulk reloading. Start saving brass now and pick up what you can find.

Everything is high right now but id start looking for a rick chucker asap. Might can even find one used somewhere close by.

As far as die sets, I really like redding dies but they are expensive. RCBS and Hornady make good more budget friendly options.

Id say in the current climate 5-800 depending on what you bought and could be rolling nicely.

rcbs rock chucker master kit at midway

In stock for 500. I dont like that powder funnel nor the case lube but the powder scale is decent and comes with a couple other tools i forgot about such as chamfer/deburr tool and hex key set (if you dont already have one)

If it were me, id buy just the rcbs press, lee hand primer, lee perfect powder measure, either the powder scale shown in that kit or buy a high quality digital scale, hornady one shot lube, whatever chamfer/deburr tool. whichever manual you want, universal powder funnel, reloading case tray, lee caliber specific hand case trimmer and buy the cutter and lock stud (it uses your drill and very accurate) frankford arsenal lite wet tumbler with stainless steel pins.