GW:
It really doesn't take a big bucket of $$$ to start reloading
I started with a Classic LEE Loader (link)
http://www.leeprecision.com/cgi/catalog/browse.cgi?1296971477.3121=/html/catalog/cleeloader.htmlGranted, it loads one caliber by hand, but, you're reloading
A single set of dies costs about as much
It's very easy to use and makes pretty go ammo too
I loaded thousands of rounds of both .38sp and .357 mag before buying my first press and dies
I shoot PPC with ammo I loaded with my LEE Loader and scored VERY WELL with it (289/300)
A plastic mallet, a block of oak and your LEE Loader are your tools
Primers, powder and bullets are your components (you got the brass)
$40.00 for the loader
$ 4.00 for 100 primers
$20.00 for a pound of powder (enough for over 1300 loads)
$14.00 for 100 9mm bullets
Less than $80.00 for your first 100 rounds (which sounds like a lot), but then the cost just keeps getting smaller for every 100 rounds you load
After you've loaded about 500 rounds, you're under $0.30 a pop and now you're making money and starting to save on all your ammo
I still have my Classic LEE Loader
I really should buy one in all my calibers
Be safe, Shoot safe, Den S