I’m looking for some wisdom in case I’m making a mistake and waste a load of money on something I don’t/do need.
I’ve read read though the various pages on here, read the Hornady reloading book a couple of times, understand the processes and as an engineer by education I am capable of the task!
I currently fire around 500-1000 rounds a year shared between my .223rem and .243win and although I’m happy with factory rounds (usually Hornady superformance vmax in both rifles), I’m not so keen on the constant price rises and lack of availability. I’m currently paying around £170 for x100 .243 and £150 for x100 .223 ammo, and have worked out I can cut this to about £90, and £70 retrospectively by reloading and have the convenience to make it as I need it rather than ordering and waiting around 6 months for the factory ammo to come into stock.
I have always gone on the theory of buy once cry once so I’d like to get some decent tooling to start with;
1. I like the look of the RCBS rockchucker supreme kit, and although I know buying a kit rather than individual parts won’t get the best of what’s available, it’s a good price for a lot of kit and not a lot more than just buying the press itself.
2. I know I want full length resizing dies but unsure on which brand to go for.
3. Will probably get some digital scales as that’s easier and quicker for me to see than the beam scales that come with the RCBS kit.
4. Case trimming wise I’m a bit unsure on what to go for.
5. Case cleaning, I’ll probably look out for a second hand unit somewhere although unsure if I even need it due to….no 6.
6. I’ve worked out costings based on buying brass and reloading 4 times before binning, so won’t worry about annealing etc, maybe wasteful but I don’t want the extra hassle and expense to save £20/100 brass.
Have I missed anything/what’s the general consensus on this?
I’ve read read though the various pages on here, read the Hornady reloading book a couple of times, understand the processes and as an engineer by education I am capable of the task!
I currently fire around 500-1000 rounds a year shared between my .223rem and .243win and although I’m happy with factory rounds (usually Hornady superformance vmax in both rifles), I’m not so keen on the constant price rises and lack of availability. I’m currently paying around £170 for x100 .243 and £150 for x100 .223 ammo, and have worked out I can cut this to about £90, and £70 retrospectively by reloading and have the convenience to make it as I need it rather than ordering and waiting around 6 months for the factory ammo to come into stock.
I have always gone on the theory of buy once cry once so I’d like to get some decent tooling to start with;
1. I like the look of the RCBS rockchucker supreme kit, and although I know buying a kit rather than individual parts won’t get the best of what’s available, it’s a good price for a lot of kit and not a lot more than just buying the press itself.
2. I know I want full length resizing dies but unsure on which brand to go for.
3. Will probably get some digital scales as that’s easier and quicker for me to see than the beam scales that come with the RCBS kit.
4. Case trimming wise I’m a bit unsure on what to go for.
5. Case cleaning, I’ll probably look out for a second hand unit somewhere although unsure if I even need it due to….no 6.
6. I’ve worked out costings based on buying brass and reloading 4 times before binning, so won’t worry about annealing etc, maybe wasteful but I don’t want the extra hassle and expense to save £20/100 brass.
Have I missed anything/what’s the general consensus on this?
