[Jeff Higgins]

RCBS, Hornady, Lyman, and Lee - and probably a few more - make complete reloading kits for guys who are starting with nothing. I bought the RCBS kit over 30 years ago and still use every tool that came in it. As a matter of fact, I still prefer to use the single stage press that came in that kit. And no, you will not "spend the rest of your life" setting it up for different calibers (I currently reload for 15 different rifle, pistol, and revolver calibers). Once the lock rings on the dies are set, it takes less time to change them than it took to type this sentance.

If you are looking to save money through reloading, look somewhere else. Everyone I know (myself included) spends far more on ammunition because they reload. We just shoot that much more. But - and this is a big "but" - the hobby itself has to be interesting to you. Everyone I've known who has picked up reloading just so they could crank out the ammo has soon given it up. If it's just a means to an end, like producing enough ammo to feed some ammo-gobbling beast of an AR-15 or something like that, you are better off scrounging deals on surplus ammo. Otherwise you will start to feel like a slave to you Dillon when you are not shooting.

The guys who tend to stick with reloading are the guys who see it as a hobby unto itself. The guys who are constantly tinkering with different loads for all of their guns, trying out new bullets, powders, and the like. It almost crosses over into shooting as an excuse for reloading. This is the crowd that comes closest to "recouping" costs on the equipment investment, but that's only because they are not counting anymore...