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As a guy with three single-stage presses, a turret press, two progressive presses, and a shotgun press...

Lee is hard to beat price-wise. They are fine for a handgun stuff and for a single-stage press. I started out using all Lee stuff and have owned every press they currently produce. I wouldn't recommend them for a turret (though my turret is still Lee--but I'm thinking of selling it), definitely not for a progressive (trust me, you will spend more time fixing the press than using it), and definitely not for rifle or anything necked (their dies have to be kept extra clean, and don't even attempt something like resizing military surplus brass with them--you will end up throwing the sizing die away with an irretrievable stuck case inside).

I like RCBS dies for rifles. I like Dillon stuff for high-volume and progressive presses. I've not used Redding or Hornady so I have no opinion on them

Get a caliper. You will need to use it to measure things. Get something for measuring powder. I use a Lyman automatic scale for my "precision" loads.