Bullseye Shooter
Active Member
its going to sound like I am just lazy and not searching, but rally confused. Is there a list of things I need and and I can just use that as my check list?
Progressive Press, Primer Flip Tray,Calipers (3?), Reloading Manual
Ammo Bins, Tumbler, Media, Case lube, bullets, powder, brass
large pistol primers, kinetic bullet puller
This may be redundant but here goes:
Buy the Dillon primer flip tray, it's the best one out there.
One set of calipers (good quality)
I like Lyman's reloading manual the best since they use different bullets and tell you what kind of firearm they used to test the loads.
Besides the press, you'll need dies and the appropriate shell plate if you're going with the Dillon 550. Dillon can help with what you need for the press basics when you call them. Same goes for the 650; they'll let you know what you need.
If you're going to reload rifle, you'll need a case trimmer and a deburring tool for the case mouth after you trim.
I like the newer spray lube for when I'm processing rifle cases.
I buy walnut shell media at Harbor Freight Tools; good quality and the price is right.
You'll need a powder scale to check the weight when you set up the powder magazine/thrower on the Dillon. I have an old balance beam scale and one of the newer electronic ones.
Some sort of funnel to pour the powder into the hopper or else you could make a mess.
Solid reloading bench to mount the press. Nothing worse than the entire thing moving every time you pull the handle down.
Ammo boxes to store your reloads.
Cool, dry place to store powder and primers.