Don’t let the naysayers discourage you. The 550 is a great place to start.
If you need several hundreds of rounds all alike that is true. If you need five sets of five for a ladder test, not so much. Depends greatly on what you need. If you don't know what you're doing, a progressive press is a great way to load dangerously overloaded or underloaded ammo in great quantity. You should learn the basics first. Learn to make 50 rounds of consistent ammo suitable for the kind of shooting you do. Once you can do that repeatedly, THEN maybe you can get good use out of a progressive press. And you may find out that you don't need or even want one. Might also find them the greatest thing since sliced bread! In which case have a ball!Don’t let the naysayers discourage you. The 550 is a great place to start.
Indeed it is!Don’t let the naysayers discourage you. The 550 is a great place to start.
Sounds like a good reason to me. Especially if you are prepping for the Zombie Apocalypse or something.Great advise guys, appreciate all facts and opinions. I'm going to take it slow easy until i understand and master each operation. My reason for wanting to reload is when ammo is hard to get or completely unavailable I want to have the means to get some. I recently went to my local sporting goods store and I was disappointed to say the least. None of my fav brands or ammo types were in stock. So no I don't plan on reloading thousands of rounds right away. But it's nice to have a machine that can.
Buy it all!I'm going to purchase a used Dillon 550 progressive press. The owner has past away and the wife is selling all his inventory. My problem is I don't know what all I need to start reloading. The basics I get, a press, dies, brass, primers, powder and projectiles. Beyond that I need some guidance. So starting with the basic 550, (there was not any accessories, or attachments on the press.) What is the basic necessities for making boolits? I will be doing rifle and pistol calibers. All feed back is welcome. As a thank you for you insight, once I have purchased all necessary equipment. I will share the rest of the loot with the group. I was told the husband had over $50,000 in reloading supplies and equipment. It's all going to be for sale after I get mine.
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