Reloading is not essentially a cost saving endeavor today. It is, always was, and always will be a major factor in obtaining the maximum accuracy performance from one's guns. Cost includes the reloading equipment, consumables, learning curve, and heartbeats.Your largest cost will be the press, scale, case trimmer, dies, ect. depending on what you want to do. Space is your next concern for all the equipment and components. Bottom line, getting into reloading is not cheap. My thoughts are if you don't plan on shooting a lot or have an expensive hard to get/find rifle caliber than purchase your ammo in at least 100 round lots and be frugal.